The Ute Mountain Ute tribe will hold an election on Friday, Oct. 11, to choose a tribal chairman, two Towaoc council members and a White Mesa, Utah, council representative.<\/p>\n
The deadline to register as a candidate was August 27.<\/p>\n
The Ute Mountain elections board is in the process of conducting background checks on the slate of potential candidates, said Corrina May, election board member.<\/p>\n
\u201cA candidate cannot have a felony in order to run for office, so we are waiting on the background checks, which is taking longer than we thought,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The list of approved candidates is expected to be released by late this week or early next week. Once the ballot has been finalized, the campaigning can begin.<\/p>\n
Tribal Chairman Gary Hayes\u2019 three-year term is up, and three-year terms for councilmen Bradley Hight and Davis Wing are also ending. White Mesa representative Elayne Atcitty\u2019s three-year term is up as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will be posting the election notices with all the information,\u201d May said.<\/p>\n
Absentee ballots will be sent out to tribal members who live off of the reservations.<\/p>\n
On Oct. 11, the polls in Towaoc will be open from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. The voting poll in the White Mesa will probably be at the Education Department.<\/p>\n
Winning candidates will be sworn in on Nov. 1.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe process has been going along well,\u201d May said. \u201cWe usually have quite a turnout out for the tribal council positions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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