Election

•  Clerk's Procedure for Alternative Voting Method
• Use of Corporate Resources for Election Purposes Policy
• Compliance Audit Committee Terms of reference
• County Sign By-Law
• Cramahe  Election Sign By-Law
• 2022 Municipal Election Accessibility Plan
• 2018 Election Results

 2022 Voters Guide

 2022 Candidates Guide

• Nomination Forms

• 2022 Third Party Advertisers Guide
• Third Party Advertiser Registration Form

•  Municipal Elections Act, 1996
• Education Act, 1990
• Bill 181, Municipal Elections Modernization Act 2016
• Municipal Act 2001

•  2022 Voters Guide

• 18 years of age or older 
• a Canadian citizen; and 
• either a resident of the municipality or a property owner or tenant or the spouse or same sex partner of an owner or tenant in the municipality during a specified time just before the election. 

Like many other municipalities in Ontario, Council approved the switch to Internet-Telephone voting from mail-in ballots. There are many advantages to adopting this method of voting:

Efficiency: reduces printing, return postage fees, staff time for vote counting, and the amount of paper utilized.

Accessibility: Internet-Telephone Voting is a convenient option for electors allowing them to use their own devices and access their ballots anytime during the voting period, and from anywhere with Internet or Telephone access. 

Accuracy: Internet-Telephone voting uses electronic ballots exclusively reducing counting error from manual tabulations;

Automatic Tabulation: 100% of the results will be available shortly after 8pm on October 24, once all voters have completed their voting (if they logged in before 8pm).

Convenience: Many non-resident electors do not live in Cramahe, and therefore should be given the equal opportunity to vote as those who live here. Every elector will be able to vote from a location of their convenience. Also, compared to mail-in voting from years past, voters will no longer need to find a postal box, or rely on the postal service to ensure their ballot returned back to Town Hall.

No paper ballots are needed.

The voting period will be from Friday, October 14 to Monday, October 24, 2022, and you will be able to vote at any time of day during that period from your own home. All you need is the internet and a device such as a laptop, tablet or phone.

To vote, you will need the PIN that is present on the Voter Information Letter you received in the mail and your full birth date.

Please  watch this video which outlines the internet voting process. 

if you have questions or difficulty with the voting process please call 1-877-272-4263 x 250 or email election@cramahe.ca

You may also attend one of the Voter Information Sessions below or visit the Municipal Town Hall (1 Toronto St. during the hours of 10am-4:30pm  Monday to Friday from October 14th- 21st. and from 8:30am - 8pm on Election day. (October 24th, 2022)

There will  also be Election support located at Municipal Town Hall on Election Day October 24th from 8:30am-8pm.

Running for Municipal Council

• You must be eligible to vote in the municipality in order to run for a position on council.
• On the day you file your nomination, you must be a Canadian citizen aged 18 or older, and qualify as a resident or non-resident elector. 
• You must be eligible to hold office on the day you file your nomination. For example, a person who is 17 years old but will turn 18 before the end of the nomination period must wait until they have turned 18 to file their nomination.
• You must file the appropriate paperwork when you submit your nomination - documents will be available soon.

Running for School Board Trustee

• In order to run for a trustee position on a school board you must be a resident within the jurisdiction of the board, and you must be eligible to vote in a school board election. 
• On the day you file your nomination, you must be a Canadian citizen aged 18 or older, and you must meet any other qualifications to vote for the school board (for example, being a Roman Catholic, or holding French language rights). 
• You must file the appropriate paperwork when you submit your nomination - documents will be available soon.

A complete Candidates' Information Guide is available for you to review. Please review the Use of Corporate Resources for Election Purposes Policy for information regarding using Cramahe logos or images as well as campaigning at public events. 

You may set up a campaign office on private property. Please be aware that you may not put up signs on the exterior or in the windows of the office that promote your candidacy prior to the date when signs are permitted. Prior to that date, signs may state your name only.

Be advised that all candidates must open a campaign bank account.

All candidates (including acclaimed or withdrawn candidates) are required to file a financial statement using the prescribed form. It is good practice for campaigns to review the Financial Statement form prior to incurring any contributions or expenses, and arrange their accounts, spreadsheets, and ledgers according to the various categories that are required to be reported on the form.

Candidates, whose campaign contributions and total expenses exceed $10,000.00 are required to file an auditor’s report with their financial statement that has been prepared by an auditor licenced under the Public Accounting Act.

Financial statements are due in the Clerk’s Office at the Municipal Town Hall  ( 1 Toronto St, Cramahe ON) between January 3, 2023 and 2:00 p.m. on March 31, 2023. Complete and signed financial statements may be filed electronically to clerk@cramahe.ca during the prescribed filing period. The date of the electronic submission shall be the official date received. 

Note: The entire Financial Report is considered a public document. These documents may be inspected by any person upon request at the Office of the Clerk during normal office hours, and will also be available online. Any person may make extracts from the documents and is entitled to copies. Clerks are required to make the documents available electronically, at no cost to the requester.

All financial reports are posted on cramahe.ca. This includes a listing of the names and address of all contributors. You may wish to consider advising contributors that their personal information will be public and displayed on the Municipal web site after the election. The information remains on the website until after the next municipal election.

Please find all forms required in the 2022 Candidate Information Guide

Candidate Financial Statements 2022

Mayor - Mandy Martin 

Deputy Mayor - Sandra Arthur

Councilor - Ed Van Egmond

Councilor Candidate- Eric Voutier

Councilor Candidate - Erick Baron- Joyner

Councilor - Sherry Hamilton

Councilor Candidate - Timothy Gilligan

2022 Financial Filing Compliance Report