How to vote in the Ontario provincial election

CTV Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Siobhan Morris recaps the hot topics covered in the Northern debate.

Thursday marks the opening of advance voting locations in next week’s Ontario provincial election.

Advance polling stations will be open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 20-22.

Locations can be found on the Elections Ontario website.

The deadline to apply to vote by mail is 6 p.m. Feb. 21. Mail-in ballots must be received by 6 p.m. Feb. 27.

On election day, voters can cast their ballots in person between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. at assigned voting locations based on home address.

Voter information cards are expected to arrive in the mail Feb. 17 – 22.

“If you do not receive a voter information card, you can still vote, but your name may not be on the voters list,” Elections Ontario said.

“Bring one piece of accepted ID showing your name and current home address."

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Students are allowed to vote in the district where they are attending school, if different from their permanent home address.

There are also options to vote in hospital and request a home visit or absentee ballot through Elections Ontario.

Voters must be at least 18 years of age, be a Canadian citizen and resident of Ontario.

Northeastern candidates

Below is a look at the candidates running in each riding in northeastern Ontario:

• Algoma-Manitoulin
• Mushkegowuk-James Bay
• Nickel Belt
• Nipissing
• Parry Sound-Muskoka
• Sault Ste. Marie
• Sudbury
• Timiskaming-Cochrane
• Timmins

Find full one-on-one interviews with candidates running in the northeast on the CTVNewsNorthernOntario.ca Ontario election page.

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Party leaders

The leaders of the Ontario parties with current seats in the Legislative Assembly discuss northern issues in one-on-one interviews with CTV News:

• Ont. NDP Leader Marit Stiles
• Ont. Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie
• Ont. Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner
• Ont. PC Leader Doug Ford - invitation declined

CTV News will have full coverage of the election on Feb. 27 including live results.

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