News Release

FREDERICTON (GNB) – Advance voting takes place this Saturday, Nov. 5, for municipal byelections being held in Drummond, Meductic, Miramichi and Ward 4 in Moncton.

In addition, residents of the local service districts of Saint-François, Clair, Baker Brook, Saint-Hilaire, Lac Baker and Madawaska can vote during advance polls on Saturday in a plebiscite on forming a rural community with the villages of Saint-Hilaire, Baker-Brook, Clair and Saint-François-de-Madawaska.

Advance polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Any eligible elector may vote at the advance polls. Electors should have received a voter information card in the mail that shows the location of their advance and ordinary polls.

Ordinary polling day for these municipal byelections and plebsicite is Monday, Nov. 14, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Electors who do not receive a card may check their polling station location on the Elections New Brunswick website or call their returning office:

• for Drummond at 1-877-886-8480;

• for Meductic at 1-877-886-8482;

• for Miramichi 1-877-830-5605;

• for Moncton at 1-877-886-8483; and

• for Haut-Madawaska at 1-877-886-8480.

In addition, electors may vote by special ballot at any returning office until Nov. 14 during regular office hours. Housebound or hospitalized voters unable to attend the advance or ordinary polls may request that a special ballot be brought to them by contacting the returning office for their municipality.

Electors looking for more information may also call the main office of Elections New Brunswick at 1-888-858-VOTE (8683) or, for hearing impaired electors, by TTY: 1-888-718-0544.