Comanches to nominate officers, approve vote Saturday at general council

Members of the Comanche Nation will gather together as the tribe’s supreme governing body Saturday for the annual general council meeting.

Among the business on the agenda is the nomination of tribal officers and the proposed nearly $57 million Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Watchetaker Hall at the Comanche Nation Tribal Complex, 9 miles north of Lawton. A quorum of 150 tribal members 18 and older will need to be established before its beginning.

Doors open at 9 a.m. and a lunch will be served.

Nominations will be taken for the following positions: chairman, vice chairman, tribal attorney.

Comanche Nation Election Board member nominations will be taken for the following locations:

•Lawton, one seat.

•Anadarko, one seat.

•Apache, two seats.

•Walters, two seats.

•Oklahoma City, one seat.

Discussion about the $56,939,490 budget from gaming revenues will take place before voting to approve the line items.

Among the budget items is the proposed $18,850,000 per capita distribution of gaming revenue and $2.35 million elder payment.

Upcoming election calendar dates:

•April 30, last day to request an absentee ballot for the general election.

•May 10, early in-person voting for the general election.

•May 11, general election; absentee ballots due at the Lawton Post Office by noon.

•May 14, election certification by 5 p.m.

•May 24, last day to request absentee ballots for the runoff election.

•June 7, early in-person voting for the runoff election.

•June 8, runoff election; absentee ballots due at the Lawton Post Office by noon.

•June 11, election certification by 5 p.m.