Qualifications
A person is entitled to be an elector in the Township of Whitewater Region (unless prohibited by the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, or any other Act) if, on Voting Day (October 25, 2010) he or she:

• is a Canadian citizen;
• is at least eighteen (18) years old;
• is a resident in the Township of Whitewater Region, or is the owner or tenant of land in the Township of Whitewater Region, or the spouse of such a person; and
• is not prohibited from voting by law, as noted below.

Persons Prohibited from Voting

1. A person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment in a penal or correctional institution, including a sentence being served in the evening or on weekends (this does not include a person serving a sentence at home).

2. A Corporation.

3. A person acting as executor or trustee or in any other representative capacity except as a voting proxy in accordance with Section 44 of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996.

4. A person who was convicted of the corrupt practice described in Subsection 90(3) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, if Voting Day in the current election is less than five years after Voting Day in the election in respect of which he or she was convicted.

Separate School Electors

Electors must be Roman Catholic and be otherwise qualified as electors to be separate school electors.  Where children attend school does not have any bearing on voter qualifications.

Can every elector vote for school board offices?

Non-resident owners or tenants, or spouses of owners or tenants of commercially and industrially assessed lands are not eligible to vote for school board offices.

Where and how often may I vote?

An elector whose name appears on the Voters List is entitled to vote, subject to the following:

1. An elector may vote only once in the Township of Whitewater Region, even if they own more than one property in the Municipality.

2. If the elector owns more than one property within the Township of Whitewater Region, the elector must vote in the Ward in which he/she resides.  The elector does not have the choice as to where he or she wishes to vote.

3. If the elector is a Non-Resident and owns more than one property, the elector must indicate where he or she intends to vote.  The appropriate form may be obtained at the Whitewater Region Municipal Office.

4. In the case of school boards, the elector is only permitted to vote once for his/her school board trustee even if the elector owns more than one property in more than one municipality that is contained within the jurisdiction of the school board.

5. Students who reside “away from home” may vote in two places --- within the municipality where they attend school and within the municipality where their family resides (their “home”)