A Mohawk Council of Akwesasne building in late May 2023.
Akwesasne residents may be heading back to the ballot box, after a local election appeal board chose to toss out the recent results of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne's general election.An election appeal board has chosen to overturn the entire results of the recent general election for the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne. If that decision itself is not overturned, voters could be returning to the polls.
Its general election happens every three years, with voters electing one grand chief and four district chiefs from each of the territory's three districts. The appeal hearings were public and discussed a "range of subjects" that mainly involved "voter's list issues and election process issues," an MCA spokesperson wrote in an email to CBC., which states the board may set aside the election if it finds there was a "a violation of that in all likelihood affected the results of the election" or "corrupt or fradulent practice in relation to the election.
The board's response to an appeal to overturn the election results in whole, meanwhile, cited several other sections of the law, including ones that:Pertain to the handling of ballots by the chief electoral officer and chief administrative officer.
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