PAWHUSKA, Okla. — Unofficial results show Osage voters rejected four proposed Constitutional amendments Monday.

In order to be adopted, each amendment had to receive at least 65 percent of the vote. Although each amendment received at least 50 percent, none received the required super-majority.

Based off of the unofficial figures, absentee ballots outnumbered in-person votes by an almost 2-to-1 margin.  Among the 1,479 ballots cast, 455 were cast in person Monday at the tribe’s Congressional Chambers.

The first resolution, ONCA 11-12, would have removed the council from the Osage Nation’s executive branch, similar to the Osage Nation Congress or the tribe’s judiciary. However, the amendment, as written, does not state whether the council would be a fourth branch of government.  It received 804 votes, or 54.55 percent.

The second resolution, ONCA 11-13, would have allowed the Minerals Council to enact its own election code and carry out its own elections. It received 815 votes, or 55.18 percent.

The third resolution, ONCA 11-14, would have given the eight-member council the sole authority to lease and develop the tribe’s mineral estate. It received 831 votes, or 56.22 percent.

The fourth proposed amendment, ONCA 10-19, would have prohibited the Osage Nation Congress from passing any laws that would tax royalty income generated by the tribe’s mineral estate. It would have also banned any taxes on the production and transportation of minerals within the tribe’s mineral estate.

The tribe owns the mineral rights for all of Osage County and receives income for all oil and natural gas found within the 1.47-million acre county.

The Osage Nation Election Board is scheduled to certify the results later this week after the public challenge period passes.