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Revisions to the Voters' List - Important Notice

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Are you on the Voters' List?

Click here to check online if your name is on the Voters' List

The City of Mississauga's Preliminary List of Electors will be available at City Hall in the Office of the City Clerk, 2nd Floor from September 7, 2010 until October 25, election day.

The voters list is compiled before each election by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) which maintains the list of both property owners and tenants through general and targeted enumeration efforts. To find out if you are currently in MPAC's database, to update or change your information or to have your name added to this database, please contact MPAC directly before June 1, 2010. MPAC forwards a preliminary list of electors to the City of Mississauga at the end of July which is then updated and made available for revisions before voting day.

If you have moved within the past four years and you want to ensure that you are correctly identified on the voters' list, please contact MPAC directly before June 1, 2010:

You may also download the 2010 Municipal Enumeration Form and forward it to MPAC before June 1, 2010 by:

Mail to: MPAC, P.O. Box 9808, Toronto, ON, M1S 5T9
Fax to: 1-866-297-6703
E-mail to: enquiry@mpac.ca

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To Make Changes on the Preliminary List of Electors

You must file an application with the Office of the City Clerk. The application forms will be available at

An Application to Amend the Voters' List (Form EL15- Coming September 2010) can be used to:

• Add the applicant's name to the list
• Correct the applicant's information on the list
• Delete the applicant's or a family member's name (deceased, moved, other)
• Revise the applicant's school support status and Canadian citizenship

This form must be personally submitted by the individual applying to make the changes to the voters list. Electronic or facsimile copies are not accepted.

The applicant must make a declaration and sign the form in the presence of the Clerk or designate. By signing the form, the applicant is declaring that:

• They are a Canadian citizen,
• They are eighteen years of age on or before the Voting Date, and
• On Voting Day, that they will be entitled to be an elector.

Staff are responsible for making sure that all information is complete before dating and signing the form. The completed forms are used to update the database of electors and a copy is sent to the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) in order to update their database. We need to know:

• Name of elector and their previous qualifying and mailing addresses
• Elector's current qualifying address and whether they're an owner, spouse or tenant
• Elector's birth date, school support

Without this information, we are not able to update the necessary record of information.

There will be a deadline for submitting applications to the Clerks Department. After the deadline, applications to amend the voters' list will be taken to the polling subdivision.

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Voter Information Notices

The City Clerk delivers Voter Information Notices (VINs) to each name on the Preliminary List of Electors. Please bring this Voter Identification Notice with you to the poll. The Voter Information Notice will not be accepted as a form of identification. 

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Identification

All voters will be asked for identification before they will be allowed to vote. You will need to show identification to verify your name and qualifying address.

• Acceptable Identification

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Voting by Proxy

A person who is entitled to be an elector in the City of Mississauga, but is unable to vote for any reason, may appoint another qualified elector within the municipality as his or her voting proxy, using the prescribed form.

A person shall not:

• Appoint more than one voting proxy;
• Act as a voting proxy for more than one other person. This restriction does not apply if the appointed proxy is the parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, or spouse of the appointees.

A person appointing a proxy shall:

• Complete an application in the prescribed form
• The prescribed form must include the name of the elector appointed at the time the proxy form is signed by the person giving the proxy

A person giving the voting proxy shall:

• Present the application and the appointing document to the City Clerk or designate at the Clerks Office, 2nd Floor, City Hall, starting Monday, September 13, 2010 to Election Day, Monday, October 25, 2010 during regular business days, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• On Advance Voting Days, October 14, 15, 16 and 17, 2010 forms may be presented in the Clerk's Office between 12:00 noon and 5:00 pm.
• Proof of the identity of the elector appointed will be required

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