Nunavut's territorial election campaign officially began on Monday with voting day set for Oct. 27.

There are 22 seats in the Nunavut Legislature, which has a consensus style of government.

Anyone who wants to put their name forward to run for MLA needs to register with Elections Nunavut by Friday at 2 p.m. local time.

Voter turnout in the Nunavut general election has been declining since it became its own territory in 1999. In the 2021 election, 47.9 per cent of eligible voters submitted a ballot .

In order to qualify to vote in the territorial election, you need to have lived in Nunavut for at least one year.

For people temporarily away from home during the general election – including people on holiday, in prison, hospital, treatment centre, and students – there's a special mail-

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