Ontario Elections

2022 - 5 - 31

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Close races to watch in the final stretch of the Ontario election ... (CBC.ca)

With just three full days left before the June 2 general election, Ontario's political parties are campaigning hard to shore-up support in key ridings.

All three parties think they have a shot of securing the riding on June 2. The party was able to replace him with a new candidate, Liam Hancock, before the Elections Ontario deadline. NDP candidate Judith Monteith-Farrell edged out four-term Liberal incumbent Bill Mauro by just 81 votes, or 0.3 per cent of the vote. PC incumbent Ross Romano won this northern Ontario seat in 2018 by a margin of 414 votes over NDP candidate Michele McCleave-Kennedy, who is also running again. The party was forced to drop their local candidate after it was revealed he published a book detailing scientifically baseless views on homosexuality. The Greens have campaigned hard in the riding, with Leader Mike Schreiner personally visiting more than half a dozen times. There are also questions about local resentment toward the incumbent PCs after a deadly storm devastated parts of the Ottawa area on May 21. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca have each visited the riding multiple times in the last two weeks of the campaign. PC incumbent candidate Jeremy Roberts won by just 175 votes last time around, narrowly beating out New Democrat candidate Chandra Pasma and ending the Liberals' 15-year hold on the riding. New Democrat Taras Natyshak, who had held the seat since 2011, is not running again. This riding in the far southwestern corner of Ontario could be one to watch on election night, with a close battle expected between the New Democrats, who won Essex in 2018, and the PCs, who were narrowly edged out. The New Democrat candidate, Sandeep Singh, was joined by federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh when he officially opened his campaign office in May.

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More than 1 million Ontarians cast their ballot in advance polls (CP24 Toronto's Breaking News)

Approximately a million Ontario residents cast their ballots during the 10-day advance voting period, representing an increase of several hundred thousand ...

Elections Ontario is also still looking for people to work at as elections officials. People who wish to vote on election day must attend their designated voting location. Visit jobs.elections.on.ca to apply. Shafiq said the numbers released on Monday demonstrate a “lesson learned” in how to “engage voters." Elections Ontario is urging voters to double check where they should vote by entering their postal code in the Voter Information Service. This info is also available on Elections Ontario app or your voter information card. She noted that while convenience is likely a big factor, the fact that this provincial election seems to be “run of the mill” and “comparatively less dramatic” than previous ones might also be the reason why more than a million Ontario voters have already cast their ballot.

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More than 1 million Ontarians cast ballots during advance voting ... (CBC.ca)

More than one million Ontarians cast a ballot at advance polls ahead of the June 2 vote, Elections Ontario said Monday. The 1066545 votes represents about ...

The elections agency is reminding eligible Ontarians that they can still vote early at their local returning or satellite office until June 1. For this election, the period for advance polling was expanded to 10 days from five in 2018. More than one million Ontarians cast a ballot at advance polls ahead of the June 2 vote, Elections Ontario said Monday.

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Elections Ontario Releases Advance Voter Turnout (101.1 More FM)

Elections Ontario says 1,066,545 votes were cast during the 10-day period for the advance polls, which represents about 9.92 per cent of eligible voters. By ...

Elections Ontario says 1,066,545 votes were cast during the 10-day period for the advance polls, which represents about 9.92 per cent of eligible voters. Elections Ontario has released its preliminary figures for the advance polls for the upcoming Provincial election. Preliminary figures for ten days of advance polls released

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Doug Ford grilled about no-show during Ottawa power outage (CTV Edmonton)

Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford and NDP leader Andrea Horwath are both in Ottawa on Monday as the provincial election campaign reaches the ...

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Ontario election 2022: preliminary data released for early voter turnout (Globalnews.ca)

Elections Ontario said that in the 10-day period for advance polls, some 1066545 votes were cast, representing about 9.92 per cent of eligible voters.

Anyone who applied to vote by mail must ensure that their voting kit is received by Elections Ontario by 6 p.m. on June 2. For comparison, in the 2018 provincial election, when there were five days of advance polling, 698,609 cast a ballot representing 6.8 per cent of the eligible population. It indicated that in the 10-day period for advance polls, there were 1,066,545 votes representing about 9.92 per cent of eligible voters.

Ontario Election race enters final days for Bay of Quinte political rivals (Belleville Intelligencer)

As other Ontario political party leaders have refrained from campaigning in the Bay of Quinte riding deemed by pundits as safe for the return of the PCs, ...

For those who have applied to vote by mail, a reminder that Elections Ontario must receive your completed voting kit by 6 PM (Eastern Time) on June 2.” Fournier’s data crunching at the time ahead of the election forecasted Ford was most likely going to win a majority government. This represents 9.92 per cent of eligible voters in Ontario.” Article content Article content Article content

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Ontario Election 2022: Last-week showdown (The Kingston Whig-Standard)

This week is the last of the 2022 election and the major party leaders have the gas pedal to the floor.

From East York, Del Duca will travel to Kitchener and Cambridge. Article content He announced his party would be expanding Highway 417. While in Guelph, Schreiner and his team shared their climate strategy. When you take your little one to the ER, there will be someone there to take a look right away. Article content “I think all three parties or four parties need to get together and have a chat about it after this election. Article content For two weeks while residents and businesses suffered, Doug Ford did nothing.” “More than one week ago a storm devastated many neighbourhoods in Ottawa and there are still thousands without power. Article content Article content

High advance poll turnout a surprise amid lacklustre campaign (London Free Press (Blogs))

Nearly 10 per cent of Ontario voters cast a ballot in advance polls, up from last provincial election, a potentially encouraging sign of voter engagement in ...

