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GREATER SASKATOON CATHOLIC SCHOOLS BY-ELECTION: ADVANCE POLL - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25

For immediate release: October 23, 2014 - 6:00 pm
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On October 29, 2014, a by-election will be held for a Separate School Board Trustee to fill one vacancy on the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools Board of Education.

If you are an eligible voter but are unable to vote on October 29 – you may vote at the last Advance Poll tomorrow: 

Advance Poll #3 - at City Hall: Saturday, October 25, 2014 from Noon – 4:00 pm

This last Advance Poll will be in Committee Room E, 222 3rd Avenue North: (Enter City Hall through Door No. 1, off 4th Avenue.  On-street meter parking is available on 4th Avenue.  For the advance poll, you may park in the City Hall staff parking lot off of 4th Avenue. This entrance is wheelchair accessible. 

Reminder: to be eligible to vote, citizens are required to provide proof of identity and residence, and, on by-election day citizens must: 

  • be a Canadian citizen
  • be at least 18 years of age;
  • have resided in the Catholic school division or on land that is now in the school division, for at least three months immediately preceding the by-election;
  • have resided in Saskatchewan for at least six months immediately preceding the by-election; and
  • be of the religious faith of the minority that established the separate school division, which means you must be of the Catholic faith.

Citizens are not eligible to vote in this by-election if they do not live in the City of Saskatoon.  Eligible citizens may only vote once, regardless of how many properties they own.

For more detailed information about the by-election and the Mobile Polling Station (for those unable to leave their home to vote due to physical disability), please check the Voters’ Guide, located on the homepage of the City’s website, saskatoon.ca. Voters’ Guides are also available at City Hall main lobby, public libraries and at all leisure centres.

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