Thank you, Madam Chair. The Elections and Plebiscites Act requires the Chief Electoral Officer ("CEO"), to present a report on the administration of the election within six months of the election. The Speaker tabled the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the administration of the 2019 territorial general election on May 28, 2020. It was referred to this committee for review.

The committee completed its review and presented Committee Report 9-19(2) to the Assembly on February 23rd, 2021. In that report, the committee made 19 recommendations. All the recommendations were adopted by the Assembly on March 30th, 2021.

Three of those recommendations directed the CEO to conduct additional research and to report back to the Legislative Assembly within six months.

On March 29th, 2022, the Speaker tabled the Auxiliary Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: Issues Arising from the 2019 General Election. This report responded to the additional research requests and included one further recommendation following the Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh by-election.

The CEO raised additional issues in a letter to the Speaker dated July 25th, 2022, which the committee considered and has made the eight recommendations contained in this report.

If the recommendations are adopted by the House today, they will be considered by the Board of Management who will use them to draft amendments to the Elections and Plebiscites Act. Any changes to legislation will be brought back to the Assembly for consideration hopefully later this sitting.

The committee thanks the CEO for meeting with committee to discuss these additional issues. Other Members may wish to speak further to the report. Thank you, Madam Chair.