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Title 25 - INDIANSChapter I - BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORSubchapter F - TRIBAL GOVERNMENTPart 81 - SECRETARIAL ELECTION PROCEDURES
Subpart C - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL SECRETARIAL ELECTIONS
Section 81.11 - May a tribe establish a voting age different from 18 years of age for Secretarial elections?

25 C.F.R. § 81.11

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Section 81.11 - May a tribe establish a voting age different from 18 years of age for Secretarial elections?

No. A Secretarial election is a Federal election. According to the 26th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, adopted July 1, 1971, all individuals 18 years of age and older must be allowed to vote in Federal elections.

25 C.F.R. §81.11