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Voting assistance available for disabled persons
To provide support for physically
disabled, visually impaired, and
elderly voters who might not
otherwise be able to cast their
ballots, there are special provisions
in voting procedures for Ontario’s
35th provincial general election.
Qualified electors who are un
able to attend a polling place due to
disabilities have options other than
voting on election day. They may
either cast a ballot at an advance
poll, or vote by proxy.
Designated advance polls, which
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even though he’s glad to see
anything that makes Premier
Peterson look bad, he has to
wonder about ail these public
service groups coming out against
government cutbacks. “They’re
always talking about how patients
are suffering because the hospitals
don’t get enough money or stu
dents are suffering because the
schools don’t get enough money. 1
guess we can expect these guys to
be so concerned they won’t take a
provide level access or ramps to
accommodate disabled or elderly
electors, are scheduled for August
30, September 1 and September 3.
Electors who for medical reasons
are physically incapable of attend
ing a polling place may vote by
proxy. This permits such an elector
to authorize another elector resid
ing in the same electoral district to
vote on his or her behalf. An elector
may not act as a proxy voter for
more than two electors.
pay increase next year so there’ll
be more money for the patients and
the kids?”
THURSDAY: Hank says while
David Peterson’s dropping of the
provincial sales tax by one percent
may be a cynical way to buy votes,
he’ll take it. “I don’t say I’ll vote
for him, but I’ll take it.”
It’s marvellous what a drop in
the polls will do for a government,
Julia was saying. “What we need
to do now is find another way to
scare him so we can get another tax
Proxy application forms may be
obtained from any Elections
Ontario office. They must be
certified by the Returning Officer
in the electoral district where the
elector resides. The application
form will be exchanged for a
certificate to vote which the proxy
voter must present at the polling
place in order to receive a ballot
and vote.
Visually impaired electors may
have a friend or one of the poll
officials read the candidates’
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hike. Too bad the campaign wasn’t
longer or we might get rid of the
tax altogether.”
FRIDAY: Ward says he’s looking
forward to going up to Goderich to
watch the Lancaster bomber and
the other old war planes up there.
Tim says not to count too much
on it. “After all, since we’re
sending 40-year-old ships to fight
Iraq the government might decide
to expropriate the Lancaster and
send it over too. After all it must be
the only bomber we’ve got left.”
names in the order they appear on
the ballot.
To enable these electors to align
their ballots face up, a small notch
has been cut into the edge of the
upper right-hand corner of the
ballot. Ontario election ballots are
printed with the candidates’ names
appearing alphabetically down the
left side with a circle to the right of
each name of the elector to indicate
>his or her choice. A notch has also
been cut out beside each white
circle.
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