Cite as: 34 CNCA § 13

The Election Commission shall make or cause to be made a physical count of the number of signatures on the petitions. In making such count, the Commission shall not include in such physical count:

1. All signatures on any sheet of any petition, which is not verified by the person who circulated the sheet of the petition as provided hereinabove;

2. All signatures of persons who do not list an address or Cherokee Nation Registry Number;

3. All signatures on a sheet that is not attached to a copy of the petition;

4. All multiple signatures on any printed signature line;

5. All signatures not on a printed signature line;

6. Those signatures by a person who signs with any name other than his own or signs more than once; and

7. All signatures on any sheet on which a notary has failed to sign, the seal of the notary is absent, the commission of the notary has expired or the expiration date is not on the signature sheet.

The Election Commission shall notify the Cherokee Nation Attorney General of any and all violations of this act of which it has knowledge.

Historical Data

LA 16–01, eff. June 15, 2001. Amended LA 19–01, eff. June 15, 2001; LA 15–04, eff. April 19, 2004.