Elections Canada mailer outlines key information for October 19th vote

Elections Canada is taking the 2015 Federal election to your home this week, with an important information brochure that helps explain the process of ensuring you are registered to vote on October 19th and if not, how to access that process to make your vote count on election day.

Part of the information flow is tied into the recently delivered voter information card, which was delivered in the last few weeks, highlighting your registration for the upcoming election, with directions as to where to cast your ballot.

Residents are urged to review those cards to make sure that all of the information is correct, if it is you're set to head to the polls, if not making changes is a fairly simple process that can be addressed online or by contacting the local Elections Canada office located at 227 on 1st Avenue East, across from Hecate Strait Employment Centre, in the old NIS building (above the current Wheelhouse Brewing Company location).

The short six page information pamphlet also delivers key background on How to vote and the options you can use to prove your identity at the election station.

The latter advisory offering the list of acceptable forms of information that could be used to prove residence, including the opportunity to access letters of confirmation of residence for such locations as student residences, Senior's residences, long-term care facilities, shelters or soup kitchens.

Full information on how to see if you are registered and how to update your voter status if required can also be found online here.

The Deadline for Advanced Registration for the election is October 13th at 6 PM.

After that you can register at the advance or election day polling location, however it is easier and faster to register ahead of time.

Advance polling takes place at the Elections Canada office on 1st Avenue East, held from Noon to 8 PM on the following dates:

Friday, October 9, 2015
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Monday, October 12, 2015

The Jim Ciccone Civic Centre will be election central for
Prince Rupert on October 19th, with the recreation
facility serving as the community voting place

General Election Day is Monday, October 19th, with the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre the destination to cast your vote in Prince Rupert between 7 AM and 7 PM.

More options for voting prior to election day can be found on your voter registration card or through the Elections Canada website.

You can learn more about the 2015 campaign in the Skeena-Bulkley Valley riding from our archive page found here.