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Mail-in Ballots

Every mail-in ballot elector must have his or her name on the list of electors.

Electors wishing to cast their ballots by mail must complete an Application for Registration form which requires the following elector information: Name, Civic Address, Present mailing address, Telephone Number, Date of Birth, Sex and signature. Also, a copy of an official document showing your name, address, date of birth and signature, such as a driver's license or a combination of two documents providing the same information.

The deadline for submitting an Application for Registration for mail-in ballot for the October 3, 2011 Provincial General Election has passed.

Mailing Application for Registration

The deadline for applications is 6:00 p.m. on the 13th day before polling day. An application may be mailed, faxed or delivered to the Chief Electoral Officer or to the Returning Officer.

When an elector's Application for Registration for mail-in ballot has been accepted, that elector may only vote by mail-in ballot.

Mailing of Ballots

Mail-in ballots will be couriered from Elections PEI's office to the elector on the 12th day before ordinary polling day.

Return of Mail-in Ballots

Mail-in ballots must be returned to the Chief Electoral Officer's Office by noon on ordinary polling day. Costs incurred in returning the ballot paper are the responsibility of the elector.

You are advised to check the cost of mail or courier from your location to Prince Edward Island before submitting an Application for Registration to ensure that you are able to bear the cost to meet this deadline (courier costs can range from $10 to $50 or more, depending on your location).

Eligibility for Mail-in Ballot

The following electors are eligible to vote by Mail-in Ballot:

1. a member of the Canadian Armed Forces or the spouse of member and must have a statement of ordinary residence under section 19 of the Canada Elections Act, or
2. a student who is in attendance at a recognized educational institution outside the province or is a spouse of such a student, or
3. an elector who by reason of his or her illness or physical incapacity is unable to attend at the polling station, or
4. an elector temporarily residing outside the province who is unable to attend at the advance poll days or ordinary polling day, or
5. an elector who is incarcerated in a provincial correctional instutition.

Qualifications for Mail-in ballot elector are:

1. is 18 years of age, or will be on ordinary polling day
2. is a Canadian citizen
3. has been in the province for the six months immediately preceding the date of the writ
4. place of ordinary residence has been in the polling division on the date of the writ