Sorry I didn’t post this up last night but my iphone died about 5 minutes after they announced the results. I did take pictures of the results and recorded the announcement. Click on the link below to listen, scroll to the bottom to see the official papers that were taped to the window, it shows the absentee/rez vote split.

The election day had a lot of good food. This much I am sure everyone can agree on.

I heard variations of the price tag for the election some said $400,000.00 some said $1,000,000.00. For those of you that participated in the on site election I am sure you noticed several things about that process that were making a lot of people nervous. The fact that the counting machine was not being fed right in front of us and being done in another room was not comforting. Almost every time I have voted in my lifetime this was done in front of you to assure the voter that their vote was counted. However, all of the other steps involved in the process would require a coordinated effort to produce fraudulent results that might work through the first run but would have a difficult time standing up against a forensic look at the voter data. The timeliness of the results being delivered not only calls into question the validity of the election but also the quality of performance by the company administrating the election.

We had a lot of surprises. And as everyone can see the poll results did not match the election results (Some were close, Some were wayyyyyyyy off). Hopefully future candidates will focus more on generating election day results instead of poll results.

We have  a runoff election(s) to pay attention to now. Brace yourselves everyone, we have more several more weeks of the circus!

click the link for audio ELECTION RESULTS

Osage News

John Red Eagle and Tim Tall Chief received the most votes in the Osage Nation general election but neither received 50 percent plus one of the vote.

Scott BigHorse and Amanda Proctor received the most votes in the Assistant Principal Chief race but neither received 50 percent plus one of the vote. Both chief and assistant chief races will come down to a run off election July 19.

All three Osage Supreme Court justices were retained, which included Chief Justice Charles Lohah, Justice Jeanine Logan and Justice Meredith Drent. Tribal judge Marvin Stepson was also retained. The constitutional amendment on the ballot failed to receive 65 percent of the electorate.

The Osage News will post the Minerals Council election results when they receive them. The minerals council results were not announced by the time this story was published.

Osage Nation Election Board Supervisor Lisa Otipoby announced the results at 1 a.m. on June 8 and said that the results are unofficial until the provisional ballots are counted on June 9.

Otipoby will pick up the provisional ballots from the Pawhuska Post Office at 10 a.m. The provisional ballots, absentee ballots postmarked by June 7 but received after, will be counted and could affect the outcome of the congressional race. Once the provisional ballots are counted the election board can then certify the results.

Absentee ballots

All those that voted by absentee ballot in the June 7 election will automatically receive an absentee ballot for the July 19 run-off election. Those that voted in person for the June 7 election but will have to vote by absentee for the July 19 run-off election must request an absentee ballot by June 30.

Here are the results:

Principal Chief race:
1) John Red Eagle 1,099 votes – 42.4 percent
2) Tim Tall Chief 739 votes – 28.5 percent
3) Jim Gray 619 votes – 23.9 percent
4) Roy St. John 79 votes – 3.0 percent
5) Carl Sellers 55 votes – 2.1 percent

Assistant Principal Chief race:
1) Scott BigHorse 628 votes – 24.5 percent
2) Amanda Proctor 480 votes – 18.7 percent
3) Everett Waller 466 votes – 18.2 percent
4) Cecelia Tallchief 407 votes – 15.9 percent
5) Anthony Shackelford 383 votes – 15.0 percent
6) Jeff Irons 197 votes – 7.7 percent

Congressional race:
1) Geoffrey Standing Bear – 1,487
2) Raymond Red Corn – 1,294
3) William Supernaw – 1,252
4) Alice Goodfox – 920
5) Daniel Boone – 888
6) John Free Jr. – 815
7) John Williams – 768
8 John Maker – 764
9) John Jech – 678
10) Danette Daniels – 668
11) Jake Heflin – 634
12) Joe Shunkamolah – 605
13) Jenny Miller – 598
14) Louis Gray – 575
15) Margo Gray-Proctor – 545
16) David Conrad – 461
17) Anthony Webb – 405
18) James Elsberry – 404
19) Randolph Crawford – 288
20) Vance Wyrick – 146

For more information on the run-off elections contact the election board office at (918) 287-5286, toll free (877) 560-5286 or email [email protected] or [email protected].