5.2.11.010 Referendum Election Process.

(a) Referendum elections shall be conducted in accordance with the ELECTIONS AND VOTING provision SECTION 6. REFERENDUM of the Agreement which states:

The people reserve the power to subject any law to a binding referendum election and the Election Commission shall hold a Referendum Election upon a petition signed by at least fifty percent (50%) of the voters. A simple majority of the votes cast shall decide the outcome of the Referendum Election.

(b) Upon written request, the Election Commission shall issue an official Referendum Petition form to a petitioner. A referendum petition shall include a legible name and date of each person signing such petition. A completed Referendum Petition shall be filed with the Election Commission.

(c) A tribal member shall have fifteen (15) days after an Act of the Council is signed into law by the Governor or veto override by the Council to request a referendum petition.

(d) Petitioners have forty-five (45) days to submit a completed petition to the Election Commission.

(e) For purposes of determining the validity of the referendum petition, fifty percent (50%) of the eligible voters means fifty percent (50%) of all of the eligible voters of the Pueblo who are eighteen (18) or older at the time they signed the petition, and does not mean the number of voters who voted in the last election.

(f) An individual who voluntarily places his or her signature on a petition shall not be allowed to later withdraw or remove their signature from the petition.