Eligible UKB tribal members will have the opportunity to go to the polls in their district on Monday, November 1.  District representative candidates running for office in the 2010 election are as follows:

Cooweescoowee District Representative Candidates
Clifford Arneecher
Clifford Wofford

Flint District Representative Candidates
Tom Duncan
Harlene Green
Woodrow Proctor
Frankie Still

Saline District Representative Candidates
Carolyn Chumwalooky
Charles Smoke

Tahlequah District Representative Candidates
Betty Holcomb
Danny McCarter
Kristene Scraper

Four incumbent district representatives  will run uncontested including Eddie Sacks in the Canadian District; Jerry Hansen in the Delaware District; Joyce Hawk in the Goingsnake District and Barry Dotson in the Sequoyah District.  One new candidate, Peggy Girty of Vian, Oklahoma who is running in the Illinois District, drew no opposition.

Polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Polling locations are as follows:

Cooweescoowee District

Pryor, Oklahoma

Location: First Christian-Presbyterian Church
Address: 301 N. E. 1st Street
Phone:  918-825-2396

Flint District

Stilwell, Oklahoma
Location: Stilwell Satellite Office
Address: On the Corner of Young and Section Line Road
Phone 918-696-7672

Saline District

Salina, Oklahoma
Location: First Indian Baptist Church
Ph 918-434-2084
Address: 702 East Brewer St.


Tahlequah District

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Location: VFW Post 3707 Building
Directions: Near the Intersection of Downing and Water Street
Phone 918-456-0595.

If you are a United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma tribal member and wish to vote in the election in November, you must have a UKB Photo ID.  The United Keetoowah Band’s tribal council approved Election Ordinance by Resolution # 08-UKB-20 back in 2008.

Voters needing a photo ID may obtain one Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Cards are issued in the Tribal Enrollment Office, located in the front of the Administration Building, which is located next door to the Keetoowah Cherokee Casino.  For more information, contact the enrollment office at (918) 453-9375.

The Tribal Enrollment Office will also be open on Election Day for members who have not yet gotten a photo ID card.  The office will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day, members may call (918) 453-9375 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. or (918) 207-5120 before and after hours.