The tribal council of the Red Lake Nation in Minnesota is meeting today to decide whether to prevent the tribe's election board from calling a new election.
The board said allegations of voter fraud required a new election. But Chairman Floyd Jourdain, the target of vote-buying accusations, says the board has overstepped its authority.
Jourdain defeated former secretary Judy Roy by just 69 votes. She won the majority of the on-reservation votes while he was carried by absentee and off-reservation ballots.
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Red Lake meeting to deal with election dispute (The Minneapolis Star Tribune 8/8)
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Red Lake chairman faces accusations in election dispute
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