Voter kits are in the mail

In the 2014 municipal election, voters in Clearview and Mulmur will have a choice to vote online or using the telephone.

Eligible voters will get a letter in the mail containing a web address, a toll free phone number and a pin number.

Once on the phone or website, voters follow the prompts.

People can skip certain fields if they choose or spoil the ballot.

It is possible to start the voting process, then exit the system to research candidates before logging back in and completing the process.

Results, as required by the Municipal Elections Act, are kept for 120 days, longer if there is a contest.

Letters containing voting instructions were mailed out on Oct. 7.

People should call the township office if they have not received their pin number by Oct. 14.

The 1996 Municipal Elections Act allowed for alternative voting methods.

Clearview voters last went to the polls in 2000.

In 2003, 2006 and 2010, the township used a mail-in ballot system.

Online and telephone voting will be open from Oct. 17-27.

Anyone who does not have a touchtone telephone or access to the internet or needs assistance voting is welcome to attend voter assistance centres set up at all three branches of the Clearview Public Library on Election Day from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The Clearview Township Administration Centre will be extending office hours for people who need to be added to the voters list. Extended hours are Wednesday, Oct. 15 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 22 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Election Day, Monday, Oct. 27, from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

For information contact the township clerk at 705-428-6230.