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The race is on: 15 hopefuls vie for eight seats on Yellowknife city council. Incumbent mayor Mark Heyck faces off against chartered accountant John Himmelman.

A handful of incumbents face off against newcomers and, making things a little more interesting, IserveU which is making a name for itself around the city has three candidates who have signed onto use its Internet voting platform.

Yellowknifer has asked all councillor and mayoral candidates a uniform series of questions, all of which will be published before the Oct. 19 election in alphabetical order by last name.

Watch for a city elections website Yellowknifer is also in the process of lanching, where the profiles and much more will appear.