Who can Vote?

A person is entitled to be an elector at an election held in a local municipality if, on voting day, he or she:

• resides in the City of Mississauga or is the owner or tenant of land in the City of Mississauga, or a spouse of such owner or tenant;
• is a Canadian citizen; and,
• is at least 18 years old; and
• is not prohibited from voting under subsection (3) or otherwise by law. 1999, c.6, s. 43; 2002, c. 17, Sch. D, s. 5 (2); 2005, c.5, s. 46 (1).

A person is entitled to be a separate school elector if he/she:

• is Roman Catholic and is otherwise a qualified elector
• is a non-resident owners or tenants of commercially and industrially assessed lands are not eligible to vote for school board purposes

Ensure you are on the Voters’ List

Who Can’t Vote?

The following are prohibited from voting:

• A person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment in a penal or correctional institution.
• A corporation
• A person acting as executor or trustee or in any other representative capacity, except as a voting proxy in accordance with section 44
• A person who was convicted of the corrupt practice described in subsection 90(3), of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 if voting day in the current election is less than five years after voting day in the election in respect of which he/she was convicted

Residence

The following rules apply to determining a person’s residence:

Permanent

For the purposes of this Act, a person’s residence is the permanent lodging place to which, whenever absent, he or she intends to return. (Municipal Elections Act, 1996 Subsection 2(1)

Rules To Determine:

• A person may only have one residence at a time.
• The place where a person’s family resides is also his or her residence, unless he or she moves elsewhere with the intention of changing his or her permanent lodging place.
• If a person has no other permanent lodging place, the place where he or she occupies a room or part of a room as a regular lodger or to which he or she habitually returns is his or her residence.

A voter is only entitled to vote once in a municipality even though he or she may have more than one qualifying property address within the municipality.

Note: Identification will be required at the polling station to verify identity and qualifying address.

• Acceptable Identification

This information can also be found through the City of Mississauga