Monday is election day in Nunavut, when roughly 14,000 eligible voters will go to polling stations throughout the territory to elect new members of the legislature for 17 constituencies.
In five other Nunavut constituencies, no elections will take place because the candidates, including former premier Joe Savikataaq, were acclaimed.
In Iqaluit, with about 4,000 of the territory’s voters, Elections Nunavut hopes eligible voters will come out to cast ballots.
“We understand that people might have other priorities right now like the water situation,” said Nunavut’s chief electoral officer, Dustin Fredlund, speaking of the current crisis in Iqaluit.
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