Municipal Election Day is Monday, October 25, 2010.  This correspondence is provided for your information in respect of filing a nomination.

Nominations
A person may be nominated for an office by filing a nomination form in person or by an agent at the Township of Whitewater Region Municipal Office located at 44 Main Street, Cobden during regular business hours (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.).  A Nomination must be in the prescribed form and accompanied by the prescribed form of Declaration of Qualification.  Both forms are to be signed by the person being nominated and must be accompanied by the set nomination filing fee.  Nomination Forms cannot be faxed or filed electronically; they must be filed in person.

Nomination Fee
In accordance with Ontario Regulation 101/97, the nomination filing fees are to be paid in cash, certified cheque or money order to the Township of Whitewater Region and are as follows:

Head of Council                    $200.00
All Other Candidates            $100.00

Time for Filing Nomination
A Nomination may be filed by the candidate and may be filed in person or by an agent during regular business hours between January 4, 2010 and Thursday, September 9, 2010 and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Nomination Day, Friday, September 10, 2010.

Expenses
An expense shall not be incurred by or on behalf of a person unless he or she is a candidate and shall not be incurred by or on behalf of a candidate outside his or her election campaign period.  A candidate’s campaign period begins on the day his/her nomination is filed and ends on Voting Day.

Campaign expense limits are based on a formula that corresponds to the number of electors in the jurisdiction or ward in which the candidate is seeking office. There are different expense limits for heads of municipal council and for members of municipal councils and school boards.  The Clerk must provide each candidate with an estimated spending limit upon filing of nomination papers.  The estimate will be calculated based on the number of electors in the 2006 election.  Within ten days after the close of nominations, the clerk must provide each candidate with a final spending limit.  The final campaign spending limit will be calculated based on the number of electors on the voters’ list for the current election.  *If the final limit is lower than the estimate, the higher amount becomes the candidate’s official spending limit.

During the campaign period, a candidate’s expenses shall not exceed an amount calculated in accordance within the spending limits provided under the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, as follows:

Head of Council                     $7, 500.00 plus $0.85 per elector
All other Candidates               $5, 000.00 plus $0.85 per elector

The number of electors shall be determined from the Voters List as it exists on Nomination Day.  A notice will be delivered to each candidate, no later than ten days after Nomination Day advising of the maximum campaign expenses for their respective nominated office.