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The Osage Nation Election Board and Office is located at http://osagenation.co/category/news/election-board/ Visit the information web pages regularly for updates at http://www.osagetribe.com/electionboard/info.aspx and http://www.osagetribe.com/electionboard/about_us.aspx Contact information is available at http://www.osagetribe.com/electionboard/contact.aspx The governing documents web page has also been recently updated at http://www.osagetribe.com/electionboard/info_sub_page.aspx?subpage_id=4 The Election Board Meeting Agenda Minutes are available at http://www.osagetribe.com/electionboard/welcome_sub_page.aspx?subpage_id=4 The Election Board Meeting yearly schedule is available by clicking on the underlined text: NEXT MEETING: REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE
NEW! The Absentee Ballot Request Form for 2014, featuring a check box to become a Permanent Absentee Ballot Voter, is now available for immediate download at http://www.osagetribe.com/electionboard/uploads/Forms/05AAbsenteeBallotRequest.pdf The Primary Election for Principal Chief and Assistant Principal Chief will be held on March 10, 2014. The General Election for the Principal Chief, Assistant Principal Chief, the Osage Nation members of Congress who come up for reelection in this cycle and the Minerals Council will be held on June 2, 2014.
The Election Board Meeting Agenda for August 21, 2013 is now available at http://www.osagetribe.com/electionboard/ by clicking on the red text.
ReplyDeleteLook for the Absentee Ballot Request form in your September 2013 edition of the Osage News when it arrives in the mail. Also included is a schedule of election events for the Primary and General election in 2014.
ReplyDeleteDid anybody attend the candidacy dinner of Geoffrey Standing Bear for Chief? How was it?
ReplyDeleteFirst to run for the Chief>> http://osagenews.org/article/geoffrey-standing-bear-announces-his-candidacy-principal-chief
DeleteThe Osage News candidate debates for the chiefs will be held at the Hominy Co-op building Feb. 1-2, 2013.
ReplyDeleteRED ALERT--IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: In view of the plethora of inexplicable choices that the elected officials of the Osage Nation have made during their tenure for the last seven years, the most recent of which was reported by Congressman Raymond Redcorn in his Update #170: "For employees, the full $1.4 ($1.5) million salary adjustment increase also made the cut, along with the full 3% Merit funding attached to salaries.", the Osage Blog is announcing its NEW Election Initiative that we are calling the Osage Surge for Candidates to come forward from outside of Osage County and the State of Oklahoma to run in the upcoming Osage Nation elections; "The Osage Surge" for short. We need boots on the ground, Osage members, to turn around the policies and spending practices of the Osage Nation government to one that is sensible and reasonable that includes ALL Osages no matter were they reside which was promised to us if we were to support a new Osage Constitutional government. We need to reestablish a proper balance from the top down and the bottom up! Please join this initiative and if you can, run for office in the upcoming Osage Nation elections in 2014. Since they won't, each one of us need to stand up and take responsibility and BE RESPONSIBLE for what our new government does in the future. Now IS the time for all good Osages to come to the aid of their new Constitutional government.
ReplyDeleteRED ALERT: 71 days are left before the first candidates can file to run for election for Chief and Assistant Chief! Mark your calendars that the Osage election season officially beings for 2014 on DECEMBER 16, 2013!
ReplyDeleteSee updated FAQ at http://www.osagetribe.com/electionboard/info_sub_page.aspx?subpage_id=2
DeleteRED ALERT--VOTER INFORMATION--To help you cast your vote in the upcoming elections, take a look at the Legislation Vote Records for the members of the Osage Nation Congress: http://www.osagetribe.com/congress/info_sub_page.aspx?subpage_id=183 and the Congressional Attendance Records: http://www.osagetribe.com/congress/info_sub_page.aspx?subpage_id=184 that have NOT been updated for the Third Osage Nation Congress. Someone has clearly dropped the ball on NOT getting out the Third Congress Session Attendance records. When will this information become available to the voters Speaker Raymond Red Corn? The Committee attendance reports are located at: http://www.osagetribe.com/congress/info_sub_page.aspx?subpage_id=225
ReplyDeleteWho is chiefly responsible in the ON Congress for the Osage, LLC., and the loss of the people's money reported to be between $11-$12 MILLION?. This is a 65%-70% loss of the funds invested -- a total of $17.5 MILLION -- including the money paid for the Tulsa Airpark ($4.9 MILLION). In an e-mail sent to Congressman Raymond Redcorn on May 27, 2009, a constituent wrote, "As you know, the times are so bad from an economic standpoint that I too have questioned whether the timing is right to launch a full scale business development effort via the Osage LLC....I also have some questions as to the new CEO (Carol Leese) and his last employment with the PBDC. See http://www.potawatomibdc.com/images/upload/PBDC_2007AnnualReport-000.pdf He and Lance Morgan were not there for long as is represented at http://www.potawatomibdc.com/our_people.php What I would like to know is why the Harvard business model that was seeded there did not take root." DID Redcorn ever dig deep and get any answers for the constituent who wrote to him? Did he ever research this information and the lead that was provided to him that could have stopped this thing because those were questions that should have been asked by those directly responsible to the members of the Osage Nation and as a result, because they went unanswered, they proved to be a precursor of such massive losses for the Osage Nation. Now, if you take a look at all of the Legislation associated with the Osage, LLC that has been passed into law, you will find the answer to my first question: ONCA 09-35, ONCA 08-30, ONCA 09-77, ONCA 11-61, ONCA 11-63, ONCA 12-29, ONCA 12-112, ONCR 08-09, ONCR 08-10, ONCR 09-03, ONCR 10-33. Do your own homework at http://www.osagetribe.com/congress/info_sub_page.aspx?subpage_id=189 The results are very interesting...
