By SCOTT MCKIE B.P.
ONE FEATHER STAFF
The members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians head to the polls on Thursday, Sept. 1 for the 2011 EBCI General Election. Polls will be open from 6am – 6pm, and the EBCI Election Board has related that anyone in line at 6pm will be allowed to vote. Elections will be held in each community/township.
According to the Election Board, a total of 6,707 tribal members are registered to vote on Thursday. Birdtown has the most voters with 1,660 followed by Wolftown 1,093, Yellowhill 922, Painttown 861, Big Cove 761, Cherokee County 533, Snowbird 441 and Big Y 436.
Eight polling stations will be open for voters including:
– Birdtown Community Building, 1146 Birdtown Road
– Big Y Community Center – 2641 Wrights Creek Road
– Cherokee County Clinic – 328 Airport Road, Marble, NC 28905
– Snowbird Gym – 60 Snowbird School Road, Robbinsville, NC 28771
– Wolfetown Recreation Center – 27 Long Branch Road
– Painttown Gym – 1556 Paint Town Road
– Big Cove Recreation Center – 8715 Big Cove Road
– Yellowhill Community Building – 918 Acquoni Road
The Election Board has certified the following list of official candidates:
Principal Chief
1. Michell Hicks
2. Patrick Lambert
3. Susan Toineeta (Write In)
Vice Chief
1. Larry Blythe
2. Teresa McCoy
Big Cove Council
1.Frankie Lee Bottchenbaugh
2. Bo Taylor
3. Perry Shell
4. Lori Taylor
Birdtown Council
1. Gene “Tunney” Crowe, Jr.
2. Jim Owle
3. Terri Lee Taylor
4. Faye McCoy
Big Y/Wolftown Council
1. Dennis Edward (Bill) Taylor
2. Mike Parker
3. Dwayne “Tuff” Jackson
4. Kathy “Rock” Burgess
Big Y School Board
1. John “Dick “ Crowe
Painttown Council
1. Tommye Saunooke
2. Marie Junaluska
3. Yona Wade
4. Terri Henry
Painttown School Board
1. Anthony Sequoyah
2. Charlotte Saunooke
Snowbird/Cherokee County Council
1. Diamond Brown
2. Adam Wachacha
3. Brenda Norville
4. Angela Rose Kephart
Yellowhill Council
1. Alan “B.” Ensley
2. David Wolfe
3. Jimmy Bradley
4. John D. Long
Yellowhill School Board
1. T.W. (Price) Saunooke
2. Doris Johnson (Write In)
