MSS School Board Election

POSTED: SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa Election Committee

NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION

In accordance with Title. 8 Article IV Chapter 4A of the Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa the Election Committee of the Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa has scheduled a School Board Election for the Meskwaki Settlement School for three (3) positions set to expire.

The School Board Election will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 in the gymnasium at the Sac & Fox Tribal Center on the Meskwaki Settlement. Polls will be open from 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.

• QUALIFIED NOMINEES: A Tribal member enrolled in Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, who is at least twenty-one years of age and who is an immediate family member of a current student attending the Meskwaki Settlement School, and resides within twenty-five (25) miles of the Meskwaki Settlement and any non-enrolled descendant of the Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa as evidenced by a Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood obtained from the Enrollment Office of the Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, who is at least twenty-one years of age, who is an immediate family member of a student currently attending the Meskwaki Settlement School, and resides within twenty-five (25) miles of the Meskwaki Settlement shall be qualified to be a nominee for the school board election. For the purpose of this section an immediate family member shall be defined as parents, legal guardians, grandparents, siblings, uncles, and aunts.

• All candidates seeking election to the Meskwaki Settlement School Board have twenty (20) days [October 10, 2024] from the date the Notice of School Board Election is posted to meet with the Superintendent of the Meskwaki Settlement School, Complete an Affidavit of Candidacy, and complete a Background Check. Failure to complete an Affidavit of Candidacy or to pass a Background Check will prohibit a candidate’s name from being placed on the ballot.

• ELIGIBLE VOTERS: Individuals qualified to vote in the Meskwaki Settlement School Board Election include enrolled members of the Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, twenty-one years of age and older, residing within twenty-five miles of the Meskwaki Settlement and any parent/legal guardian of a student currently attending the Meskwaki Settlement School who is at least twenty-one (21) years old, and residing within twenty-five (25) miles of the Meskwaki Settlement. All eligible voters must provide suitable identification prior to receiving a ballot. Suitable identification includes Tribal ID, State Driver’s License, State Identification Card, or Passport. Identifications without a photo or expired identifications will not be accepted by the Election Committee.
Upon written request, an absentee ballot will be made available to those who request one by:

FAX to the Sac & Fox Tribal Offices Attn: Election Committee at (641) 484-5424.

MAIL to Sac & Fox Tribal Offices Attn: Election Committee, 349 Meskwaki Road, Tama, IA 52339

EMAIL to [email protected]

All absentee ballot requests must be received by October 18, 2024.

Absentee ballots and voting instructions will be mailed out by October 21, 2024.

All completed, notarized absentee ballots must be received no later than November 5, 2024 at 8:00 P.M.