Photo: Get out to vote, Nunavummiut

Marie Michael, community liaison officer for Iqaluit, displays the three ballots local beneficiaries will cast today at Iqaluit’s parish hall polling station: one for the three contenders in the Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. vice-presidential race; one for the six contenders in the Qikiqtani Inuit Association race for presidency; and one for two contenders for QIA’s Iqaluit community director position. Baffin residents will also vote for QIA community directors in Sanikiluaq, Kimmirut, Igloolik and Hall Beach. Candidates for community director in Grise Fiord, Clyde River and Pond Inlet were all acclaimed before the election. Polls across Nunavut are open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., local time, Dec, 8, with results expected to be posted on the websites of QIA and NTI a few hours after that. (PHOTO BY THOMAS ROHNER)