Polling stations for the City of North Battleford municipal and school elections have been established.
An advance poll must be open at least three days but not more than 15 days before election day. Location number one will be at City Hall, accessed by the street level access at 1291 - 101st St. Voting times are Saturday, Oct. 15 from noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 22, from noon to 5 p.m.
Advance poll location number two will be at Valley View Towers II, 1191 - 99th St. on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 1 to 5 p.m.
For the municipal election day Wednesday, Oct. 26, there will be three polls in the city.
The number of polling places has been reduced to three from the four that were used in the 2012 election.
"This decision was based on an analysis of the number of voters that voted at each polling place in 2012. Sufficient polling stations will be organized to adequately handle the voters at these three polling places. Establishment of advance polls and advance voting at the personal care facilities and hospital as well as the availability of the mail-in ballot system will provide many venues for the voters and will assist to balance the work load of the election officials at each polling station on election day," reported City Clerk Debbie Wohlberg last week.
Polling station number one will be at Holy Family School, 9201 - 19th Ave., serving the area west of Highway No. 4 and 100th Street to the city limits north of 15th Avenue and that area west of 91st Street as it extends south to Territorial Drive to city limits.
Polling station number two will be at the Civic Centre, 1902 - 104th St. serving the area north of 15th Ave. to the city limits and east of 100th Street and Highway No. 4 to the city limits.
Polling station number three will be at Notre Dame School, 1241 - 105th St., serving the area south of 15th Avenue extending south to the city limits and the area east of 91st Street as it extends south to Territorial Drive and west to the city limits.
Polling stations are open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on election day.
Eligible voters must be:
• at least 18 years old on election day;
• a Canadian citizen;
• a resident of Saskatchewan for at least six consecutive months immediately preceding election day; and
• either (a) a resident of the municipality for at least three consecutive months immediately preceding the day of the election or (b) an owner of assessable land for at least three consecutive months immediately preceding the day of the election.
Nomination day for cities, towns, and villages will be Sept. 21. Persons eligible for nomination as a candidate in an urban municipality must:
• be at least 18 years old on election day;
• be a Canadian citizen;
• have resided in the municipality for at least three consecutive months immediately preceding the date the nomination paper is submitted; and
• have resided in Saskatchewan for at least six consecutive months immediately preceding the date the nomination paper is submitted.
Nomination papers must be signed by at least five voters of the municipality in urban municipalities with a population of less than 20,000.
