Body: Council Type: By-law Meeting: Regular Date: 2017 Collection: By-laws Municipality: South Frontenac
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TOWNSHIPOF SOUTH FRONTENAC BY-LAW2017-15 A BY-LAWTO AUTHORIZE EXCLUSIVEVOTING BY TELEPHONE/INTERNET FOR THE 2018 MUNICIPALELECTIONS. WHEREAS Subsection 42(1) (b) of the Municipal Elections Act, states that the Council of a local municipality may pass by-laws authorizing electors to use an alternative voting method, such as voting by mail or by telephone, that does not require electors to attend at a voting place in order to vote; and
WHEREASSubsection 42(2) ofthe Municipal Elections Act, states that a by-law passed undersubsection (1) or undera predecessorof it, applies to a regular election ifthe by-lawis passed on or before May 1 in the year before the yearof the;and
WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Township of South Frontenac wishes to adopt the exclusive process of voting by telephone/lnternet to ensure
greater accessibilityof all voters to exercise their individual and democratic rightto vote;
NOWTHEREFORETHE CORPORATIONOF THE TOWNSHIPOF SOUTH FRONTENAC, BY ITS COUNCIL, HEREBYENACTSAS FOLLOWS: 1.
That the Municipal Election process for the October 2018 elections
exclusively utilize the alternative voting method known as ‘Voting by Telephone/lnternet".
That the voting period, being the advance vote and including voting day, shall be for a term of 8(eight) full days, commencing on Monday,
October15th,2018at8:00a.m. (Eastern StandardTime) andthatthe
voting period be terminated on Monday, October 22nd, 2018 at 8:00 p. m. (Eastern Standard Time).
That the Mayor and the Clerk be hereby authorized to execute all and any documents to give effect to this bylaw.
Dated at the Township of South Frontenac this 4th day of April 2017 Read a first and second time this 4th day of April 2017. Read a third time and finally passed this 4th day of April 2017. The Corporation of the Township of South Frontenac
Ron Vandewal Mayor
Wayne Orr Administrative Officer
