Being a candidate in an election is like applying for a job. Candidates in an election try to sell themselves to the electors, just like you try to sell yourself to potential employers.

Your job will be to track the candidates during the election from the beginning of the campaign until the election to see how a job applicant becomes a hired employee. You will keep track of the major issues and how the candidates stand on these issues.

1. Who are the candidates running in your constituency?

2. Who is the incumbent (person who held the job last, if there is one).________________________________________________
   
   
3. Contact Elections NWT for a list of all the candidates and their addresses. You can use this information to send letters to the candidates.
   
   
4. Which candidates do you think get the most media attention? Why?
   
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5. Do you know anything at all about these candidates? What? Make a list of anything you know or assume about them.
   
   
6. Where did you get the information you listed above? From the media? From your family?