Voting of the proposed amendments will occur in July. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

By Derek Cornet

election

Voting days set for LLRIB Election Act amendments

May 24, 2022 | 1:27 PM

Dates have been set to vote on new amendments to the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) Election Act.

Eight days have been scheduled in July for the voting to occur and those days will coincide with 2022 Treaty Days in each community. The first day to vote is July 18 at the community hall in Stanley Mission from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

On July 19, voting will occur at Nihithow Awasis School in Grandmother’s Bay from 10:00 a.m. to noon and then Sucker River band hall from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Voting will take place in La Ronge’s Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on July 20, followed by Hall Lake’s Sally Ross School Gym on July 21 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Voting will happen on July 22 at the Little Red River School gymnasium from 10:00 a.m. to noon on July 22.

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Finally, voting will be in Saskatoon on July 26 from noon to 7:00 p.m. and in Prince Albert on July 27 from noon to 7:00 p.m. The location for those two places is yet to be announced.

Voting can only be in person and band members must be 18 years of age or older. The Act may be amended with the consent of a majority of electors who vote on the proposed amendments, as long as 10 per cent of eligible electors participate.

The act was last amended in 2019 following rounds of consultation with band members in multiple communities.

The proposed amendments include providing electronic voting to any member who wants to vote electronically on and off-reserve, the creation of a separate three-member elections appeals committee, allowing candidates to be nominated in person or in advance using a form and the creation of a code of conduct during the elections campaign period.

The final proposed amendment states candidates cannot have more than $1,000 in debt outstanding to LLRIB entities, businesses or corporations of which the LLRIB is the majority stakeholder. There also must be an existing agreement to repay any debt below $1,000.

Currently, the LLRIB Elections Act prohibits candidates from running if they have any debt to the LLRIB or a band-owned entity. There’s also no provision for electronic voting, appeals are facilitated by the election tribunal, there is no code of conduct and the nomination of a candidate can only be made in person at a nomination meeting.

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derek.cornet@pattisonmedia.com

Twitter: @saskjourno