To the Electoral Officer.
There were several discrepancies recognized in the nomination process for Alderville First Nation’s Leadership Election that was held on Friday June 6th, 2025.
According to our Election Code, a candidate must notify the Electoral Officer if they are standing or withdrawing the candidacy within 3 days by 6:00PM on the third day. In the past, candidates only had to notify the Electoral Officer if they were withdrawing.
As a new community-voted Election Code, this new change should have been highlighted in our community newsletter. It was not. The newsletter stated only the old information that candidates had to notify the Electoral Officer if they were withdrawing.
Nomination Packages were given to candidates who attended nomination night in-person. We question why nomination packages were not sent via email to candidates who could not be there.
We would also argue that 3 days should at least be 3 business days.
As a result, community members of Alderville First Nation who were nominated, have been left off the ballot.
Due to inconsistent and inefficient communications, we the undersigned – members of Alderville First Nation – request an Election Reset so that the Nomination process is clear, well communicated and fair.
23 Comments
3 business days is too short as it is; 3 days, which includes a weekend, unreasonable.
There was no nominee that resigned! Two nominees DID NOT!!! receive their package from the Electoral Officer. Extremely poor communication for our first election with the new election code. This greatly affected the candidacy of two invested, and worthy members.
I am in agreement with the nominee who constructed the issue we read here. If a nominee has issues that causes them to resign before election, it would be as simple as a message to membership that for reasons that have happened, the nominee has resigned. End of story. I would rather see that before election day hits and notify all by posted notes and signs etc.
I’m showing my support for Dawn Marie, there’s obviously issues with the new election code and this needs to be addressed
I agree 100%. It is unfortunate that members overlooked the section indicating 3 days as opposed to '3 business days.' In legal terms, I wonder if there is any code, contract, etc. that stipulates only 3 days without the 'business days' being identified. I'm guessing many members did not read the entire election code, and without proper identification of that specific section, it was overlooked.
Ffs
Election Reset!
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To the Electoral Officer.
There were several discrepancies recognized in the nomination process for Alderville First Nation’s Leadership Election that was held on Friday June 6th, 2025.
According to our Election Code, a candidate must notify the Electoral Officer if they are standing or withdrawing the candidacy within 3 days by 6:00PM on the third day. In the past, candidates only had to notify the Electoral Officer if they were withdrawing.
As a new community-voted Election Code, this new change should have been highlighted in our community newsletter. It was not. The newsletter stated only the old information that candidates had to notify the Electoral Officer if they were withdrawing.
Nomination Packages were given to candidates who attended nomination night in-person. We question why nomination packages were not sent via email to candidates who could not be there.
We would also argue that 3 days should at least be 3 business days.
As a result, community members of Alderville First Nation who were nominated, have been left off the ballot.
Due to inconsistent and inefficient communications, we the undersigned – members of Alderville First Nation – request an Election Reset so that the Nomination process is clear, well communicated and fair.
23 Comments
I concur. The process and communication regarding changes from previous elections were deficient need to be rectified. I think, without the recommended changes, the process is unfair and unjust.
3 business days is too short as it is; 3 days, which includes a weekend, unreasonable.
There was no nominee that resigned! Two nominees DID NOT!!! receive their package from the Electoral Officer. Extremely poor communication for our first election with the new election code. This greatly affected the candidacy of two invested, and worthy members.
I am in agreement with the nominee who constructed the issue we read here. If a nominee has issues that causes them to resign before election, it would be as simple as a message to membership that for reasons that have happened, the nominee has resigned. End of story. I would rather see that before election day hits and notify all by posted notes and signs etc.
I’m showing my support for Dawn Marie, there’s obviously issues with the new election code and this needs to be addressed
I agree 100%. It is unfortunate that members overlooked the section indicating 3 days as opposed to '3 business days.' In legal terms, I wonder if there is any code, contract, etc. that stipulates only 3 days without the 'business days' being identified. I'm guessing many members did not read the entire election code, and without proper identification of that specific section, it was overlooked.
Ffs
Election Reset!
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I concur. The process and communication regarding changes from previous elections were deficient need to be rectified. I think, without the recommended changes, the process is unfair and unjust.