‘ᓇᓗᓕᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ’ ᓄᓇᕕᖕᒥ ᕿᒪᐃᕗᖅ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ

For the English version of this story, please see Election confusion as some voters get left out.

ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᓄᓇᕕᖕᒥ “ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᖕᒥᑦ ᓇᓗᓕᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ,” ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᔪᒥ.

ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑯᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔫᑉ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᖓ ᓱᓕ ᒪᑐᐃᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᙳᕐᔪᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

ᓄᓇᕕᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᕗᖅ ᑯᐸᐃᖕᒥ ᐊᐱᑎᐱ—ᐸᐃ-ᔭᐃᒻᔅ—ᓄᓇᕕᖕᒥ—ᐄᔭᐅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᕕᖓᓂ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ-ᐱᖓᔪᖓᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᙳᐊᖓᓂ. ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᕕᖓᓂ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ 89,087−ᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ 65,833−ᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᖃᖅᐳᑦ, ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ.

ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᕕᖓᓂ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐸᓛᒃ ᑯᐸᒃᑯᐊ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᐅᓪᕕ ᐱᕉᑉᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ 2019−ᒥ.

ᓕᐳᕈᒃᑯᑦ ᒫᓐᑎ ᒑᓪ-ᒫᔅᑎ ᓵᓚᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᕕᖓᓂ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑲᑦᑖᕐᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᕉᑉᒥ.

ᐊᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᒪᑐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ, ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᐃᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒥᖅᑳᖅᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᓂᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᓄᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓂ 8−ᓂ.

“ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ,” ᐃᕗᔾᔨᕕᖕᒥ ᒪᐃᔭᖓ ᐋᑕᒥ ᑲᓕᙳ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᖃᓘᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ.

ᓄᓇᓕᖓᓂ 400 ᐅᖓᑎᑦᑎᐊᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᑯᐸᐃᖕᒥ, ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᑐᐊᖅ ᓱᓕ ᒪᑐᐃᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ 3:30 ᐅᓐᓄᓴᙳᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

“ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐸᐃᑉᐹᖃᔮᙱᑉᐳᒍᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒐᓚᖕᓂ,” ᑲᓕᙳ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. “ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ.”

ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓯᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒥᒃ ᖁᓕᒥᒎᕐᒥᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᐃᑉᐹᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐴᖏᓐᓂ. ᓵᑕᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒥᒃ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓴᓇᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᑭᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ, ᑲᓕᙳ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ — ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓇᒃᓴᓚᐅᙱᓚᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᓂ.

ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓴᓇᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᖃᓘᑎᖓᑕ ᓈᓴᐅᑎᖓᓐᓂ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᐸᖏᑦ.

“ᖃᐅᔨᒪᙱᓚᖓ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᓐᓂ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᖓᓂ, ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᑲᓇᖕᓇᒥ ᓯᕿᙳᔭᖓᓂ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᕕᖕᒥ ᒪᑐᐃᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ 9:30 ᐅᓪᓛᒃᑯᑦ 9:30 ᐅᓐᓄᒐᓱᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ

ᐅᐃᕖᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓇᒡᒐᔾᔭᐅᒥ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᕐᔪᐊᖓᓂ, ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᔪᒥ ᓲᔾᔭᐃ ᕙᓚᐃᕗᓪ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ.

“ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᓐᓂ, ᖃᖓᑕᓲᓂ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᓂ ᐃᓕᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᐃᔪᖃᓚᐅᙱᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᖅ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐅᔾᔨᕆᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᒥ ᒪᑐᐃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒃ ᒪᑐᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖁᓛᓄᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᓚᖓ ᓘᒃ ᐱᑖᑦᒥ, ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᐱᑎᐱ—ᐸᐃ-ᔭᐃᒻᔅ—ᓄᓇᕕᖕᒥ—ᐄᔭᐅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᕕᖓᓂ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ, 4:30 ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᖦᖢᒍ.

