Internet

• Vote anywhere, anytime from a computer or mobile device;
• Vote in person in the Council Chambers located at the Township Administration Building, using an election tablet (during operating hours); or
• On a public computer at any Township of Ramara Public Library branch (during operating hours).

Paper Ballot

• May 6 - 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• May 7 - 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• May 8 - 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• May 9 - 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• May 10 - 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• May 13 - 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Cast a paper ballot in person at the Hayloft located in Bayshore Village

• May 8 - 9:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

No electronic voting at the Hayloft on May 8, 2024

Telephone

Telephone voting will be open from May 6 from 9:30 a.m. to May 13 at 8:00 p.m., 2024.

Resident Elector

A resident elector is a person who lives and is eligible to vote in that municipality’s election. A person is only allowed to have one residence. A person’s residence is the permanent lodging place to which, whenever absent, he or she intends to return.

The following rules apply in determining a person’s residence:

• a person may only have one residence at a time
• the place where a person’s family resides is also their residence, unless they moves elsewhere with the intention of changing their permanent lodging place
• if a person has no other permanent lodging place, the place where they occupy a room or part of a room as a regular lodger, to which they habitually return, is their residence

Non-Resident Elector

If a person lives in one municipality but owns property in another municipality, then they are a non-resident elector and able to vote in that municipality’s election.

Spouse and Children of Non-Resident Elector

If a person lives in one municipality and qualifies as a spouse of a non-resident elector, then they are able to vote in that municipality’s election.

Children of a non-resident elector are not permitted to vote in Ramara unless they are a qualified elector at another property.

Trailer Owner in Campgrounds

Trailer owners in campgrounds are tenants of the campground and they are potentially eligible electors. Under a timeshare contract, to be eligible, the person must be entitled to use the land on Voting Day, or for a period of six weeks or more during the calendar year in which the election is held.

People without Housing

Persons without a permanent residence may also qualify to be added to the Voter’s List during the revision period by submitting an application to the Clerk. If a person has no permanent residence or lodging place, the following rules apply in determining their residence:

• the place to which the person most frequently returned to sleep or eat during the five weeks preceding the determination is their residence
• if the person returns with equal frequency to one place to sleep and another to eat, the place to which they return to sleep is their residence
  • multiple returns to the same place during a single day, whether to eat or to sleep, shall be considered one return
• a person’s affidavit regarding the places to which they returned to eat or sleep during a given time period is conclusive, in the absence of evidence to the contrary

The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is not required to include a person without housing's name on the Preliminary List of Electors. As persons without housing are entitled to be electors, they are also eligible to be candidates provided they meet the citizenship and age requirements, and are not otherwise prohibited by law.

Students

A person may have residences in two local municipalities at the same time if the person lives in one of the local municipalities in order to attend an education institution but not with the intention of changing their permanent lodging place, and the person’s permanent lodging place is in the other local municipality. Therefore, students can vote in the municipality where they attend school and they can also vote in the municipality where they live.