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Unofficial special election results: All four proposed constitutional amendments fail

All four proposed constitutional amendments failed in the Aug. 13 Osage Nation Special Election, so the Osage Constitution will remain as it is.

In complete, but unofficial results, the four amendment questions failed to garner 65 percent of the “yes” vote required for constitutional amendments to take effect.

The ON Election office announced the unofficial results at 9:55 p.m. in front of the Congressional Chambers in Pawhuska – just two hours after the election poll closed. The results are:

ONCR 10-19: YES – 911 (61.75 percent); NO – 565

ONCR 11-12: YES – 803 (54.55 percent); NO – 669

ONCR 11-13: YES – 815 (55.18 percent); NO – 662

ONCR 11-14: YES – 831 (56.22 percent); NO – 647

According to Election Supervisor Alexis Rencountre, 455 Osages voted in-person at the special election and the absentee ballot tally is 1,024, which totals 1,479 ballots cast in the election.

Election Board Chairman Walter Hopper said the Election Office will pick up provisional ballots from the Pawhuska Post Office on Wednesday. All absentee ballots that arrive at the post office after 10 a.m. on Election Day will be put in an empty locked box at the post office and held for 48 hours as provisional ballots.

Hopper said the Election Board plans to certify the results by week’s end after deciding whether the provisional ballots will be counted to make a difference on the results. The certification would also be contingent on whether any public challenges are made on the results.


By

Benny Polacca


Original Publish Date: 2012-08-13 00:00:00

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  • Benny Polacca

    Title: Senior Reporter

    Email: bpolacca@osagenation-nsn.gov

    Instagram: @bpolacca

    Topic Expertise: Government, Tribal Government, Community

    Languages spoken: English, basic knowledge of Spanish and French

    Benny Polacca (Hopi/ Havasupai/ Pima/ Tohono O’odham) started working at the Osage News in 2009 as a reporter in Pawhuska, Okla., where he’s covered various stories and events that impact the Osage Nation and Osage people. Those newspaper contributions cover a broad spectrum of topics and issues from tribal government matters to features. As a result, Polacca has gained an immeasurable amount of experience in covering Native American affairs, government issues and features so the Osage readership can be better informed about the tribal current affairs the newspaper covers.

    Polacca is part of the Osage News team that was awarded the Native American Journalists Association's Elias Boudinet Free Press Award in 2014 and has won numerous NAJA media awards, as well as awards from the Oklahoma Press Association and SPJ Oklahoma Pro Chapter, for storytelling coverage and photography.

    Polacca earned his bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University and also participated in the former American Indian Journalism Institute at the University of South Dakota where he was introduced to the basics of journalism and worked with seasoned journalists there and later at The Forum daily newspaper covering the Fargo, N.D. area where he worked as the weeknight reporter.

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Benny Polaccahttps://osagenews.org

Title: Senior Reporter

Email: bpolacca@osagenation-nsn.gov

Instagram: @bpolacca

Topic Expertise: Government, Tribal Government, Community

Languages spoken: English, basic knowledge of Spanish and French

Benny Polacca (Hopi/ Havasupai/ Pima/ Tohono O’odham) started working at the Osage News in 2009 as a reporter in Pawhuska, Okla., where he’s covered various stories and events that impact the Osage Nation and Osage people. Those newspaper contributions cover a broad spectrum of topics and issues from tribal government matters to features. As a result, Polacca has gained an immeasurable amount of experience in covering Native American affairs, government issues and features so the Osage readership can be better informed about the tribal current affairs the newspaper covers.

Polacca is part of the Osage News team that was awarded the Native American Journalists Association's Elias Boudinet Free Press Award in 2014 and has won numerous NAJA media awards, as well as awards from the Oklahoma Press Association and SPJ Oklahoma Pro Chapter, for storytelling coverage and photography.

Polacca earned his bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University and also participated in the former American Indian Journalism Institute at the University of South Dakota where he was introduced to the basics of journalism and worked with seasoned journalists there and later at The Forum daily newspaper covering the Fargo, N.D. area where he worked as the weeknight reporter.

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