Advance polls opening for two elections
Michele LeTourneau
Northern News Services
Monday, December 5, 2016
NUNAVUT
Advance polls to vote for president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) open today, Dec. 5.
Four candidates are vying for the role: incumbent Cathy Towtongie, Levinia Brown, Aluki Kotierk and Joe Adla Kunuk.
Voters in all Qikiqtani communities can also vote in advance for Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) positions, including vice president and secretary-treasurer, as well as various community director positions.
Any eligible voter who is not on the voters list can vote by signing a declaration of eligibility at the polling station, QIA chief returning officer Adamee Itorcheak stated in a news release.
NTI chief returning officer Mary Wilman stated in a release that advance polls open at 10 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. local time. Polls are set up at various community halls or hamlet chambers – check the QIA and NTI websites. Election day is Dec. 12.
Voter must be 16 years of age or older as of Dec. 12 to vote, Canadian citizens, and enrolled or eligible to enroll under the Nunavut Agreement, Wilman stated.
There are five ways to vote: at advance polls, in person on election day, by mobile poll between Dec. 6 and Dec. 11, by proxy vote at advance polls or on election day, and by mail-in ballot delivered on or before Dec. 12.
Polling stations will be set up in all Nunavut communities, as well as four other locations, including Yellowknife, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Ottawa.
