Ontario Election
The Renfrew Mercury - September 15, 2011
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This is the staff at the Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke returning officer’s satellite office in Renfrew. From left are Mary Richards, Mary McCann, Maureen MacDonald, ‘other’ returning officer Alex O’Neil and Mary Catherine Shea. Chief returning officer Lewis MacDonald works out of the returning office in Pembroke.
2011 REGISTRATION
More advance polls, first satellite and new technology
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 7 TO 9 P.M.
STEVE NEWMAN steve.newman@metroland.com
Lewis McDonald of Renfrew is back for his second straight provincial election as the chief returning officer for the riding of Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke. The retired teacher from Renfrew Collegiate Institute is working out of the returning office in the Pembroke Mall beside the Dollarama. For the first time, the riding will also have a satellite office. “No federal or provincial election in the riding has had a satellite office before,” said MacDonald. This will save travel time for residents in such areas as Calabogie, AdmastonBromley, McNab-Braeside, Arnprior and Renfrew, whether it’s to register on the voters list, vote in the advance polls, or deal with other issues. The satellite opened last week at 342 Raglan St. in Renfrew, beside the O’Brien Theatre, where staff includes election officer Alexis O’Neil of Douglas and four other staff members. There will also be more communities with advance polls, but reduced voting periods for some in Renfrew-NipissingPembroke. In the 2007 provincial election, there were eight locations with 10 voting days. This time, only Arnprior, Renfrew, Pembroke, Petawawa and Barry’s Bay have advance polls for 10 days, for the period
of Sept. 21 to 30. Their respective locations are the Arnprior Shopping Mall; the satellite office and Trinity-St. Andrew’s United Church in Renfrew; Pembroke’s west and east end malls; the Rotary room of the Petawawa library; and the Madawaska Valley municipal building in Barry’s Bay. Advance polls at the Deep River town hall run Sept. 21 to 26. The advance polls are Sept. 26 to 30 in Cobden’s agricultural hall and Eganville’s Grace Lutheran Church. For the first time, the local provincial election will also feature advance polls in Whitney and Palmer Rapids. Those polls are Sept. 23 and 24 in each village’s community centre. All advance polls will be open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting on Election Day (Thursday, Oct. 6) will be 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The riding will have 245 polls at about 95 locations, including five sites in Renfrew. Voters, of which there are 72,015 in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke, will also be eligible to cast special ballots at the main returning office and the satellite office if they’ll be away, or unavailable, during the scheduled voting periods. All ballots will be hand counted, except special ballots that are cast at advancepoll ballots at the main and satellite offices of the returning officer. Those ballots will be counted electronically, by a tabu-
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lated deputy returning officer. NEW VOTING TECHNOLOGY “It’s new voting technology to help people with disabilities to cast a vote on their own,” said O’Neil. “It’s a machine that has technology for visual impairment and hearing impairment, and foot pedals for those who have upper-body mobility problems.” The tabulated DRO will also be available from Oct. 1 to 5 for disabled people and others who have qualified to cast a special ballot.
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