---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 81.23"
title: "25"
number: "81.23"
heading: "What documents are included in the Secretarial Election Notice Packet?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/81.23"
---

# §81.23. What documents are included in the Secretarial Election Notice Packet?


The Secretarial Election Notice Packet includes the following:

- (a) **Mailout Balloting—**
  - (1) The Secretarial election notice;
  - (2) A registration form with instructions for returning the completed form by mail;
  - (3) An addressed envelope with which to return the completed registration form;
  - (4) If the entire document is to be amended or adopted, a copy of the proposed document including proposed language; and if applicable, a copy of the current document proposed for change; and
  - (5) A side-by-side comparison showing the current language to be changed, if applicable, in the left column and the proposed language in the right column.
- (b) **Polling Sites (if required by the amendment or adoption articles of the tribe's governing document)—**
  - (1) The Secretarial election notice;
  - (2) A registration form with instructions for returning the completed form by mail;
  - (3) An absentee ballot request form with instructions for returning the completed form by mail;
  - (4) An addressed envelope with which to return the completed registration form and absentee ballot request form;
  - (5) If the entire document is to be amended or adopted, a copy of the proposed document including proposed language; and if applicable, a copy of the current document proposed for change; and
  - (6) A side-by-side comparison showing the current language to be changed, if applicable, in the left column and the proposed language in the right column.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: : 25 U.S.C. 473a, 476, 477, as amended, and 503.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 63106, Oct. 19, 2015, unless otherwise noted.