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RSS FeedsBallot points: your questions answered about voting in Toronto´s election
(The Star Travel)

 
 

22 october 2018 19:41:29

 
Ballot points: your questions answered about voting in Toronto´s election
(The Star Travel)
 


After a tumultuous six-month election campaign, voting day — Monday, Oct. 22 — is upon us.Voters will decide which of the 35 candidates will be mayor, and who out of more than 250 candidates will win one of 25 councillor seats for the next four years.Here’s everything you need to know to cast your ballot. When do I vote? Polls are open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.Where do I vote?You must vote in the ward you live in. Each of the 25 wards has multiple voting stations. To find locations close to you, visit myvote.toronto.ca. Am I eligible to vote in the Toronto municipal election? Any Canadian citizen 18 years or older who is a resident of Toronto, or owns or rents property in the city, is a spouse of someone who owns or rents property in the city, and isn’t prohibited from voting under any law can vote in the municipal election. People cannot vote if they’re serving a sentence of incarceration, convicted of a corrupt practice under the Municipal Elections Act, or as a corporation. They also cannot vote acting as an executor or trustee, except if they’re a voting proxy. Students attending school in Toronto can vote both in the city and in the municipality they call home. Toronto residents attending school elsewhere can still vote in Toronto’s municipal election, and can appoint another voter to proxy vote on their behalf. Am I eligible to vote in the Toronto school board election?The same eligibility rules apply as in the municipal election with the exception that only owners or tenants of residential, not commercial, property can vote for a trustee. People are allowed to vote for the same school board once, and must be a “separate school board supporter” or spouse of one to vote for trustees outside the English public school board system. In order to support another school board (such as Catholic or French language), people must have already directed their property taxes to another system. To vote for a Catholic sch ...


 
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