LAKELAND - Voter information cards detailing when and where you should go to vote should have arrived in your mailbox by April 11.
According to Elections Canada, if you have not receive a voter information card in the mail you may not be registered to vote, or the information they have may be out of date.
“The information of about 13 per cent of electors on the Register of National Electors changes every year,” says the Elections Canada website.
Those changes are due to new electors being added, deceased electors being removed, and name and address changes for existing electors.
“We use several data sources to update the first and middle names of electors. Note that requests sent to any other sources are not communicated to Elections Canada. Elections Canada cannot validate and process any changes to your name or gender if some of these data sources have different information about you.”
If you received a card, but your name has changed or is spelt differently than it is on your identification, you need to visit your local Elections Canada office or update your information when you arrive at the polling station.
All Elections Canada offices are open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, and 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
To check your information and update your address, you can also use the online voter registration portal at elections.ca.
It is important to note that you can still vote even if you don’t receive the information card or forget to bring it with you to the polling station.
You will need to prove your identity and eligibility to vote with government issued identification, two pieces of letter mail from a government agency, healthcare provider, financial or educational institution, or by another elector who can prove their identity and address vouching for you.
