A decision on the appeal of TsiigehtchicSA国际影视传媒檚 chief election is expected to be available today.

The results of the communitySA国际影视传媒檚 June 18 election had Russel Andre winning the seat at 56 votes, followed by incumbent Phillip Blake at 55 votes. Last week, it became public that someone had appealed the election.

SA国际影视传媒淭here has been an appeal placed on the election process and there's been a committee struck to go over the appeal and validate it or disallow it and that's taking place this Sunday,SA国际影视传媒� said Gwichya GwichSA国际影视传媒檌n band manager Larry Dalley on Wednesday.

SA国际影视传媒淯ntil the appeal process is finished, the author of the appeal and the name of the person who requested the appeal has got to be kept private,SA国际影视传媒� said Dalley.

Dalley confirmed the section of the Gwichya GwichSA国际影视传媒檌n Election Code upon which the appeal is based. Section 12.1 reads that SA国际影视传媒淎ny elector or candidate may appeal an election if they believe that a serious offence was committed which is contrary to this code and which likely affected the election results.SA国际影视传媒�

ItSA国际影视传媒檚 the latest in a string of controversial elections in the community. In 2015, after problems with previous elections, the band rewrote its election code to make it less ambiguous and confusing, former election officer Graeme Drew told News/North that year.

Despite that clarity, the 2015 election also bore its own controversy. Grace Blake had attempted to run against Phillip Blake but was prevented from doing so as she was not on the band list issued by the federal Department of Aboriginal and Northern Development Canada (AANDC), which has since been reconfigured and renamed.

An exception in the bandSA国际影视传媒檚 election code would allow a candidate to run despite this, in extraordinary circumstances, but it was not applied in Grace BlakeSA国际影视传媒檚 case.

She wrote a letter to then-AANDC minister Bernard Valcourt requesting that he get involved, but, in the end, Phillip BlakeSA国际影视传媒檚 acclamation to the role stood.