ESTEVAN - Estevan city council has approved the key dates and some other important details for the upcoming civic election.
Voters in Estevan and other municipalities in the province are scheduled to go to the polls on Nov. 13. Advanced polls will be at city hall on Oct. 29 and 30 from 4:30-7 p.m., and on Nov. 2 from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the fire hall, which will be a drive-thru poll.
City clerk Judy Pilloud is the returning officer and deputy city clerk Josh Shitta-Bey is the associate returning officer.
Nominations are now available at the city clerk's office. They can be dropped off starting on Sept. 24. The deadline to submit a nomination is Oct. 9 at 4 p.m. and the then candidates will have 24 hours to withdraw.
On election day, the city will have one polling station at the Estevan Church of God. There will also be two drive-thru polling stations on Nov. 13, at the fire hall on the north side of the city and Sudz Zone on the south.
Previously-established mobile polls will be available at St. Joseph's Hospital or care homes as advance polls; or with consultation of the facility administrators, as mail-in ballot options. Should citizens in the hospital require a vote on election day, a mail-in ballot can be picked up by a designated returning officer at 4:30 p.m. on election day.
Electoral information has been added through a link to the city's website and will be updated as the election draw near.
Election workers are still needed, Pilloud said in her report.
People eligible to be a candidate in the city of Estevan must be at least 18 years old on election day and be a Canadian citizen. They must also have resided in the municipality for at least three consecutive months immediately prior to the date the nomination paper is submitted, and have lived in Saskatchewan for at least six consecutive months before the nomination paper is submitted.
Public disclosure is required at the time the nomination papers are dropped off, and will be attached and posted with the nomination.
Not only must voters be at least 18 years old and a Canadian citizen on election day, as well as a resident of Saskatchewan for at least the last six months before Nov. 13, they must be a resident of the city for at least three months, or they must be an owner of assessable land for at least three months immediately preceding the day of the election.
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