(January 29, 2021 – Iqaluit, Nunavut) Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) Election for President has your safety in mind.
In most Nunavut communities:
- Advanced polls will be on February 1, 2021, from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm local time;
- Election Day, February 8, 2021, polls will be open from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm local time; and
- Mobile polls, voters can request a physical distancing, no contact, mobile ballot, you can schedule with your local Community Liaison Officer.
In Arviat, all voters are asked to call the Community Liaison Officer for a physical distancing, no contact polling. A poll clerk will bring the ballot and a ballot box directly to the voter’s address and wait outside or come back at a later time for the ballot. No contact polling has been designed to protect you and the polling clerks. No contact polling will be available in Arviat for extended hours:
- February 1 from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm; local time
- February 2 – 5 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; local time daily; and
- February 8 from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm; local time.
Voters can vote by proxy. Voters can contact the Chief Returning Officer or go to http://elections.tunngavik.com to download the application.
All mail-in ballots containing the original election date of December 14, 2020 are valid and will be counted at the close of the election on February 8, 2021.
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For further information:
Kathleen Sigurdson
Chief Returning Officer
Rankin Inlet, NU, X0C 0G0
Local Tel: 867-645-6716
Toll Free: 1-844-979-6554
