TAHLEQUAH â The Cherokee Nation Election Commission has a process for in-person, early and absentee voting to ensure that all votes are accounted for in a tribal election. When absentee ballots are mailed in, usually before Election Day, they are placed in a secured absentee ballot box located at the Tahlequah post office. âThe absentee ballots shall be removed from the post office and taken to the Election Commission Office by members of the Election Commission or their designees at the appropriate time to be verified and counted for the election,â states Title 26 Election Law Sec- tion 79. Absentee ballots requested by voters who return them in person to the EC are referred to as walk-in absentee voting or early voting.