ᓴᓪᓗᓂ. ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᓂ ᒪᑐᐃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓂ ᑎᓴᒪᓂ ᑭᖑᕙᖅᖢᓂ, ᒪᑐᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓂ ᒪᕐᕈᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂ.

“ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᓂ 2:30 ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᑐᓯᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᒥ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒨᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ,” ᓴᓪᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᓯᑏᕙᓐ ᒍᕌᓱᕐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᖃᓘᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᓴᓇᔨᐅᔪᓂ.

“ᖃᖓᓂ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᕆᔭᖓ ᓵᓚᖃᓲᖑᕙ ᓂᕈᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ?”

ᒍᕌᓱᕐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕿᓃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑭᐅᔾᔪᑎᓂᑦ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᓂ ᓇᒃᓯᐅᔾᔭᐅᔪᖃᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᖓ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᓂ ᒪᑐᐃᕋᔭᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᒪᑐᓗᓂᓘᓐᓃᑦ.

“ᐊᖏᔪᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᖅᓯᒪᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ,” ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᓪᓗᓂᑦ.

ᒑᓪ-ᒫᔅᑎ, ᓕᐳᕈᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᐱᑎᐱ—ᐸᐃ-ᔭᐃᒻᔅ—ᓄᓇᕕᖕᒥ—ᐄᔭᐅᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᕕᖓᓂ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕕᖕᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᓴᓇᔨᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᓴᓇᔪᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᓂᑦ: ᐊᐅᐸᓗᒃ, ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᔾᔪᐊᖅ, ᑰᔾᔪᐊᖅ, ᐃᓄᒃᔪᐊᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑰᔾᔪᐊᕌᐱᖕᒥ.

ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 9−ᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑯᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᑦ “ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑐᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖃᖅᐳᑦ” ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓇᔭᖅᑐᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᓂᑦ 11 ᐅᓪᓛᒃᑯᑦ 6:30 ᐅᓐᓄᒐᓱᖕᓂᖓᓄᑦ. ᐅᓇ ᐃᓚᖃᕐᓂᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑯᓕᕕᒃ, ᑲᖏᖅᓱᒃ, ᐳᕕᕐᓂᖅᑐᖅ, ᖁᐊᖅᑕᖅ, ᐃᕗᔨᕕᒃ, ᐅᒥᐅᔭᖅ, ᓴᓪᓗᐃᑦ, ᑲᖏᖅᓱᔾᔪᐊᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᒥ.

ᐃᓕᐊ ᓚᐅᓴᓐ, ᑰᔾᔪᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᓪᓚᕆᐅᔪᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑐᒥ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᖅᑐᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᕈᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᒥ 2:30 ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᒐᓚᒃ.

ᓚᐅᓴᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓴᓇᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᓂᔭᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᙳᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ.

“ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᐊᕕᖅᑐᐊᓘᓪᓗᑎᒃ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᖃᓘᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ. “ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓄᒃᑕᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᓚᒥ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕆᐊᖅᑐᕋᓱᐊᖅᑐᓂ.”

“ᐃᒋᑦᑎᓪᓚᕆᒃᐳᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ” ᒪᑐᓯᓵᓕᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᓂ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

“ᐱᓕᕆᓂᑐᐊᖑᕗᖅ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒋᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᓂᕈᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥ, ᑕᐃᒪᐅᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᓚᖓ ᖃᖓᑦᑕᑲᐅᑎᒋᔪᒪᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ.”

ᓚᐅᓴᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᓇᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᐸᖓᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᖕᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓯᓚᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ.

ᑐᔪᕐᒥᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕕᖕᒥ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖓᓄᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ.

“ᐊᒃᓱᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓯᓂᒃᑕᕈᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᐸᖓᑦ ᖁᒃᓴᓪᓚᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᓂ ᓱᖏᐅᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᖏᓐᓂ ᐸᕐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᓂᒃᑯᑎᒃ.