Chapter ELE.1 Election Code of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians PreambleThis ordinance is enacted pursuant to the inherent sovereign authority of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians to determine its Tribal leadership which predates its Treaties of 1825, 1826, 1837, 1842, 1847 and 1854 with the United States Government. In the implementation of this inherent sovereign authority, Article IV, § 3 of the Amended Constitution and By-laws of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians empowers the tribal governing board to "prescribe rules and regulations conducting all subsequent elections." The Tribal Governing Board duly enacted the Election Code on April 29, 2005 pursuant to Tribal Governing Board Resolution No. 05-29; as amended on May 16, 2005 pursuant to Tribal Governing Board Resolution No. 05-50; as amended on May 29, 2007 pursuant to Tribal Governing Board Resolution No. 07-59; as amended on March 11, 2011 by the Tribal Governing Board at the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal General Membership Meeting; as amended on May 27, 2015 pursuant to Tribal Governing Board Resolution No. 15-53; and as amended on March 1, 2021 pursuant to Tribal Governing Board Resolution No. 20-2021.Subchapter ELE.1.1 Introduction§§ ELE.1.1.010 – ELE.1.1.080Subchapter ELE.1.2 General Definitions§§ ELE.1.2.010 – ELE.1.2.010Subchapter ELE.1.3 Election Committee and Polling Site Workers§§ ELE.1.3.010 – ELE.1.3.090Subchapter ELE.1.4 Election Policy and Procedure§§ ELE.1.4.010 – ELE.1.4.040Subchapter ELE.1.5 Elections§§ ELE.1.5.010 – ELE.1.5.110
