2026 Municipal Voting Options
Council will be going over voting options for the 2026 municipal election at its committee meeting Tuesday night.
A staff report says several options are available.
They can offer voters a paper ballot system using vote tabulating machines, an internet voting system, or a hybrid approach.
The report says 70 per cent of the vote was online in the 2022 election, with the remaining 30 per cent in-person.
The last election cost just under $250,000.
“The highest costs consisted of the rental of the vote tabulators together with accessible ballot markers, paper ballots and advance poll and election day staff (112 individuals) that are required to run the paper option of the election,” states the report. “The Clerk’s Department also requires a full-time staff member for a six-month duration to help with the administrative tasks of the Election.”
Officials also say with most of the citizen base that work elections aging, it was increasingly challenging to recruit staff.
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