Election Signs and Voter Information

Election Day is April 28th! Check your voter information card for your voting location and information on how to vote! To find your assigned voting location and a list of your candidates, you can also visit: www.elections.ca

And if you have or distributed election signs, please make sure they are not obstructing sight lines or put on City land or boulevards.

By-law 2024-24 Ss. 3B (9) -

(9) Election signs are permitted within the City of Dryden subject to the following provisions:

(a)The signs associated with a federal or provincial election shall not be erected or installed earlier than the official date of notice of the date for any federal or provincial election, with the exception of signage at a campaign headquarters.

(b)The signs shall not be erected or displayed for a municipal election or by-election until after nomination day and, if the election or by-election does not include an election for an office, on or before the 31st day before voting day.

(c)The signs shall be removed within seven days after the close of voting on voting day. For the purpose of this subsection, the candidate or registrant shall be responsible for the removal of his or her election signs within the prescribed time. If a sign is not removed within the prescribed time, City staff may remove the sign without notice.

(d)The signs are not located within a sight triangle.

(e)The signs shall not interfere with the safe operation of vehicular traffic or with the safety of pedestrians.

(f)The signs shall be erected with the consent of the owner or occupier of private property.

(g)The signs shall not be erected or displayed on any lands, trees, property, buildings, facilities, public utility poles, motor vehicles, equipment, or machinery, owned or operated by the Corporation. For clarity, such signs shall be placed at least 5.0 metres from a curb or where a curb would be if one existed.

(h)No person shall at any time on any election voting day, including those days when advance voting is held, place an election sign, or cause an election sign to be placed on the premises used as a voting place for elections.

(i)If a sign is erected or displayed in violation of this by-law, or creates a hazard to vehicular traffic or pedestrians, the Building Inspector or other municipal law enforcement officer may cause the sign to be removed immediately without notice.