Canadians can get ready to vote in the upcoming federal election in a number of ways.
Leanne Nyirfa, Spokesperson with Elections Canada, says to make sure you are registered to vote by checking online at elections.ca or by contacting Elections Canada.
She adds, the other thing to watch for is the voter information card which will be mailed out starting in the first week of April. Nyirfa says “this is a card that tells you where your polling location will be for the advanced polls, as well as for election day itself. There are a number of ways that people who are eligible to vote can vote in this election. The main ways to vote are on election day at your assigned polling location, so on April 28th. You can vote at the advanced polls which will be taking place April 19th to the 21st.”
Nyirfa notes you can also vote early at any Elections Canada office until April 22nd at 6pm and another option is to vote by mail. She says “you can apply to receive a mail in ballot kit at elections.ca and that kit will be sent to you in the mail and you will need to fill it in and get it back to Elections Canada. It does need to arrive by the end of election day.” She points out that those are the four main ways that people can vote in the federal election.
She says it is important to know the identification requirements. Nyirfa says “one that is most common is to show one ID card that’s been issued by a federal, provincial, or local government. So this could be something like a driver’s licence that has your photo, your name, and your current address on it. That would be all you need if you’ve got that. If you don’t have that you can show two other pieces of ID both of these must have your name and at least one must have your current address. So for example you could bring in a voter information card and a bank statement or a utility bill and your student ID card, things like that.”
For more on voter eligibility and identification requirements go online to Elections.ca.
