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Candidate Important Dates

Candidate Important Dates (PDF)

DATE DESCRIPTION
MAR 18 1:00 PM → Election Board Meeting to certify candidates - POSTPONED TO MAR 20
MAR 21 Deadline for voters to file a contest of candidacy
MAR 27 Deadline for candidates to submit a Campsite Request
MAR 28 9:00 AM → Candidate Training ♦Attendance required♦
  Campsite Drawing ♦Attendance required ONLY if requesting a campsite♦
  Ballot Order Drawing
  LOCATION: Law Building Room 121, 1071 Grandview Lane, Pawhuska, OK
APR 19 Deadline for voters to submit an Absentee Ballot Request Application
  Absentee ballot mailing begins
MAY 10 1st Campaign Finance Report reporting period ends
MAY 13 1st Campaign Finance Report Filing Opens
May 17 1st Campaign Finance Report Filing Closes
  Deadline to submit Poll Watcher Designation
MAY 21 10:00 AM → Election Board Meeting to review 1st Campaign Finance Reports (1st review)
MAY 24 1st review corrections due for 1st Campaign Finance Reports
MAY 28 1:00 PM → Election Board Meeting to review 1st Campaign Finance Reports (2nd review)
MAY 29 Fines Due ♦All fines issued prior to this date are required to be paid in FULL♦
MAY 30 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM → Absentee Early Processing
MAY 31 12:00 - 7:00 PM Polls open for Early Voting
  2nd review corrections due for 1st Campaign Finance Reports
JUN 1 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM → Polls open for Early Voting
JUN 3 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM → Polls open for Election Day
  10:00 AM → Voted absentee ballots are required to be received and processed by the U.S. Postal Service in Pawhuska, Oklahoma by this time.
JUN 4 OFFICE CLOSED
JUN 7 Deadline to submit a Recount or Challenge to the Election Results
JUN 10 2nd Campaign Finance Report filing deadline
JUN 12 10:00 AM → Election Board Meeting to review 1st Campaign Finance Reports (3rd review) & 2nd Campaign Finance Reports (1st review)
JUN 17 1st review corrections due for 2nd Campaign Finance Reports
JUN 18 1:00 PM → Election Board meeting to review 2nd Campaign Finance Reports (2nd review)
JUN 20 Fines issued on JUN 12th due
JUN 24 2nd review corrections due for 2nd Campaign Finance Reports
JUN 25 1:00 PM → Election Board meeting to review 2nd Campaign Finance Reports (3rd review)
JUN 26 Fines issued on JUN 18th due
JUL 1 Fines issued on JUN 25th due

How to File

  1. Establish a separate bank account for campaign purposes only in the name of the candidate or the candidate's campaign.
  2. From the campaign account, have a cashier's check or money order made payable to Osage Nation Elections for $300 for the filing fee.  
  3. On the day of filing, bring to the Wahzhazhe Elections Office:
    • Proof of Osage membership
    • Government-issued photo ID
    • Proof of campaign bank account that shows the name and number of the account
    • $300 cashier's check or money order
    • Filing forms
      • Declaration of Candidacy (Required to be signed in front of a Wahzhazhe Elections notary.)
      • Campaign Manager or Committee Authorization
      • Voter Registry Request 

Filing Fees

Chief  $500

Assistant Chief $400

Congress $300

Required Qualifications

Chief and Assistant Chief
  • Be an enrolled member of the Osage Nation
  • Be at least thirty-five (35) years of age on the date of the election
  • Have never been convicted of a felony
Congress
  • Be an enrolled member of the Osage Nation
  • Be at least twenty-five (25) years of age on the date of the election
  • Have never been convicted of a felony
Contact Us
Wahzhazhe Elections
electionoffice@osagenation-nsn.gov