The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Election Committee gathered on Saturday, February 4, 2017 to count votes for the Special Election that was held for the Tribal Council Person #3 position. The final outcome resulted with the lack of a majority winner, which will lead to a runoff election between the top two candidates who received the most amount of votes.

A Runoff Election will be held for the Tribal Council Person #3 position and ballots will be mailed by Thursday, February 9, 2017. Ballots for the runoff election will be counted on Saturday, March 4, 2017, starting at 9:00 am.

The runoff will be held between the following two candidates:

-Joyce Kitchkommie Guerrero (134 votes)
-Juanita Jessepe (127 votes)