VOTER ELIGIBILITY 

A qualified elector must be:

• Eighteen years of age or more
• Canadian citizen on or before voting day
• Ordinary resident in Saskatchewan for at least six months preceding the day when the election was called
• Ordinary resident in the constituency in which he or she intends to vote.

 

VOTER REGISTRATION

During the first week of the election, enumerators will be going door-to-door collecting the names of eligible voters in order to compile an official Voters’ List. Once your name is on the list, you are registered to vote.

If you miss enumeration, your name can be added to the Voters' List during the revision period from October 13, 2011 - October 26, 2011. During these 14 days you can contact your Returning Office either by phone or in person to be added to the Voters' List or to have information corrected on the Voters' List.

Enumeration begins on Thursday, September 8, 2011 and concludes on Monday, September 26, 2011. After enumeration, a revision period follows beginning October 13, 2011 until October 26, 2011. After the close of revision, the revised Voters' List will be prepared and delivered to each poll.

Missed your opportunity to get your name on the voter registration list (stops 2 weeks after October 10th)? Come to the poll on Election Day with I.D. that displays your name, address, and signature. This identification can be either one piece of I.D. which contains all three of these elements (for example, a driver's licence) or two pieces of I.D. which have the three elements in some combination (for example, a social insurance card and a utility bill).

Acceptable forms of ID (combination): Property tax bills, mortgage documents, a lease, a cheque book bearing your name and address, or a letter from a bank or other major corporation would also be acceptable evidence of your address.

Can’t find appropriate I.D? You can still vote by bringing someone who can vouch for your identity. Anyone who is on the Voters' List in your constituency and knows you well enough to vouch for your identity and address can come with you to the poll and testify that you are an eligible voter. Both of you will take an oath and then you will be given a ballot and allowed to vote.

 

VOTE IN ADVANCE 

2 ways:

1) Advanced polls – Find yours here: http://www.elections.sk.ca/writ/find.php

2) Absentee ballot

•  Must apply at least 8 days before election day
• Must send a photocopy of your pieces of ID with ballot back to chief returning officer
• Must get the ballot in the mail by 8:00pm on November 7, 2011

 

POLLS OPEN FROM 9:00AM-8:00PM ON NOVEMBER 7, 2011 

 

How to find your poll:

1) Look it up at www.elections.sk.ca

2) Call 1-877-958-8683 (VOTE)  

3) Email info@elections.sk.ca

If you move between the call of the election and Election Day, you must return to the polling place of your former residence.

If you belong to a First Nation but I live off reserve you vote in the constituency in which you ordinarily reside on the day the Election is called.

 

Accessibility of polling stations and voting:

Each polling station is equipped to assist persons living with a disability in order to ensure that there are no barriers to voting. The deputy returning officer will be on hand to assist anyone requiring it.

 Blind voters, who so choose may take a friend with them behind the voting screen to assist with marking the ballot; however, each friend can only assist one person during the election. Both the blind voter and the friend will be required to take an oath or make a declaration. Voters who are unable to understand the English language for any reason (including hearing impairment) are entitled to be accompanied by a friend who may interpret for the voter and accompany the voter into the voting station in order to assist the voter in marking the ballot paper. A friend who is acting as an interpreter may assist more than one voter during the course of an election.

Wherever possible, polling stations are wheelchair accessible. In the few instances where polls are not wheelchair accessible, curb-side voting will be made available to voters who request it. Voters are also free to vote at advance polls, which Returning Officers have selected for wheelchair accessibility wherever possible. To check on the accessibility of your local poll, contact your Returning Officer. Returning Officer contact information can be found by calling Elections Saskatchewan (1-877-958-8683) or through the Elections Saskatchewan website at http://www.elections.sk.ca/find.php.

 

Working Students/Rights for time off:

Employers whose employees have three consecutive hours of their own time during polling hours need not allow additional time for voting. However, if an employee is scheduled such that he or she does not have three consecutive hours off from work during polling hours, the employer must grant the employee time off. This time off must be requested by the employee and must be at a time convenient to the employer. Once requested by the employee, the employer must grant this time off with no penalty to the employee.