Exceptional Measures Related to the Health Situation
(Vote by correspondence-COVID-19)
You can vote by absentee ballot if you are in one of the following situations:
- You live in the municipality but are unable to move about for health reasons or you are a caregiver living at the same address as such a person;
- You will be 70 years of age or older on polling day;
- Between Sunday, October 17, 2021 and Wednesday, October 27, 2021, you must comply with an order or recommendation for isolation from public health authorities because you :
– Have returned from a trip abroad less than 14 days ago;
– Have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and are still considered a carrier of the disease;
– Exhibit symptoms of COVID-19;
– Have been in contact with a suspected, probable or confirmed case of COVID-19 for less than 14 days;
– Are waiting for a COVID-19 test result.
To vote by absentee ballot, you must make a verbal or written request by contacting the Returning Officer, no later than Wednesday, October 27, 2021 .
The ballot papers for voting by mail will be sent as of October 11, 2021.
If you are registered to vote by absentee ballot and have not received your ballots within a few days of being mailed, you may contact the Returning Officer to receive new ballots.
Ballots must be received in the office of the Returning officer no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, November 5, 2021.
If you are applying to vote by absentee ballot because you are required to comply with a public health authority order or recommendation for isolation your application will be valid for the current ballot only. If you are in any of the other situations listed above, your application will be valid for the current ballot and any subsequent reruns.
Details regarding voting by mail (70 years+)
