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.