Advance voting starts today in Central Alberta ridings, including Red Deer, Ponoka-Didsbury, Leduc-Wetaskiwin, Battle River-Crowfoot and Yellowhead.
Electors have four days for advance voting or they can go to an Elections Canada office by April 22
Central Alberta voters can cast their ballots in the federal election as early as Friday, April 18.
Advance voting continues on Saturday, Sunday and Monday (April 19-21) from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Electors must vote only at their assigned polling place. This is different from the process in some provincial elections, where electors can vote at any polling location.
Voters can find the address for their assigned polling station on the back of their voter information card, by visiting elections.ca or by calling 1-800-463-6868.
To vote, electors must prove their identity and address. The list of accepted ID can be found online.
Another early-voting option is to vote at any Elections Canada office by April 22 at 6 p.m. The locations in Central Alberta can be found online. The offices are open seven days a week: Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m.
Residents can also vote by mail using the special ballot process. The deadline to apply to vote by special ballot is Tuesday, April 22, and the marked ballot must be returned by election day – Monday, April 28.
Candidates running in Central Alberta are:
Red Deer
Burton Bailey — Conservative Party of Canada
Elias Assefa — New Democratic Party
Ayaz Bangash — Liberal Party of Canada
Kyla Courte — People’s Party of Canada
Ashley MacDonald — Green Party of Canada
Brandon Pringle — Christian Heritage Party of Canada
Ponoka — Didsbury
Grant Abraham — United Party of Canada (UP)
Blaine Calkins — Conservative Party of Canada
Larry Gratton — People’s Party of Canada
Logan Hooley — New Democratic Party
Zarnab Zafar — No Affiliation
Battle River — Crowfoot
Damien Kurek — Conservative Party of Canada
Brent Sutton — Liberal Party of Canada
Jonathan Bridges — People’s Party of Canada
Douglas Gook — Green Party of Canada
James MacKay — New Democratic Party
Leduc- Wetaskiwin
Ronald Brochu — Liberal Party of Canada
Kirk Cayer — United Party of Canada
Christopher Everingham — Canadian Future Party
Jose Flores — People’s Party of Canada
Mike Lake — Conservative Party of Canada
Katherine Swampy — New Democratic Party
