An absentee ballot count today could determine if Phillip Martin’s nearly three-decade reign as chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians continues or comes to an end.
With all eight Choctaw communities reporting Tuesday night, Martin trailed challenger Beasley Denson, a former Tribal Council member, in the runoff to the June 12 election, based on unofficial returns.
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