BYLAW - Authorize alternative voting and vote counting methods - 20210713 - 636221The Corporation of the Town of Aurora
By-law Number 6362-21
Being a By-law to Authorize the Use of Alternative Voting
and Vote-Counting Methods.
Whereas section 42(1)(a) of the Municipal Elections Act,1996, s.o. 1996, c. 32, as
amended (the IlAct"), provides that a municipal council may enact aby-law authorizing the
use of voting and vote counting equipment such as voting machines, voting recorders or
optical scanning vote tabulators;
And whereas section 42(1)(b) of the Act also provides that a municipal council may enact
a by-law authorizing alternative voting methods that do not require electors to attend a
voting place in order to vote;
And whereas the Act requires that the by-law apply to a regular election if the by-law is
passed on or before May 1 in the year of the election;
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Aurora hereby enacts as
follows:
1.The use of Internet Voting as well as Optical Scan Voting Tabulators are hereby
authorized for the purpose of voting during an early voting period, up to and
including on election day on October 24, 2022.
Enacted by Town of Aurora Council this 13th day of July, 2021.
AM
Michael de Rond, Town Clerk