Clerk

Public Notice: Biennial Judicial Election

PURSUANT TO SECTION IV OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SENECA NATION, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BIENNIAL JUDICIAL ELECTION OF THE SENECA NATION WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2023.

PEACEMAKERS JUDGE:
1-Vacancy Allegany/Oil Spring Territory
1-Vacancy Cattaraugus Territory

COURT OF APPEALS:
2-Vacancies Allegany/Oil Spring Territory
1-Vacancy Cattaraugus Territory

Four year terms-Judiciary Law, Sections 2.5, 3.5 and 4.4.

Voting shall take place on the Allegany and Cattaraugus Territories.  Polls shall be open from 9:00 am until 7:00 pm on this date.

Pursuant to Section X of the Constitution of the Seneca Nation, every member of the age of twenty-one (21) years and upwards, who shall not have been convicted of a felony, shall be competent to vote at all elections and shall be eligible for any office.

Pursuant to Section I of the Constitution of the Seneca Nation, on or before the 15th day preceding the biennial election, all candidates shall file with the Clerk of the Nation their name and office, and no further candidate shall be allowed to file for office after the 15th day preceding the biennial election.  Therefore, all candidates must file with the Clerk at the Seneca Allegany Administration Building, Allegany Territory, no later than 12:00 midnight on Monday, October 23, 2023.

~ Bethany Johnson, Clerk – Seneca Nation