INFORMATION FOR VOTERS

Offices to be Elected

In this election, members will be elected for the period commencing December 1, 2010 to November 30, 2014, for the following offices:

Who May Vote?

Any person who on Voting Day meets the following qualifications is eligible to vote:

• is a Canadian Citizen;

• is at least 18 years old on Voting Day;

• resides in the municipality or an owner or tenant of land there, or the spouse of such owner or tenant; and

• is not otherwise prohibited from voting.

Who Cannot Vote?

• a person serving a sentence of imprisonment in a penal or correctional institution;

• a corporation; or

• a person convicted of a corrupt practice for an election held within four years of voting day.

Method of Election - Vote By Mail

The Township of Lanark Highlands is conducting the municipal election in accordance with the Municipal Elections Act, S.O., 1996, Chapter 32, as amended, and have chosen to use an alternative voting method which involves the use of a mail-in ballot.

Voting by mail is an easy and convenient way to vote - the ballot is delivered right to your mailbox; you can vote when it fits your schedule; voter turnout is not affected by bad weather; you do not need to worry about line ups, finding a parking space, a babysitter or transportation to the polling station. Here is how it works:

1) Early October, all eligible voters who are on the Voters' List will receive a "ballot kit" containing:

• instructions on how to vote by mail

• one "composite" ballot containing the offices and the names of the candidates running for office, an

elector declaration form confirming your entitlement to vote, a ballot secrecy envelope

• a return envelope, to be used for mailing all the documents back to the municipality

2) Complete the ballot and seal it in the secrecy envelope. You will be required to sign the voter declaration

form swearing that your name is on the Voters' List and that you have not already voted.

3) The declaration form and the secrecy envelope (containing the ballot) are placed into the return envelope

and mailed back to the municipality. Please note that MAILING DEADLINES apply. If you miss the deadline, you will have to drop the ballot off at the municipal office. (The deadline will be advertized at a later time).

4) Upon receipt by the municipality, the return envelope is opened; the secrecy envelope is deposited into a

ballot box and the voter's name is crossed off the Voters' List using the declaration form.

5) At 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, the ballot boxes are opened; the ballots are removed from the secrecy

envelopes and counted as in the traditional way. Election results will be reported after 8:00 p.m. at Maple Grove School in Lanark. The public is invited to attend. Election results will also be posted on the municipal website. Please be advised that the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 states that it is an offence to:

• vote without being entitled to do so

• vote more times than being allowed to

• encourage a person to vote when that person is not entitled to do so

• supply a ballot to anyone without authority to do so

• take, open or otherwise deal with a ballot, without having authority to do so

If you don't receive a ballot kit by mid-October, your name may not be on the Voters' List. Please call the Municipal Offices at 613-259-2398 or email clerk@lanarkhighlands.ca.

Question on Ballot

Information to Voters

By-Law No. 2010-1038 Submit a Question to Electors

Notice – Passage of By-Law for Question on Ballot

Public Meeting & Adoption of By-Law- Notice

Public Meeting - Presentation