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Constitution and ByLaws of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians North Dakota

Section 6.

The Reservation shall consist of four (4) districts. The districts are described as follows:

(a) District 1 - Fishlake Road East to the town of Rolla and open North and South. Two (2) representatives.

(b) District 2 - Fishlake Road West to Rolette Road, and open North and South. Two (2) representatives.

(c) District 3 - Rolette Road West to Suckerlake Road or Morin Road, and open North and South. Two (2) representatives.

(d) District 4 - Suckerlake Road or Morin Road West to St. Paul Butte, and open North and South. Two (2) representatives.

Within three (3) months after each general election, the Tribal Council will convene at the call of the Chairman, as a redistricting board, and redesignate the boundaries of the four (4) districts by majority vote, so that the districts shall be as regular and compact in form as practicable and as substantially equal in eligible voters as possible. A map of Rolette County, North Dakota, shall then be prepared by the Tribal Secretary with the boundaries of the four (4) districts drawn thereon, which map shall then be certified to by the Tribal Chairman and the Tribal Secretary and kept on file in the Office of the Tribal Secretary with a copy thereof posted in the Tribal Office. (Approved April 3, 1975)

Votes for candidates for district representatives shall be cast at large. Eligible voters may vote for two (2) representatives from each of the four (4) districts for a combined total of eight (8) votes cast. (Amendment XVIII, Approved February 23, 1995)

Original url: https://law.tmchippewa.com/us/nsn/tmchippewa/council/constitution/V/6

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