NOTICE OF VOTE:

NESKONLITH INDIAN BAND LAND CODE RATIFICATION VOTE

AND TAKE NOTICE THAT the Council of the Neskonlith Indian Band has called a Ratification Vote in accordance with the Framework Agreement on First Nations Land Management, First Nations Land Management Act and Ska’tsin te Secwepemc (Neskonlith Indian Band) Community Ratification Process to determine whether Registered Voters will approve the Ska’tsin te Secwepemc Tmicw Stk’wemiple7tn (Neskonlith Indian Band Land Code) and the Individual Agreement between the Neskonlith Indian Band and Canada;

AND TAKE NOTICE THAT voting will be conducted in person by secret ballot, by mail-in ballot and by Electronic Voting;

AND TAKE NOTICE THAT all Members of the Neskonlith Indian Band who will be at least 18 years of age as of the date of the Ratification Vote are Eligible Voters;

AND TAKE NOTICE THAT all Eligible Voters who wish to vote must register to vote by either:

• completing a Voter Registration Document, signing it in front of a witness and returning it to the Ratification Officer prior to the close of polls on the last Voting Day; or
• if an Eligible Voter wishes to vote electronically, by following the instructions for Electronic Voting that will be sent to all Eligible Voters at least thirty-one (31) days prior to the first Voting Day;

AND TAKE NOTICE THAT Eligible Voters who wish to vote by mail-in ballot must make a written request to the Ratification Officer for a mail-in ballot package no later than twenty-eight (28) days prior to the first (1st) Voting Day;

AND TAKE NOTICE THAT Registered Voters who wish to vote in person must attend during one of the following Voting Days at one of the following locations to cast a secret ballot:

AND TAKE NOTICE THAT Eligible Voters who wish to vote electronically must do so by closure of the voting on March 20, 2016 (8 pm)

AND TAKE NOTICE THAT Registered Voters will be asked to answer the following question:

AND TAKE NOTICE THAT Eligible Voters may contact Cora Anthony, Land Code Coordinator, at the Neskonlith Indian Band Administration Office located at Chief Neskonlith Drive Reserve #2 in Chase BC, or by telephone at (Office) 250-679-2710 or (cell) 778-220-3405, to obtain copies of:

• the Framework Agreement on First Nations Land Management;
• the First Nations Land Management Act;
• the Ska’tsin te Secwepemc (Neskonlith Indian Band) Tmicw Stk’wemíple7tn Land Code;
• the Individual Agreement between the Neskonlith Indian Band and Canada;or
• the Ska’tsin te Secwepemc (Neskonlith Indian Band) Community Ratification Process.

Given under my hand at Pritchard BC.  January 11, 2016

____ORIGINAL SIGNED___

Gerry Hutchison, Ratification Officer