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Do you need help to mark your ballot?
What if your polling location is
not accessible?
Are you visually impaired?
Voting by the deaf and hard of
hearing
Women in shelters
Voting when you are homeless
Do you need help to mark your ballot?
If you have a physical disability or are a senior
and require assistance to mark your ballot you can bring a friend with you to
the polling station. That person will be allowed behind the privacy screen with
you to help you mark the ballot. Your friend can be related to you, or just a
friend. Either way, you and your friend will be asked to take an oath before you
cast your ballot.
You can also ask the Deputy Returning Officer (at the poll) to help you
vote.
What if your polling location is
not accessible?
It is mandatory that all polling locations have
level access to allow for wheelchair access.
Are you visually impaired?
You can ask the Deputy Returning Officer (DRO) at
the poll for the template that is available at all polling locations to assist
persons who are visually impaired.
Voting by the deaf and hard of
hearing
You can choose to have a
friend assist you at the poll (as above) or you can bring a translator with you
if can speak using sign language.
Women in shelters
If you are in a shelter at an undisclosed
location, you may not want to vote at your regular polling station on election
day. We respect your privacy. In these circumstances we recommend that you take
advantage of the Advance polls.
Voting when you are homeless
The eligibility to vote in the municipal and
school board elections is that you are 18 years of age by Election Day and you
are a Canadian Citizen, and have lived in HRM continuously for three months
prior to Election Day and continue to live within HRM. The poll location you
vote at is determined by where you live. If you are staying at a hostel or
shelter, or with friends, or have a location you consider to be your place of
residence you can vote at the poll location for that polling division. You will
need to bring along identification with your name, you will also need something
that identifies the address where you are staying (which can be the shelter or
hostel). At the poll you will be asked by the DRO to provide satisfactory
identification and make a declaration to be added to the list of electors for
that poll area.
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