ELE.2.2.010 General Definitions

The following terms, wherever used in this ordinance, shall be construed to apply as follows:

(a) "Citizen" means a member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Lake Superior Band of Chippewa Indians.

(b) "Citizen Services Department" or "Department" means the citizen services department of the Tribe.

(c) "Election Committee" means the Committee established on the day of the caucus as established pursuant to Section ELE.1.3.040(c).

(d) "Invalid Ballot" means an official ballot discovered at the time the votes are counted which does not comply with the requirements for voting or is not an official ballot. An "Invalid Ballot" is not counted for determining the number of cast ballots.

(e) "Legislative Enactment" or "Proposed Enactment" means the action and date upon which the Tribal Governing Board votes by motion or resolution to approve or reject a proposed legislative enactment or votes to approve or reject a proposed amendment to a legislative enactment.

(f) "Meeting" means a regular meeting of the Tribal Governing Board.

(g) "Mutilated Ballot" means an official ballot that has been damaged to the extent that it is not possible to determine the choice the voter intended to make.

(h) "Nominee" means all persons nominated as candidates for election to the Tribal Governing Board at the time of the caucus, whether or not personally present.

(i) "Official Ballot" means a ballot prepared for use in an election.

(j) "Polling Sites" means the designated official polling sites for all Lac Courte Oreilles tribal elections.

(k) "Qualified Voter" or "Those Entitled to Vote" means those members of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians who are, or will be, 18 years of age or older, on or before the day of the referendum election, and meet the necessary citizenship (membership) requirements, pursuant to Chapter CTZ.1 of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Tribal Code of Law – Citizenship Code, will be eligible to vote on election day at designated polling sites as stated in Article IV, § 1 of the Amended Constitution and By-laws of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

(l) "Spoiled Ballot" means an official ballot that has been marked in such a way that it is not possible to determine the intent of the voter, a ballot that has not been marked at all, or one that has been marked so as to violate the secrecy of the ballot.

(m) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Tribal Governing Board and includes staff acting under the direction of the Secretary.

(n) "Teller" means members of the Election Committee, other than the Election Committee Chairperson, whom shall preside at the polling sites.

(o) "Tribal Court" mean the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Court.

(p) "Tribal Governing Board" means the Tribal Governing Board of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

(q) "Tribe" means the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.