Five Civilized Tribes Approve 18-Year-Old Vote for Chief Elections1971-05-30unknownhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/enghttp://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_001_4_91_46_0005The document is a message from William T. Pecora, Assistant Secretary of Interior, to Virgil Harrington, Area Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Pecora instructs Harrington to deliver a message to various tribal leaders regarding the inclusion of substantive requirements in tribal election procedures, which is not allowed. Harrington is directed to assist in arranging for a reopening or extension of the candidates filing period to allow individuals who may have been excluded due to these requirements to file as candidates.