ReplyDeleteTime is of the essence: if you have the ability to contact those in your area who participated in the Strategic Plan events just after the new government was formed, please contact them and tell them about The Osage Surge to have those outside of the Osage run for office in the upcoming election. Remember, the filing period to run for Chief and Assistant Chief is December 16, 2013 to January 6, 2014 and for the Osage Nation Congress the filing period is March 15, 2014 to March 31, 2014.
ReplyDeleteThe next Osage Nation Election Board meeting will be November 20, 2013 at 1 p.m. Call ahead to confirm at the number shown below.
ReplyDeleteIMPORTANT DATES
01/29/14 Primary Election Absentee Ballot Mailing Begins
02/10/14 Primary Election Absentee Ballot Request Deadline
03/10/14 Primary Election Day
04/23/14 General Election Absentee Ballot Mailing Begins
05/05/14 General Election Absentee Ballot Request Deadline
06/02/14 General Election Day
If you have any questions or need further assistance please feel free to contact the Osage Nation Election Office toll free at (877) 560-5286 or (918) 287-5286, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 to 4:30 p.m. CDST.
Thanks,
Osage Nation Election Office
If you are voting by absentee ballot, have you sent in your Absentee Ballot Request Form yet? Remember to mark the box to become a permanent absentee ballot voter where you will automatically receive an Absentee Ballot for every election if you want to set it up this way.
DeleteReminder: the filing period to run for Chief and Assistant Chief is 24 days away on December 16, 2013 and goes to January 6, 2014. Remember the Osage Surge!
ReplyDeleteRequest for Proposal: Election System>> http://osagenation.co/request-for-proposal-election-system/
ReplyDeleteThe Election Board meeting is listed for December 18, 2013 at 1 p.m. Be sure to call and confirm this date and time at the Osage Nation Election Office at (918) 287-5286 or (877) 560-5286.
ReplyDeleteREMEMBER the Osage Surge and consider sending them an e-mail shown below too:
DeleteE-mail sent to the Election Board today to electionboard@osagetribe.org and Shannon Locket at electionoffice@osagetribe.org :
Subject: Out of Town Candidate Registrations
Dear Osage Nation Election Board:
In order to promote a more universally fair and equitable election environment for all registered Osage members, please consider, at your next regular meeting in December of 2013, an approval process for those who live away from Pawhuska to register to become candidates in the upcoming election.
Thank you,
(Name)
Osage Member and Constituent
The race is on... Candidate update: Geoffrey Standing Bear and Margo Gray have thrown their hats into the ring for Principal Chief and Raymond Red Corn is running for Assistant Principal Chief.
ReplyDeleteChief Red Eagle for reelection Photo Op at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=624259614301536&set=a.153834188010750.33094.134873493240153&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf
DeleteGood information. Karen Burleson has posted an eligible Osage Voter chart on a State by State basis at https://www.facebook.com/groups/234024393278360/?ref=br_rs
ReplyDeleteWhat is of utmost concern right now is how the Congress and the sponsors and voters for the Osage Nation Election law have set themselves up to have only a few run for Chief and Assistant Chief with this skunk Primary Election they have cooked up to control the playing field for those who live back home. If no one else runs for Asst. Chief, Raymond Red Corn will get in by default and the time to file run for both positions will be over by January 6, 2014. So far, the three running for Chief are Margo Gray, Chief Red Eagle and Geoffrey Standing Bear. We need more choices than just these four. You can smell this one all over the U.S. Dating back the last two years or so, the gift tag on it is from Raymond Red Corn and recently in 2013 from Kuggee.
ReplyDeleteFYI: The Osage Nation Election Office has just sent out a post card with all of the important dates for the Primary Election and the General Election. Look for it to arrive in your snail mailboxes and stick it to your refrigerator or home message board for future reference.
ReplyDeleteRED ALERT: TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO FILE TO RUN FOR ELECTED OFFICE AS THE CHIEF OR ASSISTANT CHIEF!
ReplyDeleteAll Candidates who have filed to run in the ON Primary Election have been certified. See http://osagenation.co/category/news/election-board/
ReplyDeleteChief and Assistant Chief Contact Information: http://osagenation.co/2014-primary-election-candidate-contact-information/
ReplyDeletePrimary Election Notice and Sample Primary Election Ballot: http://osagenation.co/2014-primary-election-notice-sample-ballot/
ReplyDeleteWarning: The DEADLINE to request an Absentee Ballot for the Primary Election is FEBRUARY 10, 2014!
ReplyDeleteThe Absentee Ballot Request Form is available at http://osagenation.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/05AAbsenteeBallotRequest.pdf
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