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Tribal council rejects effort to recall chairman
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- Parent Category: News
- Category: First Nations & International News
- Published: 15 August 2012
Cortez, Colorado (AP) August 2012
Efforts to recall Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Chairman Gary Hayes have taken a step back.
The Cortez Journal reports (http://bit.ly/PBlcn8 ) the tribal council voted last week to rescind a resolution it had passed that called for a recall election of Hayes. The council said the tribe’s constitution doesn’t give it the authority to call a recall election.
Meanwhile, an election board says petitions some tribal members turned in seeking a recall didn’t have enough valid signatures and contained factual discrepancies.
Sarah Tallbird-Watts helped lead the recall effort and says recall leaders are considering legal action.
The recall petitions were circulated following disagreements about how funds from a federal settlement would be distributed.
Efforts to recall Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Chairman Gary Hayes have taken a step back.
The Cortez Journal reports (http://bit.ly/PBlcn8 ) the tribal council voted last week to rescind a resolution it had passed that called for a recall election of Hayes. The council said the tribe’s constitution doesn’t give it the authority to call a recall election.
Meanwhile, an election board says petitions some tribal members turned in seeking a recall didn’t have enough valid signatures and contained factual discrepancies.
Sarah Tallbird-Watts helped lead the recall effort and says recall leaders are considering legal action.
The recall petitions were circulated following disagreements about how funds from a federal settlement would be distributed.