COUNCIL OF ELDERS ELECTION, PLEASE VOTE?

ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 AT NINE A.M., THE ELECTION COMMITTEE WILL START COUNTING THE BALLOTS FOR THE 4 OPEN POSITIONS FOR THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS.

PLEASE, GET YOUR BALLOTS IN? WATCH THE DVD. LISTEN TO WHAT THE CANDIDATES SAID. HOW DID THEY FEEL ABOUT MEMBERSHIP? WHAT DID THEY SAY ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION? WHAT WAS THEIR TAKE ON CULTURE? WHAT KIND OF LEADERS, DO YOU THINK THEY WILL BE?

REMEMBER THIS, THE MOST IMPORTANT TWO THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS DO ARE: 1) THEY ARE THE SUPREME COURT, AND 2) THEY ARE TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET OUR CONSTITUTION. A PRESENT COUNCIL OF ELDERS MEMBER SAID HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT THIS ELECTION. HE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE NEXT GROUP WOULD NOT BE WILLING TO WORK ON THE CONSTITUTION. THE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT ARE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY, VOTING ORDINANCES, PETITION RIGHTS, AND OTHER THINGS. PLEASE LOOK AT WHAT THE CANDIDATES SAID ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION.

REMEMBER TOO, THE NEXT COUNCIL OF ELDERS WILL PROBABLY APPOINT THE NEXT CHIEF.

PLEASE VOTE, EVERY VOTE COUNTS. MAYBE ON THE NEXT ELECTION WE WILL NOT HAVE TO VOTE THE ENTIRE BALLOT FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF POSITIONS OPEN.

MAIL YOUR VOTE IN NOW OR BRING IT TO THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING.

WE NEED A COUNCIL OF ELDERS THAT IS WILLING TO MAKE HARD CHOICES AND DO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

EDITORIAL FOOTNOTE: PLEASE WRITE ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SURVEY "I THINK THE ELECTION ORDINANCE VIOLATES ARTICLE VII- VOTING SECTION 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION."