by Richard Gleeson
Northern News Services

NNSL (Sep 12/97) - If you plan on voting in the Oct. 20 municipal election, you better check the voters' list.

In June and July enumerators travelled to each household in the community registering voters.

If you did not fill out an enumeration form during those two months, or since, you should register as soon possible. Otherwise, casting your vote come election day will be more difficult than it needs to be.

Those who have not lived in the city of Yellowknife for the previous 12 months, those under the age of 18, those who are not residents of the city election day -- for those folks enumeration doesn't matter. They can't vote anyway. So says the law governing the election, the Elections Authorities Act.

Voters lists are available for public perusal at city hall, the public library, Canadian Tire, Northern Fancy Meats, Weaver and Devore and the Co-op.

If your name is not on the list there's a couple of ways you can get it there by election day.

The easiest is to call city hall and ask returning officer Debbie Eichner to fax you one. Fill it out and drop it off at city hall. Fax-challenged voters can fill out forms at city hall.

While you are checking the voters' list, take note of your polling district and the location of the your polling station, both contained in a map attached to the list.

If you can't find the time to do these things before election day, don't give up hope.

You can vote, it just takes a little longer. You'll have to be sworn in by a commissioner of oaths (election staff can act in that capacity).