How you can cast your vote in northwestern Ontario's municipal elections
About a dozen communities scrapped in-person ballot boxes in favour of online, phone voting
Election day is here and many municipalities are offering several ways you can cast your ballot.
The Association of Municipalities of Ontario says there will be 417 municipal elections in the province today (Oct. 24), and more than half — 217 — have decided to use some form of online or phone voting. That's up from 175 municipalities four years ago.
In northwestern Ontario, about a dozen have opted to scrap in-person ballot boxes and go with either internet voting, phone voting or a combination of the two. Thunder Bay has three options — online, in-person or over the phone — and this week introduced drive-thru voting.
Experts and advocates say that generally, more choice is better when it comes to voting options, but some are worried that going tech-only could make it difficult for vulnerable people to vote.
Scroll down through the list to find your community and see your options:
Internet, telephone, in-person voting
Internet and phone
- Oliver Paipoonge
- Shuniah
- Kenora
- Dryden
- Red Lake
- Sioux Lookout
- Atikokan
- Fort Frances
- Ear Falls
- Greenstone
- Manitouwadge
Internet only
In person, paper ballot
- Gillies Township
- Emo
- Machin
- Neebing
- Nipigon
- O'Connor Township
- Pickle Lake
- Rainy River
- Red Rock
- Schrieber
- Terrace Bay
- White River