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Early voting scheduled June 3-4 for 2022 General Election

General Election voting is Monday, June 6 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the ON Civic Center. Voting for the Osage Minerals Council Election will take place at the Minerals Council chambers on the ON campus, also on June 6 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Osages will have two early voting days on June 3-4 to vote in the 2022 General Election at the Osage Nation Civic Center in Pawhuska.

The Civic Center is located at 1449 W. Main St. where election staff and board members will be available to assist voters on both days. Early voting hours are:

– Friday, June 3: noon to 7 p.m.

– Saturday, June 4: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

General Election voting is Monday, June 6 also at the ON Civic Center. Voting will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

According to the 2022 ON General Election notice, an Osage qualified to vote is: “Any enrolled member… that is 18 years of age or older on Election Day who has been issued an (ON) Membership Card on or after Oct. 9, 2002, which bears the name of a Principal Chief of the Osage Nation.”

Voters will also be asked to present government-issued photo identification at the poll. Examples include driver’s licenses, passports, military ID or tribal ID cards. 

For the 2022 General Election, there are no ballot questions, but voters will be asked to vote for one of two candidates in both the Principal Chief and Assistant Principal Chief’s race. Voters will also have the opportunity to vote for up to six of 13 candidates running for Congressional office.

Also for 2022, voters will be asked whether to retain the four Judicial Branch judges who currently serve as the Chief Justice and two Associate Justices on the Nation’s Supreme Court and one serving as the Chief Judge of the Trial Court. All elected and retained office seats carry four-year terms each.

Osages who are absentee voters must ensure their ballots are filled out and mailed to the Pawhuska Post Office address listed on the enclosed envelope to arrive by Election Day. Ballots arriving after June 6 will not be counted.

Earlier this month, the Wahzhazhe Elections Office reported a total of 2,898 ballots were mailed to Osage voters with seven of them sent outside the United States.

After the polling place closes and ballot counting process is complete, election officials will announce the results in front of the ON Chambers building on the Nation’s campus.

The Wahzhazhe Elections Office toll-free number is (877) 560-5286 and email address is electionoffice@osagenation-nsn.gov for election-related inquiries.

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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 Polacca
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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