Elect 2 or 16? Muscogee election to decide ballot question on at-large vs. district-based voting

Muscogee Nation voters will decide Sept. 20 whether they will continue voting for all 16 seats on the Muscogee National Council or whether their future ballots will only contain candidates for their “home” districts.

The Nation Council placed the question before voters. The push to amend Articles IV and VI of the Muscogee Nation Constitution and limit citizens to voting only in their designated districts is supported by those who feel it is impractical to vote for 16 seats across the entire Muscogee Nation Reservation. Instead, supporters say they would prefer to vote only in their local districts where they are most likely to know the candidates.

Muscogee citizens previously voted on a similar proposal in a July 2012 special election, but the 64.21 percent support for returning to district-based voting fell just shy of the two-thirds threshold needed to approve a constitutional amendment. Because the question appeared on a special election ballot, only 1,548 total votes were cast.

Voting in each National Council district — referred to as “at-large” voting — took effect after a 2008 constitutional convention, a controversial move some citizens felt circumvented their right to vote on the change.




https://nondoc.com/2025/09/13/muscogee-constitutional-amendment-would-restore-district-based-voting/