How to Vote in the 2020 Municipal Election

10/2/2020

Vote by Phone 1-888-356-4178

Vote by phone or online from
8am on Saturday, October 3rd until 7pm on Saturday, October 17th.

Voting by Phone

Dial 1-888-356-4178 (the phone number will be on the Election Page of our website)

A voice prompt will welcome you
Enter your date of birth followed by # (example: March 9, 1952 = 03091952#)
Enter your unique PIN, which you received by mail, followed by # (example: 12345678#)
A voice will tell you that you are voting for Councillors because the position for Mayor and Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial have been won by acclamation
You will be given instructions on how to vote for each candidate - each candidate has a number based on alphabetical order and you will press the number corresponding to your first selection and then be prompted to make your next selection, until you have voted for six councillors.
Press # to confirm your selection or 0 (zero) to change your selections
You'll hear a voice repeat back your selections and then you're done.

Voting Online

You will see an opening page: click "continue" to proceed.
You will be asked to complete a 'CAPTCHA' challenge by typing what you see to prove that you are a real person and not a 'bot'. You can also click to listen to the audio version. Click "continue" to proceed.
You will be prompted to enter your date of birth using a drop-down menu, then to type in your unique PIN, which you received by mail. Click "continue" to proceed.
You will see a screen advising that you will be voting for Councillors because the Mayor and CSAP have won by acclamation. Click "continue" to proceed.
You will see a page with the names of the candidates listed in alphabetical order - you can click on the box beside no more than six names. Click 'submit' to proceed.
You will see a page showing your votes and you can choose 'vote now' or 'return to ballot".
If you choose 'vote now' you will see a confirmation page, click 'continue' to proceed, then a page confirming that you have voted and advising that you can close your browser, and then you're done.

Watch a demonstration video on how to vote online by clicking here.

Voting in person (tablet)

We will have tablets available for you to vote using the online voting method described above. Tablets will be sanitized between voters.

Saturday, October 10th
12noon - 8pm
Town Hall
(493 Main Street)

Tuesday, October 13th
12noon - 8pm
Town Hall
(493 Main Street)

Saturday, October 17th
8am - 7pm
Mahone Bay Legion
(21 Pond Street)