NTI ‘pleased’ with higher voter turnout for presidential election
Turnout reached 66.7 per cent, compared to 17 per cent in 2021
Voter turnout for the Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. presidential election last week reached 66.7 per cent, compared to 17 per cent from the last election in 2021. (File photo)
Voter turnout for last week’s Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. presidential election reached 66.7 per cent, with 15,948 ballots cast out of 23,905 eligible voters across the territory.
Jeremy Tunraluk was declared the winner and new president of NTI in the Dec. 9 election, securing 34.4 per cent of the total vote.
He narrowly defeated Cathy Towtongie, who garnered 31.3 per cent of the votes. Andrew Nakashuk received 21.8 per cent of ballots cast and Nicole Camphaug rounded out the race with 12.6 per cent.
NTI is the organization responsible for ensuring obligations made to Inuit under the Nunavut Agreement are kept.
Voters in the Qikiqtani region recorded the highest participation, with 7,759 votes cast. In Kivalliq, 5,211 ballots were submitted, while Kitikmeot saw 2,978 voters at the polling station.
From Inuit living outside Nunavut, 717 votes were cast from cities including Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Yellowknife.
Kilikvak Kabloona, NTI’s chief executive officer, said in a written response to Nunatsiaq News that she’s “pleased with the voter turnout” this year and is in the midst of helping orient Tunraluk in his new role as president.
This year, NTI offered vouchers for $100 gift cards to eligible voters who turned out on election day. The move was intended to boost voter turnout, after the 2021 presidential election saw only 17 per cent of voters cast a ballot.
Whether NTI will continue that practice in future presidential elections remains uncertain.
Kabloona said NTI’s board of directors will review a report from the chief returning officer in the coming months. Based on that report, board members will decide whether to continue offering voter incentives.
NTI ‘pleased’ with higher voter turnout for presidential election?
How are you pleased, you have a record of p!ss poor turn outs, and now your pleased you had a rigged election, “Here is you’re $100, just select any box”
It’s unbelievable that they think this is an achievement.
Who are you Donald (orange man) ? Rigged good one if Aluki was running that might be the perception!
Well done on the carrot or stick thing. Now on to making the body more relevant.
So if the next election, there is no incentive and it goes back down to 17%, time to fold NTI? as yer fellow Inuk don’t think this body is relevant at all. 17% of those who voted this election actually cared. the remaining 49.7% just put an x next to a name to get their $100?
On next election I’ll be very expensive now.
Voters ‘pleased’ with their voting ‘bonus’ and looking forward for more ‘bonus’ based elections.
MONEY TALKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
17% out of 67.7 % who really cared about this election recommended who to vote for.
Jeremy If you resign right now, then run again in the new election again I will vote for you… I already ran out of money… need another election to get more money.
NTI is ridiculous to think this is a good thing, only in Nunavut do you pay voters to vote. Come to think of it, its the only place they paid people to get the covid vaccine too, this is a special (ed) place.
Always has been. Always will be.
The Inuit TV thing has a lot, (A LOT) of ammo for their comedy show. 😂
One can’t make this stuff up. Only in Nunavut.😂🤪🤣😜
3 staff for the President, 6 staff for the CEO, 5 staff for the CAO, 4 staff for the COO, who are these people and what do they do, they failed to help lead N.T.I. forward they did work to hide from residents of Nunavut purposely to hide what they do, all staff here to counter anything coming in and going out, get rid of them and see what N.T.I. leader has to do to keep his job
Majority of the senior positions at NTI are not Inuit either, it’s probably why NTI has lost a it’s ways and trying to be more government and run like one.
NTI is so disconnected to Inuit and Nunavut today.
Congratulations Nancy Karetak.❤️❤️❤️
New Nunavut Senator.
May the Force be with you.🤘⭐
“NTI is the organization responsible for ensuring obligations made to Inuit under the Nunavut Agreement are kept.”
Do you mean commitments made to Inuit or obligations found in the Agreement?
“Voters in the Qikiqtani region recorded the highest participation, with 7,759 votes cast. In Kivalliq, 5,211 ballots were submitted, while Kitikmeot saw 2,978 voters at the polling station.”
If you want to talk about relative participation of the regions in the election, you need to refer to the % participation. The number of ballots per region simply reflects the relative populaton size. Of course the Qikiqtaaluk region has more ballots, it has the largest community, Iqaluit, and it has more communities than the other 2 regions….
Ummm so if the next election has the incumbent running again will NTI provide $100 to vote? Does the executive not see how paying folks to vote could be seen as rigging an election?
Since 2016 and 2012 its been a wonder how they keep news and money away from General Public, the organizations were treated to ways of slinking and pettiness galore, what do they swim in! its your Soul and mental health they love they treat people this way and the people in position allowed it because they are a part of it.
Pettiness and Slinky when will they be washed from Public and land
people pushing people who are in the forefront to do their ugly deeds, promises never kept but used to dirty normal people, their slime will live on in people that hurt others for gain to make a few people famous to color a few communities in glamour that is not theirs but stolen