What you need to know before heading to polls
If you’re a resident of the constituency and you didn’t visit the ballot box during the advance polls, Andrea Hill has everything you need to know before heading out.
Q When can I vote?
A Polls are open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Results are expected to be announced shortly after polls close.
Q Where can I vote?
A You must vote at your assigned polling location. Information about the location should have been mailed to you last month. If you did not receive a voter information card in the mail, you can look up your polling location online at elections.sk.ca. There are 11 polling locations in the riding.
Q What do I need to bring with me to vote?
A You must present a piece of government-issued photo ID with your name and address (such as a driver’s licence) or two pieces of non-photo ID that have your name and address (such as a voter information card, health card, utility bill or credit card statement).
If you don’t have appropriate identification, you can go to a polling station with a registered voter from your constituency and sign a declaration, with the registered voter vouching for you. Each person can only vouch for one other person.
Q Why are we having this byelection?
A Former Saskatchewan Party MLA Jennifer Campeau announced this summer that she was leaving politics to take a private-sector job in British Columbia, which left a vacancy in the west-side riding of Saskatoon Fairview.
Q Who’s on the ballot?
A Taylor Bolin (Green Party) Vicki Mowat (NDP) David Prokopchuk (Progressive Conservative Party) Shah Rukh (Liberal Party) Cameron Scott (Saskatchewan Party)
Q What’s been happening at the advance polls?
A Over five days of advance voting, 1,888 people cast ballots. Those numbers are similar to what was seen during the general election in April 2016, when 2,000 people in the riding voted in advance. Chief electoral officer Michael Boda called the advance voting figures “remarkable” given that byelections typically have lower voter turnout than general elections.