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Ken Blatt St. Marks has apparently survived another effort to get him off the ballot in the July 30 elections for Chippewa Cree tribal chair.
St. Marks said Tribal Judge Donna Running Wolf ruled Thursday that the provision of tribal code that the Election Board initially used to throw him off the ballot was unconstitutional,
The provision says that after a person is removed from tribal office for misconduct, they are ineligible to run for two years.
Running Wolf said that was added to tribal law in 1966 by the council, but never voted on by the people as required by the Chippewa Cree Constitution.
St. Marks was removed from office by the tribal council in March on charges that he had misused funds and harassed employees, allegations that St. Marks and his supporters strongly dispute.
He is now running in the July 30 special election to get his old job back.
In addition to St. Marks, running in the elections are acting Business Committee Chair Richard “Ricky” Morsette, state Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, Curtis A. “Bubba” Monteau Jr., Luanne Belcourt and Bert Corcoran.
Reader Comments(2)
kyle writes:
How can you add something to your constitution and not vote on it?? Guess I should not be surprised its the reservation they must have slept in the morning of the vote??
07/19/2013, 5:39 am
Kyle writes:
How can you add something to your constitution and not vote on it?? Guess I should not be surprised its the reservation they must have slept in the morning of the vote??
07/19/2013, 5:36 am