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Debates of March 30th, 2021
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Committee Motion 115-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Voting in the Office of the Returning Officer, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Committee Motion 115-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Voting in the Office of the Returning Officer, Carried
Consideration Of Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair Rocky Simpson
Question has been called. All those in favour? Opposed? Abstentions? The motion is carried.
---Carried
Mr. O'Reilly.
Committee Motion 116-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Elections NWT Procurement and Disclosure, Carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that Elections NWT follow the same procurement practices as the Legislative Assembly and publicly disclose all contracts, the procurement process used for each contract, and the amount of each contract in the Elections NWT annual report. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 116-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Elections NWT Procurement and Disclosure, Carried
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Committee Motion 116-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Elections NWT Procurement and Disclosure, Carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. This issue was raised by Mr. Wasylciw and OpenNWT. There were some contracts that the Chief Electoral Officer entered into in the last election, particularly around online voting. Although some of the information was disclosed in the report on the conduct of the 2019 general election, it wasn't done in a systematic way. I don't think there was anything that was ever done wrong by any stretch of the imagination, but we just felt that it would be clear and more transparent to have that information presented in a consistent fashion in future reports following the practices that we have at the Legislative Assembly so that it is more clear, transparent, and accountable. That is what this recommendation is about. Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 116-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Elections NWT Procurement and Disclosure, Carried
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Committee Motion 116-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Elections NWT Procurement and Disclosure, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Question.
Committee Motion 116-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Elections NWT Procurement and Disclosure, Carried
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The Chair Rocky Simpson
Question has been called. All those in favour? Opposed? Abstentions? The motion is carried.
---Carried
Mr. O'Reilly.
Committee Motion 117-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Best Practices in Election Reporting, Carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that the Chief Electoral Officer undertake a review of best practices on election reporting and return to the Legislative Assembly within six months with the findings of that review and any potential amendments to the Elections and Plebiscites Act. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 117-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Best Practices in Election Reporting, Carried
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Committee Motion 117-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Best Practices in Election Reporting, Carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. This issue was raised by OpenNWT. I want to compliment the Chief Electoral Officer. For anybody who has seen her reports, there is a lot of detail in there. There are some good graphics and so on that she has developed and presented over time, but the style and content sort of changes from one report to the next. Sometimes, it is hard to track trends and so on over time. There were also some issues around how absentee ballots are reported, including electronic ballots and mail-in ballots. That arose in the last election. What this does is ask the Chief Electoral Officer to go and do some work and see how this is done in other jurisdictions to make sure that we can learn from that, take the best practices, and apply them here. That work will come back, and we will have another chance to look at it in six months or sooner. Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 117-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Best Practices in Election Reporting, Carried
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Committee Motion 117-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Best Practices in Election Reporting, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Question.
Committee Motion 117-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Best Practices in Election Reporting, Carried
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The Chair Rocky Simpson
Question has been called. All those in favour? Opposed? Abstentions? The motion is carried.
---Carried
Mr. O'Reilly.
Committee Motion 118-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Posting of Elections Data, Carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that Elections NWT post all election data that is included in its report in a machine-readable format on the Elections NWT website. Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 118-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Posting of Elections Data, Carried
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Committee Motion 118-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Posting of Elections Data, Carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. This issue was raised by OpenNWT. What they are recommending is that the elections data that is presented is in spreadsheet format or some way so that somebody can take that information and do their own analysis of it. Right now, it is not in a user-friendly format. I think this is in keeping with a more open and transparent government. That's why I think the committee supported this and recommends this for Committee of the Whole. Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 118-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Posting of Elections Data, Carried
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Committee Motion 118-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Posting of Elections Data, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Question.
Committee Motion 118-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Posting of Elections Data, Carried
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The Chair Rocky Simpson
Question has been called. All those in favour? Opposed? Abstentions? The motion is carried.
---Carried
Mr. O'Reilly.
Committee Motion 119-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Public Disclosure of Candidates' Residential Addresses, Carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that the Chief Electoral Officer undertake a review of the requirements to publicly disclose a candidate's residential address and return to the Legislative Assembly within six months with the findings of that review and any potential amendments to the Elections and Plebiscites Act. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 119-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Public Disclosure of Candidates' Residential Addresses, Carried
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Committee Motion 119-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Public Disclosure of Candidates' Residential Addresses, Carried
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Yes. Sorry. I'm not sure if I'm actually on the right one. My apologies. Are we on the address one? Okay. I just wanted to take a moment to thank the committee for including this recommendation. I raised the concern. The first time I realized my address was going to be published, as a single woman living alone, was when I came down to get my mail and my address was on the local telephone pole. It was a bit concerning for me to see that. I raised that concern with all of us as Regular Members, and I appreciate that Mr. O'Reilly and the committee continue to carry that forward to include this so that, potentially, we can remove what I see as a bit of a security issue for people like myself. Thank you.
Committee Motion 119-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Public Disclosure of Candidates' Residential Addresses, Carried
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Committee Motion to Amend Committee Motion 119-19(2), Carried
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to move that the committee motion actually be amended by adding the words "or donors" immediately following the word "candidates." Thank you.