VotetheBluffs2018 - Voters

The Township of Georgian Bluffs will be employing both internet and telephone voting in the 2018 municipal election. Mail-in and paper ballots will not be used. 

Voters can vote from any location with access to a telephone or the internet, 24/7 throughout the Voting Period, commencing October 12th at 10:00 a.m. through to October 22nd at 8:00 p.m. The Township will be hosting Help Centres throughout the Voting Period at the Township Administration Offices and Shallow lake Community Centre for voters without access to the internet or a telephone or voters seeking assistance in casting their ballot - the schedule can be found in the tab below. 

Prior to Thanksgiving weekend, you will receive a Voter Information Letter in the mail, including your Voter Identification Number and PIN. Both of these numbers, along with your year of birth will be required to cast your ballot either by telephone or online. This letter will include the website URL for internet voting and the 1-800 number to call to cast you vote via telephone.  Should you not receive your letter, please contact the Township for assistance. 

During the voting period, which begins October 12, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. and ends on Voting Day, October 22, 2018 at 8:00 p,m., voters in the Township of Georgian Bluffs will elect candidates to the following municipal offices and school boards:

Mayor - 1 to be eleted
Deputy Mayor - 1 to be elected
Councillors - 5 to be elected
English-language Separate School Board Trustee - 1 to be elected (Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board)
English-language Public School Board Trustee - 1 to be elected (Bluewater District School Board)
French-language Public School Board Trustee - 1 to be elected (Conseil Scolaire Viamonde) 
French-language Separate School Board Trustee - 1 to be elected (Conseil Scolaire Catholique Providence)

The role of Council and the role of the Head of Council can be found and defined in sections 224 to 226 of the Municipal Act, 2001.

For the list of Certified Candidates for VotetheBluffs2018, select: Certified Candidates 

You are eligible to vote in the 2018 Municipal Election, if on Voting Day, you:

• Are a Canadian Citizen
• Are at leat 18 years old
• Reside within the Township of Georgian Bluffs, or are the owner or tenant of land in the Township, or are the spouse of such owner or tenant
• Are not prohibited from voting, as defined below: 

The following are prohibited from voting:

• A person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment in a penal or correctional institution 
• A corporation 
• A person acting as executor or trustee in any other representative capacity, except as a voting proxy in accordance with section 44.
• A person who was convicted of the corrupt practice described in subsection 90 (3), if voting day in the current election is less than five years after voting day in the election in respect of which he or she was convicted. 

For additional information, reference the Municipal Elections Act, 1996.

• Your name must be on the Voter's List - should you need to amend the information provided on the Voter's List (add your name, correct your information as listed and/or remove your name / a family member's name) please contact the Township office at 519 376 2729 and reference Form EL15 'Application to Amend the Voter's List' found in the Forms section below. 
• Your Voter Information Letter, including your PIN number, Voter Identification number, internet voting website address and 1-800 telephone voting number. You should recieve your Voter Information Letter by October 10, 2018. In the event that you did not recieve / have lost your Voter Information Letter please contact the Township office at 519 376 2729 and reference Form EL53 'Application for Re-Issue of a Voter's Information Letter - Lost, Unused'.
• Access to the internet and/or a telephone. If you do not have access to the internet or a telephone please visit one of the Township Help Centres for assistance - schedule provided above.