Elections Ontario has sent out 120,967 mail-in ballot kits to voters who requested them this election, including 3,300 in London’s three core city ridings. “Folks who tend to be lower on the income ladder might have less flexibility and be less likely to vote. Article content Article content Article content Article content

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Steven Del Duca: à côté de la «<em>track»</em>? (Le Droit)

C'est le dernier droit de la campagne électorale en Ontario. Dans la circonscription de Kitchener-Centre, où mènent, selon les sondages, les candidats ...

Steven Del Duca insiste: «Il y a un individu qui n’est pas compétent pour mener cette province et nous le savons en raison de sa performance au cours des quatre dernières années, avant la COVID-19, et pendant la COVID-19, et son nom, c’est Doug Ford. Nous devons arrêter Doug Ford, et la seule façon d’arrêter Doug Ford, c’est en votant pour les libéraux.» Ce même sondage révélait que les répondants jugent aussi que Doug Ford et Andrea Horwath seraient meilleurs que Steven Del Duca pour faire face au coût de la vie et pour améliorer les soins de santé. La néo-démocrate Andrea Horwath a obtenu 21% des voix à ce sondage, et Steven Del Duca se situe au troisième rang, avec seulement 12% des répondants qui jugent qu’il ferait le meilleur premier ministre.

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Ontario election today: Party leaders enter final stretch of campaign ... (The Globe and Mail)

Also: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford will make an unspecified announcement in Ottawa; NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is set to make an announcement in ...

Want to hear more about the Ontario election from our journalists? In the last weekend of the campaign, Southwestern Ontario took centre stage. The region west of the GTA, with more than 20 seats, has offered up many tight three-way races in previous provincial elections.

Advance polling stations busy (Brantford Expositor)

Staff at advance polling stations were busy as more than one million voters across Ontario cast ballots ahead of the June 2 provincial election.

As well, voters can download the Elections Ontario app or consult their voter information card. Article content Article content Preliminary figures released by Elections Ontario on Monday indicate 1,066,545 voters, or 9.92 per cent of those eligible to vote, marked their X during the 10 days of advance polling, which ended on May 28. Advance polling stations busy Back to video Advance polling stations busy

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More than 125000 Ontarians requested mail-in ballots for ... (CTV Toronto)

Elections Ontario says it has sent significantly more mail-in ballots to voters this time around. Voting kits have been mailed out to 126,135 eligible ...

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Ontario election today: Party leaders make last-ditch appeals to ... (The Globe and Mail)

Also: Progressive Conservative Doug Ford is set to make campaign stops in St. Catharines and Niagara; NDP Leader Andrea Horwath will be in Ottawa to talk ...

Want to hear more about the Ontario election from our journalists? Voting kits must be received by 6 p.m. on Thursday and can be mailed or dropped off at a returning office. Elections Ontario says it has sent significantly more mail-in ballots to voters this time around.

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Wondering who to vote for in Ontario's June 2 election? A guide to ... (The Globe and Mail)

Here's what you need to know about the PC, NDP, Liberal, and Green leaders, the party platforms, campaign staff and more.

Registered voters will need to bring one piece of ID with their name to the polling station. If you are not registered on the voters list, you will need to present one piece of ID showing both your name and current residential address to vote. The Greens would implement new fees and taxes to pay for the plan. - Transportation: The Greens would cut transit fares in half for at least three months as part of a plan to triple public-transit use by 2030. Ontarians can vote at any of the advance voting locations in their electoral district between May 19 and May 28. The Liberals also pledge to expand access to mental-health services including training 3,000 new mental-health and addictions professionals. - Transportation: The Liberals have made a“buck-a-ride, provincewide”promise to cut fares for every transit system across the province to $1 until January, 2024. - Health care: The NDP commits to hiring 30,000 nurses and 10,000 personal support workers in an effort to address staffing shortages and lengthy waiting times. The party promises to increase wages for health care workers, including a minimum $25 an hour for personal support workers. They would also end exclusionary zoning to increase the supply of affordable housing. - Health care: As government, the party introduced what it called A Plan to Stay Open with a focus onbuilding more health care infrastructureand expanding the work force to ensure Ontario is better prepared for any future emergencies. The provincial election in Ontario is on Thursday, June 2.

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Ontario election: Today on the campaign trail (May 31) (TVO)

Can anyone stop Doug Ford?: If the polls are right, the Progressive Conservatives are cruising to victory on June 2. But that hasn't stopped the NDP and the ...

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It's not too late to vote before election day on Thursday (Toronto Star)

Advance voter turnout is up significantly from 2018, with over 1 million ballots cast so far.

If you don’t have a voting card, you can visit the Elections Ontario website to find your polling station. You can also see a full list of candidates running in your riding, alongside links — where available — to the candidate’s website. Check your voting card to find out your polling station. If you’d like to vote at a polling station but outdoors, you can contact your local returning office. In those instances, election officials will come to your home, check one piece of ID and give you an application form. You can find your local returning office at elections.on.ca.

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It's not too late to vote before election day on Thursday (Toronto Star)

Advance voter turnout is up significantly from 2018, with over 1 million ballots cast so far.

If you don’t have a voting card, you can visit the Elections Ontario website to find your polling station. You can also see a full list of candidates running in your riding, alongside links — where available — to the candidate’s website. Check your voting card to find out your polling station. If you’d like to vote at a polling station but outdoors, you can contact your local returning office. In those instances, election officials will come to your home, check one piece of ID and give you an application form. You can find your local returning office at elections.on.ca.

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