Important information on voting by special ballot. Elections Canada draws up the lists of electors registered to vote by special ballot in each electoral district, and sends them to the returning officers before the advance polls and again before election day. What is the problem here? I think your accusation post should stay as an example of how not to write something like it again. While I was voting, I talked to the people in Elections Canada office about the low turnout rate in the elections. On election day, voters will still have to vote within their riding. As for the application, there is no application at all. This makes good sense, if it works. You quote my words and say "you know all about this". You will need an Alberta Driver's Licence or an Alberta Identification Card for each individual that you wish to register or update. What do you mean? For example, if you're in Alberta in the election period, but your riding is in Ontario, there is no problem at all. He said, "I can't. The 2015 provincial election saw the highest voter turnout in 22 years. If you're in the list, it doesn't matter whether you're thousands of km away from your riding or not. I don't know if there is a time limit or not. The purpose of is to allow voters to register for the first time, update existing information using the registration process, or check if you are registered to vote. If you are eligible to vote in the federal election and can do it from almost anywhere inside or outside of Canada. Once the writ is dropped and the Elections Canada office is up and running, you can walk in and vote. English is my second language, but I think I was very clear in explaining my experience with special ballot. If you would prefer a physical guide, consider picking up our voter’s guide in your local newspaper. Unsure where to vote? The point is you should vote early, because a vote cast on Election Day counts no more than a vote cast in advance of Election Day. (If you use Special Ballot option to vote, you need to write the full name of the candiate in your riding). They may do so only if they have not already voted under the Special Voting Rules. The last election was historic in more ways than one: an NDP government was elected for the first time in provincial history, in a race that drew out 57 per cent of voters. Information on where to vote can be found on the Elections Alberta website. For the last two Federal elections, I have voted at the Elections Canada office for our constituency weeks before the advanced polls opened. You didn't know know a thing about the special ballot and all you did was to blame somebody who wanted share his experience. Why wait until the 19th. The interesting thing is that it was them who asked my friend if he wanted to vote in Guelph for his riding in Toronto. This is good info. This is how we learned that anybody could vote in an Elections Canada office even though they may be far away from their riding. The date of the election is unknown. The stuff in there about applications, and deadlines, seemed to be missing from your post, so I kind of understandably wondered if maybe you were misinforming babblers. Canadians who will be 18 years of age or older on election day and who live in an electoral district where a by-election is being held, but who expect to be absent from their electoral districts, either in Canada or abroad, may vote by special ballot. This means people have lots of days to vote until October 13. Because it's convenient for people who could be away in Ocotber 19. But anyone can go into the Returning Office in their own riding today or any day up to October 13 (or in any other riding) to vote by Special Ballot. Renwick said an example of the potential delay would be having two candidates in an electoral division within 100 votes of each other, but there still being 1,000 ballots to be counted in Edmonton. It would appear that one has to apply to do this, not just show up at some polling station wherever. Will my local poll already know that I've already voted, like, 18 hours earlier? Check State by State Information. Because my friends did. Thank you so much for the info you provided. You blamed me for doing something I didn't do or imply. What is your problem? Because 3 Elections Canada office said so. Voting in the election does require you to use proper identification. This is accusing somebody for a criminal activity. Yes. You give them your ID and they check it online to see if you are in the voters list in your riding. Carla Windhorst is seated next to the president. Otherwise, why shouldn't I go vote in BC, for my preferred Toronto candidate, on October 18, and then go vote for my preferred candidate IN Toronto on the 19th?