Subjects: CPN, FVT

There are Several Ways to Vote in the Federal By-election in Nanaimo-Ladysmith

GATINEAU, QC, April 4, 2019 /CNW/ - For the by-election now underway in Nanaimo?Ladysmith (British Columbia), electors can choose the voting option that best suits their schedule. They can vote in one of the following ways:

• on election day on Monday, May 6, 2019.
• at one of the advance polls on Friday, April 26; Saturday, April 27; Sunday, April 28; or Monday, April 29.
• in person at the Elections Canada office in Nanaimo?Ladysmith, if they apply before Tuesday, April 30, 6:00 p.m.
• by mail. Electors must apply to vote by mail before 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30.
• Application forms are available online, as well as at the Elections Canada office in Nanaimo?Ladysmith and at Canadian missions abroad. They can also be requested by calling 1?800?463?6868.
• Electors can mail in a paper application or submit their application online.
• Electors voting by mail should plan ahead. They must allow time for their voting kit to reach them and for their marked ballot to return to Elections Canada.
• Marked ballots must be received by the election day deadline or they will not be counted.
• To vote, electors must show proof of identity and address. The list of accepted pieces of identification is online.
• Some pieces of identification used at provincial and municipal elections may not meet federal election requirements.
• Voting and identification rules are different for Canadian Forces electors, incarcerated electors and Canadian electors who live abroad.

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SOURCE Elections Canada

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