HomeMy WebLinkAbout17 022 2018 Municipal Election - Internet/Telephone Voting By-law THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF KINCARDINE
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BY-LAW
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BEING A BY-LAW TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF INTERNET AND
TELEPHONE VOTING FOR THE
2018 MUNICIPAL ELECTION
WHEREAS subsection 42.(1) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, S.O. 1996,
C32 (the Act) provides that the council of a local municipality may pass a by-law
authorizing electors to use an alternative voting method that does not require
• electors to attend at a voting place in order to vote;
AND WHEREAS subsection 42.(2)(a) of the Act sets out that a by-law passed
under subsection 42.(1) applies to a regular election if the by-law is passed on or
before May 1 in the year before the year of the election;
AND WHEREAS the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Kincardine
deems it appropriate to use voting by Internet or telephone for the 2018 municipal
election;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of
Kincardine ENACTS as follows:
1. That the use of the alternative voting method of Internet and Telephone
voting is hereby authorized for the 2018 municipal election.
2. That the provisions relating to proxy voting and to advance voting will not
apply in the 2018 municipal election.
• 3. This by-law shall come into full force and effect upon its final passage.
4. This by-law may be cited as the "2018 Municipal Election —
Internet/Telephone Voting By-law".
READ a FIRST and SECOND TIME this 15th day of February, 2017.
READ a THIRD TIME and FINALLY PASSED this 15th day of February, 2017.
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D-- .uty Mayor Clerk
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