Voting for a 100 year old system

After a very, very long four years Six Nations is getting a chance to look at its elected leadership and decide if they want to see new faces sitting around the council table. Or as we have seen more and more in recent days on ZOOM. And a change is in the air. Band council elections will be held Nov., 4th, for 12 councillors and a band chief for another four year term ( an oddity itself compared to a three year term) The current elected chief is not running and two of the remaining seven councillors (2 Wendy Johnson and Nathan Wright have resigned) are not running. Already the election is mired in controversy. The Chief Electoral Polling Officer (CEPO) has resigned citing threats and anger from some unhappy…

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