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No address?
No problem!
To register, the law says you can use the place where you sleep
(hostel or anywhere else) or the place where you get your meals
(soup kitchen or drop-in centre). All you have to do is sign a special
form. Election Act, section 1.1.3.4: "A person's affidavit
regarding the places to which he or she returned to eat or sleep
during a given time period is conclusive, in the absence of evidence
to the contrary."
No identification?
No problem!
The law says you can sign a form to be registered. Election Act,
section 15.2: "For the purposes of this section, a statutory
declaration by a person claiming to be entitled to vote is proof,
in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the facts declared
to."
Get registered!
Vote!
There are three ways to get registered and vote:
- Easiest:
Go to the Returning Officer at 700 Cassells St., North Bay.
Fill out the forms. If you go between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday,
April 20, or from Monday, April 22 to Friday, April 26, you can
sign up and vote on the spot! Or you can go to Area Advance Polls
on April 24, 25 and 26. For locations, call the Returning
Officer.
- Possible.
Election officials called "Revising Agents" can visit
community locations to sign-up qualified voters. Call the Returning
Officer to ask for Revising Agents to visit.
- On May
2.
You can register and vote on election day, but beware. The line-ups
could be long. Get to the polling station as early as possible.
Want to
know more?
Call the Nipissing Returning Officer, John Inch,
at 705-495-4400. Or call Elections Ontario toll-free at 1-800-677-8683.
Questions, concerns,
problems getting registered? Want to know more about the issues
of housing and homelessness in Nipissing riding? Call or email Barbara
Anello, North Bay Network for Social Action, 705-494-9078 -
email anello@thot.net
This message
brought to you by the North
Bay Network for Social Action and the Housing
and Homelessness Network in Ontario.
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