Take Advantage of Advance Voting Week
Updated: 07/26/10Municipal Election Day in Vaughan is Monday, October 25, 2010. However, that doesn't mean you have to wait until that day to cast your ballot. Residents may vote prior to Election Day for any reason. The City of Vaughan will hold an Advance Voting Week from October 4 to 10, to encourage people to take advantage of a number of new locations and times, and not wait until voting day to cast a ballot.
On May 4th, 2010, the Council of the City of Vaughan passed By-law 92-2010, being a by-law to establish advance vote dates and times. The advance vote dates and times will be as follows:
All Advance Voting locations will use a 'vote anywhere' approach which will allow any qualified Vaughan elector to vote at ANY one of the locations, regardless of the ward in which they live. Voters who vote during Advance Voting Week will be automatically struck off the voters' list which will prevent them from voting at another advance vote location, or on Election Day.
All voting places will be physically accessible throughout the election, however, if you have special needs marking a ballot please come to one of the Advance Voting locations which will have accessible voting devices. Please note that accessible devices will not be available on Election Day. For more information please contact Access Vaughan at (905) 832-2281.
The voting location at Vaughan Mills will be beside the Bass Pro Shop and you can reach it by using entrances one or six. For a map of the mall go to www.vaughanmills.com. The voting location at the Promenade Shopping Centre will be on the upper level near entrance two. For a map of the mall go to www.promenade.ca. The voting location at York University is in the Bear Pit, Central Square. For a map of the school go to www.yorku.ca/yorkweb. There will be signs at all voting locations directing voters to the poll.
Voting at York University will employ 'ballot-on-demand' technology to print the appropriate blank ballot according to the ward and school support shown on the voters' list. Though back-up ballots will be on hand, ballot-on-demand will efficiently produce the correct ballot from amongst the 25 different ballot faces in use for the election. The success of ballot-on-demand will be closely monitored for potential use in future elections.
All ballot papers and the vote tabulators themselves will be secured throughout Advance Voting Week (as expanded). No vote results will be produced until the close of polls on Election Day, October 25, 2010.