Elections P.E.I. mailing voter registration cards to residents
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — P.E.I. residents will quickly obtain voter registration playing cards because the province gears up for the 2023 normal election.
Voters will obtain a registration card within the mail between this week and the primary week of February. The playing cards will record all occupants at every tackle in keeping with these registered on the provincial voter registry.
Tim Garrity, P.E.I.’s chief electoral officer, mentioned Elections P.E.I. is mailing playing cards to voters to make sure they obtain the right voter data card (VIC) forward of the election.
“When it comes time for the provincial election, we need to guarantee as many citizens as potential obtain their appropriate voter data card within the mail,” mentioned Garrity. “By taking these steps for our registration occasion now, we might be higher outfitted to ship VIC’s to the best individuals on the appropriate tackle.”
Residents are requested to verify the knowledge on the cardboard and use both the QR code on the cardboard to replace their very own data or name Elections P.E.I. if there are adjustments as to who lives at their tackle.
Voters can verify or replace their data online seven days per week or by calling the Elections P.E.I. name centre at 1-888-234-8683, Monday by Friday, 830 a.m. till 4:30 p.m.
To be eligible to vote within the subsequent provincial normal election, an individual have to be 18 or might be on election day, a Canadian citizen on or earlier than election day.
Moreover, voters have to be dwelling in P.E.I. for the six months instantly previous the date of the election and dwelling within the polling district on the date of the election.
