PEMBROKE – When members of the Lumbee tribe move to the polls in November, they will be 18 applicants vying for seven vacancies at the Lumbee Tribal Council.
The era of applications ended at five o’clock on Friday afternoon, with 18 names filed with the Lumbee Tribe Electoral Commission. On November 10, the electorate will be invited to take a seat on the tribal council in Districts 2, 3, five, 6, 7, 11 and 12.
Barbara Farley opposes Sharon Hunt, a District 2 incumbent. In the District 3 race, incumbent James Hunt is challenged through Lesaundri Hunt. Carrington Locklear and Robie Goins are vying for the District 5 seat District 6 applicants are Mable Moses, Mikah Oxendine and Richard Jones. District 7 incumbent Alvin Mercer has no opposition. The District 11 race takes place between Chocajuana Oxendine and Christopher Carter.
Five applicants compete for the District 12 position: Annie Taylor, Dexter Strickland, Jerry Newman, Katina Brayboy and Micheal Chavis.
Tribal Council District 2 covers Back Swamp, Fairmont 1
Only 4 of the applicants provided biographical data and/or to The Robesonian.
“My call is Barbara Hammonds Farley and I am running for Lumbee Council District 2,” says the candidate. “I would appreciate your vote and promise to serve and build you and our district, with God’s help, to the most productive of my ability.
“I’m from Robeson County, I was born and raised in the Fairmont area. My husband, Steve, and I live in Fairmont, My love for my heritage and my other people will be my purpose and my motivation. “
In his statement, outgoing District 3 President James Hunt said, “In addition, it may seem that the Lumbee tribe does not paint or paint its other people, but let me give you good news, we tested more than 4000 people to detect COVID. -19, in which I have participated in my community, in addition to offering support for self-housing, assistance for the down payment. , school scholarships and cellular laboratories for distance education.
Tribal leaders are running in systems to combat drug and opioid abuse, domestic violence, and the abuse of women and children, for whom the tribe is seeking refuge, he said. Tribal leadership does more for veterans and the elderly.
“Yes, we have to do more, much more!” Hunt says. In District 3, we want more than anything I’ve ever covered, but the biggest challenge we have is the lack of land that can be acquired through the tribe. Let me know, 910-258-4001. Having land will help solve many. Want.
“I humbly ask for your vote in November. “
The district’s challenger, Bishop Lesaundri “Lee” Hunt, has been the senior pastor of riverside’s Church of God for 39 years, according to reports. The graduate of Fairmont and Fairgrove High School in Robeson County began his ministry in 1974 as an evangelist and accepted his first pastoral assignment at the East Maxton Church of God.
Lesaundri Hunt retired as manager after 34 years of service in the public painting department of the city of Lumberton. On September 22, 2006, he was identified by his remarkable paintings and “spiritual leadership” through the president of the Lumbee tribe, Jimmy Goins, who declared on September 22 the Lesaundri Hunting Day.
Hunt was a member of the District 3 Tribal Council from 2014 to 2017, during which time he served on various committees and as chairman of the tribal council in 2014 and 2015. He has participated in education meetings to acquire wisdom and revel in “better perceive how to help his other tribe members. “
Over the years, Hunt studied at Carolina Bible College in Fayetteville and earned a certificate in Bible Studies. Lately he’s been on the East Carolina State Council. In December 2018, he won a LeaderLABS leadership certificate, which he organized through the state offices of the Church of God in East North Carolina In January 2019, completed a course with the Church of God Chaplainny Commission and received a Community Service Chaplainy Certificate 1.
“Hunt supports expansion in all spaces of life,” the candidate’s data says in part. “He is pleased to celebrate the achievements/milestones of his parishioners and to pray through the disappointments of life with them as well.
As presented, District 11 candidate Christopher Carter is a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and a “hardworking man. “
“Carter says it’s time for young Native Americans in Hoke County to have more,” the statement reads.
Carter has attended each and every powwows and youth conventions for more than two years. It is also part of the Tobacco Road Drum Group.
“Carter says if he’s elected to the Hoke County District, a replacement will come,” read in the statement.
Electoral colleges will be open on November 10 from 6:30 a. m. 7:30 p. m. La vote has not yet been determined.
Tribe members can vote by mail. Voters can request a vote by mail from September 14 through 5pm on October 9. Absentee ballot signatures will be reviewed at five o’clock on the afternoon of 6 November. The deadline to receive ballots by mail from the Electoral Commission is November 6 at five p. m. , and ballots will be counted at 1:00 p. m. on November 10.
The candidates with the maximum votes will be declared the winners. Ties will be decided by lottery. An automatic count will be performed if the margin of victory is less than 1%. The rest of the counts will be at the discretion of the Election Committee upon receipt of a written request from a candidate.
The appeal of the effects of the vote shall be lodged with the Electoral Commission within five days of the election certification.
There will be no one-stop-shop vote. Tribe registration books will be closed on October 9.
An assembly with the applicants is scheduled for September 14, the headquarters of which will be announced at a later date.
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