§ 8-104. Constitutional amendment.
A. Time Requirements. A petition to amend the Constitution shall be filed no less than ninety (90) calendar days before the election at which the proposed amendment shall be voted upon.
B. Application. A person or organization intending to file a petition for constitutional amendment shall, before receiving said petition forms, file with the Office an application provided by the Office. The application must also bear the signatures of one hundred (100) qualified voters. The application may then be submitted to the Office. Applications must also meet the requirements set forth by Section 8-105 of this Title.
C. Application Certification. Upon receipt of the application, the Election Office shall:
1. Certify the application and prepare a petition for circulation by the sponsor or sponsors.
2. Shall within five business days authorize circulation of a constitutional amendment petition by the sponsor or sponsors.
3. The petition shall contain the full text of the proposed amendment.
D. Signature Requirements and Time Limitations. The circulated petitions must be filed within one hundred eighty (180) calendar days of delivery of the petitions to the sponsors, or the petition shall be void. If signed by qualified voters who are equal in number to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the electorate, the petition may be filed. Petitions must also meet the requirements set forth by Section 8-105 of this Title.
E. Certification of Petition. The Office shall undertake reasonable and prudent measures to determine the validity of the signatures on any filed petition. If the Office finds the petition in proper form with the necessary number of valid signatures, he or she shall certify the petition and prepare a ballot. The announcement of petition certification shall be made by the Office not less than sixty (60) calendar days prior to the election at which the proposed amendment is to be voted upon.
F. Publication. A summary shall be published, as prepared by the Osage Nation Attorney General, or his or her designee, of the proposed amendment, including existing provisions of the Constitution which would be altered or abrogated thereby, and the question as it shall appear on the ballot and place such publication prominently in each polling place, at tribal administrative offices, and furnish same to news media.
G. Ballot Requirements. The ballot shall contain a statement prepared by the Osage Nation Attorney General, or his or her designee. The statement shall:
1. Describe the purpose of the proposed amendment;
2. Be expressed in not more than one hundred (100) words;
3. Be true and impartial; and
4. Be composed in language that shall create no prejudice for or against the amendment.
H. Election. The proposed amendment shall be placed on the ballot for the next general election, subject to the provisions of subsection (A) of this section.
I. Legislative Constitutional Amendments. Pursuant to the Constitution, Article XX, Section 1, the Osage Nation Congress, in session, may order by resolution a special election for that purpose. ONCA 17-107, eff. Oct. 4, 2017.