Election board kills St. Marks run for Rocky Boy chair

The Chippewa Cree Tribal Election Board of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation has removed the former chair of the tribal council as a candidate for the chair, three days after it certified him as a candidate.

The Election Board issued a press release Thursday saying Ken Blatt St. Marks is ineligible as a candidate in the May 21 election being held to fill the spot, vacated when the other board members removed him from office.

He was listed as one of the certified candidates authorized by the board Monday.

The other candidates announced are acting chair Richard “Ricky” Morsette, Luanne Belcourt, Be...