1.02.020 Non-Partisan Office

The Tribal Clerk is hereby declared a non-partisan Officer of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe. The Tribal Clerk shall run for office on a non-partisan basis. The Tribal Clerk may not participate in a partisan tribal political campaign while elected to office as Tribal Clerk. The Tribal Clerk may run for the Tribal Chief but must give a six months notice of intent to run for another office to the Tribal Council. If formally nominated for another Tribal Office at a caucus meeting, the Tribal Clerk shall temporarily relinquish his or her duties off office to a Deputy Clerk who shall become the acting Tribal Clerk until after the election.