The polls officially opened in Ontario after a month-long election campaign in which parties are fighting for the best approaches to accessibility, healthcare and infrastructure.
Polling stations will be open throughout the province between 9am and 9pm
Voters must carry an official identification form with their registration cards or two identity documents at their designated polling station.
Around 10 a.m., Elections Ontario said it had been notified of technical problems in polling stations and was working to fix them, but did not specify how many seats were affected.
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Changes in polling stations
The Ontario election announced Thursday morning that some polling stations in downtown Toronto and Mississauga East Cooksville will be relocated.
Here is a list of polling stations that have changed their location:
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1001 Bay Street and 887 Bay Street have been relocated to YMCA Metro Central on 20 Grosvenor Street.
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473 Yonge Street has been relocated to the University of Toronto’s Student Center at 55 Gould Street.
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486 Paisley Boulevard has been relocated to Cashmere Avenue Public School at 3455 Cashmere Avenue.
Elections Ontario advises people to check their polling stations by looking up their zip code on the Elections Ontario website or app in advance.
Despite fewer polling stations this year than in 2018, Elections Ontario spokesman Joe Langham said the voting process on this election day is expected to be “faster and easier” now.
“We don’t expect people to run into queues,” Langham told CBC Radio’s Metro Morning on Thursday.
Langham said “technology-supported” polling stations, along with larger physical distance spots, would allow voters to vote faster than in previous elections.
The new model of bank teller adopted by Elections Ontario – which allows the next voter in line to go to any employee who is free instead of waiting for the person designated for their poll – will also help voters get in and out as much as possible. fastest, Langham said.
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As for the leaders of the main political parties, there is a lot at stake. CBC News spoke with political analysts about their observations of what could happen to them based on the vote.
Surveys earlier in the campaign show that the progressive Conservatives, led by Doug Ford, are ready to form a government by a second majority.
Ford is campaigning mainly for his party’s promises to build highways and hospitals in Ontario, as well as other measures he highlights as job creators. In recent days, he has answered several questions from reporters, and his entire campaign has been light on the details of the policy and heavy on his slogan, “Do it.”
Leaders of the New Democrats and Liberals presented themselves as the only alternative to the Ford Tories, but did not say outright that they would work together in the event of a progressive conservative minority.
This could be the last election for NDP leader for Andrea Horvat, who is running for fourth place as prime minister after her party won in 2018 to form the official opposition in the provincial parliament.
Horvat released his ballot in the Hamilton Ride on Thursday morning.
The Green Party of Ontario, led by Mike Schreiner, hopes to expand its band from one place – won by Schreiner in Guelph four years ago – and looks forward to a potential opening at Parry Sound-Muskoka.
Ford is expected to vote today in his Toronto ride, while Horvat will vote in Hamilton.
Leaders are expected to hold events the evening after the results are announced.
Election Ontario said more than one million people voted in the primary election last month and also noted a sharp increase in the number of ballots requested by mail compared to the 2018 election.
This time, the voting kits were mailed to 126,135 eligible voters, compared to 15,202 ballots in the last election.
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