BYLAW - Reduced Opeing Hours Voting Retirement Nursing Homes - 20140506 - 562514THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF AURORA
By-law Number 5625-14
BEING A BY-LAW to
provide for reduced
opening hours of voting in
retirement/nursing homes.
WHEREAS subsection 45(7) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, S.O. 1996, c.
32, Sched., as amended (the "Act'), states that on voting day, a voting place shall be
provided on the premises of the following: (i) an institution for the reception, treatment or
vocational training of members or former members of the Canadian Forces; (ii) an
institution in which, on nomination day, 20 or more beds are occupied by persons who
are disabled, chronically ill or infirm; (iii) a retirement home in which, on nomination day,
50 or more beds are occupied;
AND WHEREAS subsection 46(1) of the Act, states that on voting day, voting places
shall be open for the electors to vote from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.;
AND WHEREAS subsection 46(3) of the Act states that despite subsection 46(1) of the
Act, the council of a local municipality may pass a by-law with respect to a voting place
described in subsection 45(7) of the Act that is only for the use of residents of the
institution or retirement home, providing for reduced opening hours;
AND WHEREAS the Council of The Corporation of The Town of Aurora deems it
necessary and expedient to provide for reduced voting hours in retirement/nursing
homes on voting day for the 2014 regular Municipal Election;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF
AURORA ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. THAT the voting places subject to reduced voting hours on voting day for the
2014 regular Municipal Election be and are as follows:
2. THAT this By-law shall come into full force and effect on the date of final
passage hereof.
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS 6' DAY OF MAY, 2014.
READ A THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 6'DAY OF MAY, 2014.
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