---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 81.34"
title: "25"
number: "81.34"
heading: "How are the official ballots prepared?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/81.34"
---

# §81.34. How are the official ballots prepared?

- (a) The Secretarial Election Board must prepare the official ballot so that it is easy for the voters to indicate a choice between no more than two alternatives (i.e., adopting or rejecting the proposed language). Separate ballots should be prepared for each proposed amendment or a single ballot for adoption of a proposed document (with a reference to the document provided in the Secretarial election notice).
- (b) The following information must appear on the face of the mailout or absentee ballot:
- (c) When polling places are required by the tribe's governing document, the official ballot may be a paper ballot, voting machine ballot, or other type of ballot supporting the secret ballot process.

## 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.