# 25 U.S.C. § 5127: Procedure

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## Section

- **Citation:** 25 U.S.C. § 5127
- **Heading:** Procedure
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** May 6, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 25—INDIANS > CHAPTER 45—PROTECTION OF INDIANS AND CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES

## Text

In any election heretofore or hereafter held under the Act of June 18, 1934 ( 48 Stat. 984 ) [ 25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.], on the question of excluding a reservation from the application of the said Act or on the question of adopting a constitution and bylaws or amendments thereto or on the question of ratifying a charter, the vote of a majority of those actually voting shall be necessary and sufficient to effectuate such exclusion, adoption, or ratification, as the case may be: Provided, however , That in each instance the total vote cast shall not be less than 30 per centum of those entitled to vote.

( June 15, 1935, ch. 260, § 1 , 49 Stat. 378 .)

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