Election Day in Ontario: What you need to know to vote - Action News
Home WebMail Saturday, November 23, 2024, 03:53 AM | Calgary | -11.7°C | Regions Advertise Login | Our platform is in maintenance mode. Some URLs may not be available. |
Ottawa

Election Day in Ontario: What you need to know to vote

Here's what you need to know on voting day in Ontario.

Polls open at 9 a.m. and close at 9 p.m.

To vote you need to be 18 years of age, a Canadian citizen and living in Ontario. (Audrey Roy/Radio-Canada)

The candidates have made their pitches and now it's time for the voters to have their say.

It's election day in Ontario. Here's what you need to know before heading to the booth.

Who can vote

  • To vote you need to be 18 years of age, a Canadiancitizen and a resident ofOntario.

When you can vote

  • Polls open at 9 a.m. and close at 9 p.m.

Where can you vote

  • If you don't know where your polling station is you can find it on your voting card,or go to the Elections Ontariowebsite and enteryour postal code.

What to bring

  • If you receiveda voting card in the mail you will need to bring it anda piece of identification bearing your name to your polling station.
  • If you did not receive a voting cardyou can still register at the polling station. You need to bring identification bearing your name and current residential address, such as a driver's licence or utility bill.
  • Elections Ontario has a full list of acceptableidentification.
(Elections Ontario)

How to vote

  • Only ballots marked with an X are counted toward a candidate's tally.
  • If you make a mistake you can ask foranother ballot from the election official.
  • To decline a ballot in Ontario, a voter must receive it and return it to the deputy returning officer and say that he or she is declining the ballot. The returning officer writes the word "declined" on the back of the ballot, and it isset aside and counted separately. Declined ballots are not lumped in with spoiled or rejected ballots.

Everything you need to know to vote

8 years ago
Duration 0:59
Everything you need to know to vote

Find out more

Need to catch up on what's been happening during the campaign? Check out some of these links: