Frequently Asked Questions - 2025 Municipal Election

 Everything you need to know can be found in our Information for Candidates section.

Election day is Monday, October 20, 2025. 

Voting stations will be set up in each division; you can locate your voting station by viewing our Voting Information page.  

You can vote by special ballot; please see our special ballot information for details. 

No, on Election Day, you cannot. You can only vote in your division. Learn your division by visiting 'How do I vote?' 

Please see our How do I vote page for a list of acceptable forms of ID. 

If you don't have any photo ID like a driver's license, it doesn't matter. Just bring anything else you have from the list of acceptable ID on the 'How do I vote?' page that has your name and address on it.

No, you do not. Only one document with your name and address is required. 

That is ok. As long as it makes sense that a person in your voting subdivision or ward would have a post office box at your mailing address, it will be accepted. The post office box doesn't have to be in your voting subdivision or ward - just reasonably close by. 

If required, you will still have to sign the Elector Register as well as provide one of the above documents that contains your name and address in order to cast your ballot. 

If you do not have any accounts or documents in your own name, you may have someone vouch for you.  An elector who vouches for a person must make a statement, in the prescribed form that the elector knows the person and that the person resides at the address indicated in the person's statement.

Forms will be available at the voting station for this scenario. 

When you arrive you will be asked for identification.  Your address will be verified to ensure that you are at the correct voting station.  You will advance through the signing in process. You will be given a ballot and shown to your voting compartment. After voting you will securely hand your ballot as instructed to a Deputy Returning Officer for immediate insertion into the ballot box. 

Check back to the Registered Candidates page of our website. You may also see campaign advertisements in and around your area. Be sure to check out each candidate's website and/or social media channels to learn more about their platform. 

Under the Local Authorities Elections Act you are entitled to three (3) consecutive hours to vote. Voting Stations are open from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Your regular work schedule may already allow for 3 consecutive hours during that time period. If your work day starts at noon, or ends by 5:00 pm, you have the three (3) hours required by legislation and therefore, are not entitled to additional time off. If your work schedule does not allow you this time you will need to speak with your employer to schedule three (3) hours to vote.

Alternatively, you may vote at any of the advance voting dates that will be set up for convenience; or if eligible, you may request a Special Ballot from the Returning Officer. 

When you vote your ballot will be inserted into a ballot box. Once the voting stations close, the Presiding Deputy Returning Officer (PDRO) of each voting station will unseal the ballot box and conduct the counting of the ballots that have been inserted to determine the vote outcome. The ballot box is then delivered to Parkland County Centre.