Six things to know about the NWT’s proposed new election rules
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NWT MLAs are now considering Bill 58, Elections Act.
“We can issue a takedown notice to that social media company saying this is false advertising, this is not real, this needs to be taken down,” said Dunbar, “and the social media company has 24 hours to abide by that takedown order.
Giving an example of one rule change to MLAs, Dunbar said: “Instead of a third-party advertiser that can give you $1,500 and run $3,000 of advertising supporting you – in a sense tripling the maximum donation amount – they can [now] do one or the other.
They can either give you $1,500, or they can run advertising that supports the candidates of their choice.” Third-party rules can also be used to address potential threats from foreign actors.
He said tabulators are great for ballots with multiple choices like the Yellowknife election, where voters had to pick up to eight choices from more than 20 candidates.
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Six things to know about the NWT’s proposed new election rules
Ollie Williams
Wednesday November 4, 2026 at 5:52am MT
Stephen Dunbar, the NWT's chief electoral officer. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio
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The NWT is proposing its biggest overhaul of territorial election rules in 20 years. There are some new items and multiple tweaks. Here’s a guide.
NWT MLAs are now considering Bill 58, Elections Act. If the bill passes in the next few months, the new rules will be in force for the 2027 territorial election.…
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