Uncasville, Connecticut, Monday April 6, 2009............Ken Davison, a Mohegan Tribal member will be in Mohegan Tribal Court challenging the Election Ordinance.
Motions will be heard In the case of Davison v. Mohegan Tribe Election Committee. Davison is asking for some evidence that has been filed to be removed as evidence. The attorneys for the Election Committee are supposedly asking for a dismissal.
The case involves, Davison's belief that he should not have to vote the total number of positions on a ballot, for his ballot to count. In other words, if there are four positions then a Mohegan Tribal Member voting in the election, according to the Election Ordinance, must vote for four positions for his ballot to count. Davison believes, the Mohegan Constitution allows tribal members to vote for less than the total number of positions available and the ballot should count. The election law and the Mohegan Constitution are at odds.
Most of the Mohegan Tribal members, I talked to believe that they are being made to do something (voting) they really don't want to do. They are being made to vote for people, that they would not normally vote for, for their ballot to count. The very process, influences the out come of the election. People are doing something that violates their constitution rights. Their Freedom of Choice is being influenced. This is wrong. The end result in the vote count is wrong, because people are not voting the way they want to vote.
The Mohegan Tribal Council has hired the three outside lawyers to fight Davison's challenge. Wouldn't it be better if the Tribal Council did the will of the Mohegan People? How much is this costing the tribe? Does anyone know? How about putting the Election Ordinance up for a vote? How about letting the people decide? Could it be that the present system helps the incumbents? Are some of the Tribal Council running for re-election? Does this situation have something to do with it? What do you think?
The motions will be heard today, in the Mohegan Tribal Meeting Room at 2:00 P.M. See you there.
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