YELLOWKNIFE ,—  The City of Yellowknife says it gave a sole-source contract for its vote-by-mail election ballots to DataFix, a printer in Toronto, instead of local options because the ballots had to be printed on specialized paper. Canarctic Graphics in Yellowknife says it should have been given a chance to bid. A city spokesperson said the ballots needed to be printed on paper that's compatible with the machines the city uses to count the results. The city is allowed to sole-source contracts if they're less than $20,000, if there's only one source available, or if it's an emergency. Yellowknife printing company Canarctic Graphics, said they wonder if their company might have been able to do the job locally — but they were never given the chance to find out.