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PICKERING Report Number: CLK 02-14
Date: April 14, 2014
From: Paul Bigioni
Director, Corporate Services & City Solicitor
Subject: 2014 Municipal Elections
- File: A-2000
Recommendation:
1. That the Report CLK 02-14 regarding the 2014 Municipal Elections be received;
2. That the draft by-laws (Attachments 1 and 2) to provide for reduced hours of voting
in institutions and retirement homes and advance voting days be enacted; and
3. That the appropriate officials of the City of Pickering be given authority to take any
necessary action to give effect thereto.
Executive Summary: In accordance with the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, Section
46(3), a by-law is being recommended to provide for early voting and reduced hours of
voting in institutions and retirement homes on advance voting days.
In accordance with the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, Section 43(1), a by-law is being
recommended to provide for advance voting to be held on Wednesday, October 15,
2014 between the hours of 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Thursday, October 16, 2014 between
the hours of 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Friday, October 17, 2014 between the hours of 3:00
pm to 8:00 pm and Saturday, October 18, 2014 between the hours of 9:00 am to 6:00
pm.
Financial Implications: Each year, the General Government Section of the current
budget includes funding or a provision for the Municipal Elections that is transferred to
the Election Reserve fund. By employing this strategy, the cost of the election is spread
over four years. This eliminates a large cost increase in the year of the election.
Discussion: The Municipal Elections Act, 1996, provides that voting must be
provided on the premises for institutions for the reception, treatment or vocational
training of members or former members of the Canadian Forces, institutions in which 20
or more beds are occupied by persons who are disabled, chronically ill or infirm and
retirement homes in which 50 or more beds are occupied. We refer to these locations
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as special voting locations. Council may pass a by-law providing for reduced hours of
voting for these special voting locations. Voting hours per location are based on the
analysis of time required to process electors at each location, and have been
established in co-operation with the administrative staff at each facility.
Section 43(1) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, requires the City to pass a by-law at
least 30 days before Voting Day, establishing one or more dates for advance voting and
the hours during which voting places shall be open on the advance voting date(s).
In the 2010 City of Pickering election, four days were provided for advance voting. Due
to the success of those advance voting days, the City recommends maintaining the four
days to provide numerous opportunities to vote. The Pickering Civic Complex has
traditionally been used as the location for advance voting due to its immediate proximity
to the Pickering Town Centre, the Pickering Recreation Complex and the Pickering
Public Library. As well, the Pickering Civic Complex has sufficient parking and is easily
accessible on the public transit route. The City is required to enact a by-law to provide
for advance voting.
Attachments:
1. Draft by-law for Special Voting Locations
2. Draft by-law for Advance Voting Dates and Times
Prepared By: Approve• ndorsed By:
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Debbie Shields Paul Bigio i _
City Clerk Director, C,rporate Services & City Solicitor
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Recommended for the consideration
of Pickering City ouncil
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Tony Prevedel, P.Eng.
Chief Administrative Officer
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The Corporation of the City of Pickering
By-law No. xx/14
Being a by-law to provide for early voting and
reduced hours of voting in institutions and
retirement homes on advance voting days.
Whereas Section 46(3) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, S.O., provides that a
municipal council may pass a by-law providing that specified voting places shall be
open for reduced voting hours in voting places in retirement homes or those institutions
as defined in Section 45(7) of the said Act, where the voting place is only for the use of
its residents;
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering hereby enacts as
follows:
That the voting places listed below shall be open during the dates and times specified:
Voting Place Dates and Times of Voting
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Village Retirement Centre Thursday, October 16, 2014
1955 Valley Farm Road 1:00 pm — 3:00 pm
Pickering, ON L1V 3R6
Bay Ridges LTCC Friday, October 17, 2014
900 Sandy Beach Road • 10:00 am — 12:00 pm
Pickering, ON L1W 1Z4
Abbeylawn Manor Thursday, October 16, 2014
534 Rodd Avenue, 10:00 am — 12:00 pm
Pickering, ON L1W 2B2
By-law passed this 22nd day of April, 2014.
David Ryan, Mayor
Debbie Shields, City Clerk
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The Corporation of the City of Pickering
By-law No:xx/14
Being a by-law to provide for advance votes
to be held prior to the 2014 Voting Day.
Whereas Section 43 (1) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, S. 0., provides that a
municipal Council shall pass a by-law establishing one or more dates for an advance
vote and the hours during which voting places shall be open on that date or dates;
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering hereby enacts as
follows:
1. An advance vote shall be held on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 between the
hours of 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Pickering Civic Complex, One The
Esplanade.
2. A second advance vote shall be held on Thursday, October 16, 2014 between
the hours of 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Pickering Civic Complex, One The
Esplanade.
3. A third advance vote shall be held on Friday, October 17,.2014 between the
hours of 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Pickering Civic Complex, One The
Esplanade.
4. A fourth advance vote shall be held on Saturday, October 18, 2014 between the
hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm at the Pickering Civic Complex, One The
Esplanade.
By-law passed this 22"d day of April, 2014.
David Ryan, Mayor
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Debbie Shields, City Clerk
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