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Section GOV.03.14 — Certification Of Election Results

(a) Upon the completion of the final vote count, the Election Board shall fill out the certification forms, showing the number of votes cast for each candidate, the total number of votes cast, the number of spoiled ballots, and the number of contested ballots.

(1) All members of an Election Board shall sign the resulting form(s) as evidence of their certification of such results.

(2) If the number of contested ballots means that there is not a final result in a particular race, then the certification of results shall indicate that the seat remains open pending the resolution of the contested ballots.

(b) The certification results shall then be posted at the polling place so that they may be viewed. The Election Board shall also have the certification posted on the Tribal website.

(c) One additional certified form shall be placed, along with all ballots whether used, unused or spoiled and with the tribal roll and tally sheets into the electronic voting machine which shall then be locked and placed in a secure place within the headquarters building. The Election Board shall retain control over the locked ballot box until any and all disputes that may arise from the election are settled.

(d) Once any and all disputes that may arise from the election are resolved, the Election Board shall meet and destroy all ballots, the tribal roll, the tally sheets and clear the memory card for the voting machine. The certification form(s) with the election results will be saved as part of tribal archives.