Advanced polling stations for the byelection in Terrebone will be open over the Easter long weekend.
Between Friday, April 3, and Monday, April 6, eligible voters will be able to cast their ballot between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. at pre-assigned advanced polling stations, which can be found by clicking here.
Voters have until 6 p.m. on Apr. 7 to register and vote at their local Elections Canada office, or they can do so by using the Online Voter Registration Service.
Once at the voting station, eligible voters will need to do one of the following in order to be able to vote.
The byelection comes after Liberal Tatiana Auguste was initially declared the winner, before the result flipped to Bloc Québécois’ Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné after the votes went through a validation process. A judicial recount completed on May 10, however, concluded the Liberals received one more than Sinclair-Desgagné.
But Sinclair-Desgagné challenged the results after a supporter complained that she had tried to vote by mail using a special ballot that was never counted, and on February 13, the Supreme Court sided with the Bloc candidate and invalidated the results.
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Voters will also use a “blank” ballot for the election, which was announced by Elections Canada in early March, after the group associated with the longest ballot protest said it’s signing up candidates to run in Terrebonne.
The decision from Elections Canada is based on “previous experiences where a high number of candidates have run in a riding,” the agency said in an email.
“The adapted ballot will consist of a blank ballot where electors will have to write the first name (or initials) and last name of the chosen candidate, as on a special ballot,” explains Elections Canada.
It specifies that a list of candidates will be provided to voters at the polls, both for advance polls and for polling day.
-With files from the Canadian Press
