How to get a mail-in ballot for Regina’s upcoming elections

The Queen City heads to the polls on November 13, and applications are now open for mail-in ballots.

Mail-in ballots allow residents to vote in the municipal and school board elections from the comfort of their own homes, and applications can be made online, or through email, mail or fax.

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Mail-in ballot applications can also be made in person at the elections office at 1025 Park Street.

“Elections Regina will review all applications and if all criteria are met, eligible voters will receive their mail-in ballots delivered to their home in mid-late October,” the City of Regina explained in a statement.

“If the application does not include proper I.D. requirements, or is missing information, voters may be asked to submit their application in person.”

Mail-in ballots must be received by the elections office by 8 p.m. on Nov. 13, and voters were asked to allow adequate time for Canada Post to process and deliver their ballots.

Applications for mail-in ballots in the fall’s provincial election opened in June.

Voting by mail is growing more and more popular in Saskatchewan, with the COVID-19 pandemic helping to increase the number of ballots arriving by mail.

In the 2016 provincial election, there were only 4,400 mail-in applications, but in 2020 that number jumped to 61,000 applications.

–with files from 980 CJME’s Nicole Garn