Canadians Can Vote by Mail: Special Ballot Voting Accommodates Electors Who Are Travelling or Temporarily Living

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Mon Oct 5, 2009 4:46pm EDT 

  OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Oct 05 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
- Any Canadian elector in Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley (Nova
Scotia), Hochelaga (Quebec), Montmagny-L'Islet-Kamouraska-Riviere-du-Loup
(Quebec) and New Westminster-Coquitlam (British Columbia) can vote by
special ballot.

    - Applications are available on-line, by phone or in person at local
Elections Canada offices and Canadian diplomatic missions.

    - Applications must be received by Elections Canada before 6:00 p.m.
(Eastern Time) on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. Electors are encouraged to
fax their applications or take them to a local Elections Canada office
where a by-election is being held.

    - Once an application is approved, the elector is issued a voting kit
with full instructions and a special ballot. The ballot must be received
at Elections Canada in Ottawa before 6:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on election
day. Electors voting by special ballot in their own riding must return
the special ballot to the local Elections Canada office before the local
polling station closes.

    "We encourage Canadians around the world to pick up an application for
the mail-in special ballot now available at any Canadian diplomatic
mission, or download the form from our Web site," says Chief Electoral
Officer Marc Mayrand.

    Elections Canada is an independent body set up by Parliament.

Contacts:
Elections Canada
Media Relations
1-877-877-9515
www.elections.ca

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