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Spílyay Tyrooo, Warm Springs, Oregon A p ril 17, 2013 Page 7 Council, BIA superintendent approve election T he Twenty-Sixth Tribal Council will take office on Monday, May 6. T he four new rriembers are Kahseuss Jackson-W ill iam s an d C arlos S m ith, Agency District; and Orvie D anzuka and Evaline Patt, Simnasho District. ' Returning Council mem bers are E u g en e A u stin Greene Jr., Agency; Raymond Tsumpti Sr., Simnasho; and R euben H en ry and S co tt Moses, Seekseequa. T he Twenty-Fifth Tribal Council last week reviewed the Election and C ounting board results, and then certi fied the results; The time period to object to the election and the Coun cil certification passed at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10. Objections were submitted to the Warm Springs Agency BIA S uperintendent, Jo h n Halliday. After reviewing the elec tion process, and the objec tions, Halliday agreed with the Twenty-Fifth Tribal Coun cil that the election was valid. “I think the election was fair. N o one cheated,” he said. H alliday addressed five specific objections to the election: 1. That the notice o f elec tions via mail was confusing and untimely. 2. Candidates are not eli gible to represent theConfed- erated Tribes as they have been convicted o f a major crime or felony. Superintendent Halliday ad dresses each objec tion in a memo randum to Tribal Council 3. That there was a con flict o f interest among mem bers o f the Elections Board and Counting Board m em bers. 4. T hat the Election Day runner compromised some o f the ballots. 5. That the Council shall appoint an Election/Counting Board for each election and that the current officials were selected by the Twenty-Fourth Tribal Council; and therefore were not valid. Halliday addresses each objection in a memorandum to Tribal Council: 1. W hile the notices o f election mail outs were some what confusing, the corrected information was sent with the proper timeframe. 2. T h e O rd in a n c e 44, dated M arch 6, 1968, says under Council eligibility that the person have no felony conviction. “I have reviewed evidence provided by a credible source, and based on that informa tion none o f the elected can didates have been ‘convicted o f a felony,’” Halliday says. 3. W hile there are elec- Tally of Tribal Council election results These are the results o f the Twenty-Sixth Tribal Coun cil election. The name o f the candidate is followed by the num ber o f Votes he or she received (write-in candidates n o t listed,' as th e re w ere many): Agency district Carols Romos Calica (101) Luther Clements (84)' Reina Estimo (121) Eugene Greene Jri (17l) Anita Jackson (115) Kahseuss J ackson-Williams (178) Kim Lorna LeClaire (35) Louise Katchia (39) Daniel Martinez (82) Dabid M. Rodriguez (41) M ary A nn S ando- Emhoolah (74) ■ J e ff E dw ard Sanders Sr (102) Alvis Wesley.Smith III (94) M ona L. Smith-Cochran (21) Claude H enry Smith III (114) Ryan Smith Sr. (44) Alex Smith (30) Carlos Smith (181) Jonathan William Smith Sr. (42) R andolph H enry Smith (85) < Simnasho District F red erick D u ran B obb (54) Orvie Danzuka (146) Raymond Moody (110) Evaline Patt (145) Olney Patt Jr. (107) R ap h ael Q u eah p am a (109) Cassimera Rhoan (30) Sylvester Sahme Sr. (38) Emerson Squiemphen (92) Aurolyn Stwyer (76) Delson Suppah Sr. (51) Roland Suppah Sr. (94)' Raymond Calica Tsumpti Sr. (147) Seekseequa District Reuben Henry (55) Wendell Jim (26) M yra J o h n s o n -O ra n g e (43) Scott Moses (79) Lee Tom (41) Wilson Wewa Jri (27) Robert Roscoe Smith (9) Wissie Robert Smith (104) Lola Sohappy (169) , Marcia Joyce Soliz (80) Roy Spino (98) Leontyne R. Tanawasha Davis (67) Girls soccer fo r year-round players To girls in g rad es six through eight: D o you want to play soccer, and get fit and fierce? Want to be able to play year-round? 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Halliday says, “I person ally counted how many bal lots (the runner) left with and then upon his return counted exactiy how many he returned with; so that only the proper num ber o f ballots cast by voters were placed in the vot ing box, and that the exact count o f excess ballots were returned to the uncast ballot stack.” 5. Tribal Council Resolu tion No. 11,184 appointed the Election Board and Counting Board, and states that “Term expires: Serve until replaced). “B ased on th e above,” Halliday concludes, “I am in accord with the Confederated T rib es o f W arm S prings Tribal Council Resolution No. 11,745 certifying the 2013 Twenty-Sixth Tribal Council Election results.” MAC levy, board positions on May ballot Jefferson County wiH con duct an election on May 21, determ ining various board positions, and a proposed 5- year operating levy for the Madras Aquatic Center. The last day to register for this election is A pril 30. 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