The municipal election for all urban and rural communities is coming up, and the voter information for the City of Weyburn’s election is as follows.
Advance polls will be held on Saturday, Oct. 22, at City Hall from 1 to 5 p.m.
Election day will be on Wednesday, Oct. 26, with polling stations located at McKenna Hall, Assiniboia Park School, St. Michael School, and for South Hill residents at Souris School, with voting from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The city is also making available the option of mail-in ballots if a voter cannot make any of the voting days. To make application for this, they need to go to City Hall with a photo ID prior to Oct. 26.
Each voter will receive three separate ballots, for mayor, council and the public school board. For council, voters can select up to six names, and for mayor just one name.
For the public school board, voters can select up to two names.
Voters will need to have a valid Saskatchewan driver’s licence, or a valid Saskatchewan ID card or any other government-issued photo ID, or from an agency of government. It must included a name and an address.
For those who don’t have a photo ID, voters need two pieces of information which have a name, with at least one that includes the voters’ address.
Municipal election voters include: those who are a Canadian citizen, are 18 years of age as of Oct. 26, and have resided in Saskatchewan for at least six consecutive months prior to election day, plus they need to have lived at least three consecutive months in Weyburn, or are the owner of assessable land in the city for at least three consecutive months prior to election day.
