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Chief and council election coming soon for Blood First Nation

Blood Tribe Chief and Council 2016 election is this month.
Blood Tribe Chief and Council 2016 election is this month. Global News

Tuesday marks nomination day for Blood Tribe chief and council. The First Nation is located about 60 kilometres southwest of Lethbridge, Alta.

The nomination process starts at 4 p.m. and goes until 7 p.m. It is held at the Kainai Multi-Purpose Centre in Stand Off, Alta.

Candidates need to bring the person who is nominating them and a seconder. They also need to bring a complete criminal record check to register.

Every candidate will have to be verified and then a final list will be completed by Nov. 8.

Voting day is the Nov. 22.

A polling station will be set up at the Kainai Multi-Purpose Centre and the Sik-Ooh-Kotoki Friendship Centre in Lethbridge.

There’s an advance poll on Nov. 15 at Carriage House Inn in Calgary.

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The 2012 election saw more than 90 candidates run for council.

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