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3 candidates named in Tch grand chief election in N.W.T.

Eddie Erasmus, Jackson Lafferty and George Mackenzie were announced candidates on Friday evening in the election for Tch grand chief. Voters will head to the polls on Sept. 20.

Voters head to the polls on Sept. 30.

Jackson Lafferty, left, Eddie Erasmus, centre, and George Mackenzie, right, have been named candidates in the Tch grand chief election. (Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada, CBC, John Van Dusen/CBC)

Three names will be on the ballot when the Tch vote for their new grand chief in late September.

Eddie Erasmus, Jackson Lafferty and George Mackenzie were announced as candidates on Friday evening, according to a press release from the Office of the Registrar for the Tch Government.

Mackenzie is the incumbent. Erasmus has also served in the role before he won a byelection in 2011 and secured a four-year term in 2013.

Lafferty announced his intention to run for grand chief when he resigned from his post as the MLA for the N.W.T. 's Monfwi riding in June.

People living in Behchoko, Whati, Gameti, Wekweeti and Yellowknife will head to the polls on Sept. 30. There will be an advanced poll on Sept. 17, a special mobile poll on Sept. 10, and voting at the Office of the Registrar between Sept. 13 and 16. Mail-in ballots will also be accommodated.

The is the sixth time the Tch will vote in a grand chief election.