Ute Mountain Ute tribal members will elect a tribal chairman, two council delegates and a White Mesa, Utah, representative during the Oct. 14 election.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Community Center in Towaoc and at the Recreation Center in White Mesa, Utah.

The seats up for election are tribal chairman, currently held by Manuel Heart; and two Tribal Council members, currently held by Priscilla Blackhawk-Rentz, and Regina Lopez Whiteskunk, and White Mesa representative, currently held by Malcolm Lehi.

The tribe posted the unofficial candidate list at Tribal Headquarters in Towaoc, but the list is pending qualification reviews, election officials said.

Candidates for chairman are Heart and challenger Harold Cuthair. Candidates for council seats are Angelita Berry, Colleen Cuthair-Root, Bradley Hight, Prisllena Rabbit, Blackhawk-Rentz and Lyndreth Wall.

For the White Mesa representative, the candidates are Lehi and challenger Elaine Cantsee.

White Mesa voters will vote only for chairman and the White Mesa representative. For the Colorado portion of the tribe, the two candidates with the highest vote counts will earn delegate seats.

“Once we finalize the list, candidates will begin having their campaign dinners,” said election official Jacalynn Colorow.

Absentee balloting for the Oct. 14 election will be allowed for nonresident voters and voters who will not be able to show up in person at the polling place on the day of election to cast their vote. However, the deadline to request an official notarized absentee ballot form in writing has passed. It was Sept. 8.