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Mescalero Apache Election Board

September 24, 2024 by Mescalero Apache Tribe

Date:   September 19, 2024

To:       Mescalero Apache Tribal President, Vice-President, Tribal Council and Mescalero Apache Tribal members

Re:       No Early Voting for Primary Election and No Primary Election

The Revised Constitution of the Mescalero Apache Tribe provides the following at Article IX – Nominations and Elections, Section 7. (A), (B), & (C):

Per (A). “…The eight nominees receiving the highest number of votes, for council member shall be the only candidates for council members in the next general election.”

The Election Board has determined the eligibility of any and all Tribal members that submitted Statements of Intent. There are eight (8) candidates that meet all eligibility requirements. These candidates are listed on the sample ballot.

Per (B). “If the number of candidates filing for…a position on the council is such that a primary election would not serve to eliminate any candidates for a given position then such candidates shall be the candidates in the general election.”

This means that the eight (8) qualified candidates listed on the sample ballot are deemed to be the candidates in the general election.

Per (C). “A “Primary election shall be held for an office or position only when there are more candidates than are allowed in the general elections…”

Because there are only eight (8) qualified candidates and the general election only allows eight (8) candidates, the primary election will not be held. Therefore, there will be no Early Voting on September 27, 2024 and no Primary Election on October 1, 2024.

The candidates are:

1. Christie LaPaz Jr.
2. Salem Tortilla
3. Alta M. Branham (Sobe)
4. Joseph Geronimo
5. Krystal Enjady
6. Dorlynn Simmons
7. Clyde Davis Jr.
8. Coloradas Mangas

Feel free to contact the Election Board at Electionboard@mescaleroapachetribe.com regarding this notice.  Sherlee Enjady, Mescalero Apache Election Board Chairperson.

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