Ways to Vote

Election day hours:

• 9 am to 7 pm (local time)

• Available 1 day only (7 days before election day)
• Hours: 12 pm to 7 pm (local time)

Special Mail-In Ballot Applications for the October 23^rd Election is Now Closed

For any voter who is away from home during the election, such as students, medical patients, and people in jail.

Deadline to apply is 1 week before Election Day.

1. Apply for a special (mail-in) ballot online, or
2. Complete the Special Ballot Application Form. Email or fax it to us. (Do this as soon as you hear about the election so we can process your application in time).

• Once your application is approved, we will send you a mail-in ballot kit.
• Follow the directions and mail your completed ballot back to our office. It must reach the Elections Nunavut office in Rankin Inlet by 5 pm (local time) on election day.

For any voter who cannot get to the local polling place easily, such as Elders, persons with disabilities, and their caregivers.

• Contact your local Returning Officer or Elections Nunavut to schedule the Mobile Poll.
• Voting date and hours of the Mobile Poll:
  • One day only – 7 days before election day
  • 9 am to 11:30 am (local time)

For voters in remote locations (such as mining camps and outpost camps) who cannot vote any other way, or voters who are away from their constituency because of an unexpected absence.

• Contact Elections Nunavut to make arrangements to vote this way.
• To vote this way, you must meet certain conditions:
  • You are already on the Voters List, and
  • You had no other way to vote before you went to a remote location, or
  • You have no other way to vote because of an unexpected absence.