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Qualifications of Electors

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Subsection 17(2) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, as amended provides Qualification of Electors as follows: 

A person entitled to be an elector at an election held in a local municipality if, on voting day, he or she,

*  resides in the local municipality or is the owner or tenant of land there, or the spouse or same-sex partner of such owner to tenant;

*  is a Canadian citizen;

*  is at least 18 years old; and

*  is not prohibited from voting under subsection (3) or otherwise by law.

Proof of identification will be required at the voting place.  

Examples of acceptable identification are identified under Ontario Regulation 500/09.

VOTER IDENTIFICATION

Proof of identity and residence

1. Each of the following options is prescribed as the proof of identify and residence that a person may present for the purposes of subparagraph 52 (1) 1 ii of the Act:

Option 1: An original copy of a document listed in Schedule 1 to this Regulation, if the document shows the person’s name, qualifying address and signature.

Option 2: An original copy of a document listed in Schedule 2, if the document shows the person’s name and signature, presented together with an original copy of a document listed in Schedule 3, if the document shows the person’s name and qualifying address.

Commencement

2. This Regulation comes into force on January 1, 2010.

SCHEDULE 1 - (DOCUMENTS THAT SHOW NAME, QUALIFYING ADDRESS AND SIGNATURE)

1. An Ontario driver’s licence.
2. An Ontario Health Card (photo card).
3. An Ontario motor vehicle permit (plate portion).
4. A cancelled personalized cheque.
5. A mortgage, lease or rental agreement.
6. An insurance policy.
7. A loan or financial agreement with a financial institution.
8. A document issued or certified by a court in Ontario.
9. Any other document from the government of Canada, Ontario or a municipality in Ontario or from an agency of such a government.
10. Any document from a Band Council in Ontario established under the Indian Act (Canada).

For a complete listing of acceptable identification, please refer to Ontario Regulation 500/09, as amended.

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