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REPORT
CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Meeting:
General Purpose and Administration Committee
Date:
May 8(12006
Report #: CLD-011-06
File #:
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Subject:
2006 Municipal Elections - Vote Counting Equipment
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee
recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report CLD-011-06 be received;
2. THAT the municipal elections within the Municipality of Clarington be conducted using
vote by mail and for the ballots to be counted using automated vote counting
equipment; and
3. THAT the by-law attached to Report CLD-011-06, be forwarded to Council for
enactment.
Submitted by:
Reviewed by:
Franklin Wu,
Chief Administrative Officer
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CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L 1C 3A6 T 905-623-3379 F 905-623-6506
REPORT NO.: CLD-011-06
PAGE 2
BACKGROUND AND COMMENT
Section 42 of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, as amended provides that a municipal council
may, by by-law, authorize the use of voting and vote-counting equipment such as voting
machines, voting recorders or optical scanning vote tabulators. Section 42 also authorizes the
use of an alternative voting method, such as voting by mail.
The Municipality of Clarington has conducted the past two municipal elections using the vote
by mail with the ballots being manually counted.
On Jaunary 30, 2006 Council authorized the Municipal Clerk to enter into an agreement with
Dominion Voting Systems Corporation for the Supply of Automated Count Process for
Municipal Elections. (See Attachment 1).
Attachment 2 of this Report is a draft by-law authorizing the use of vote by mail and automated
vote counting equipment necessary to enable the Municipal Clerk to conduct the 2006
Municipal Elections in this manner.
ATTACHMENT #1 By-law 2006-015
ft2 By-law
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L 1C 3A6 T 905-623-3379 F 905-623-6506
ATTACHMENT #1
THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
BY-LAW 2006-015
Being a By-law to authorize a contract between the
Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington and Dominion
Voting Systems Corporation, Toronto, Ontario, to enter into
agreement for the Supply of Automated Count Process for
Municipal Elections.
THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON HEREBY ENACTS AS
FOLLOWS:
1. THAT the Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to execute, on behalf of the
Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington and seal with the Corporation Seal, a
contract between, Dominion Voting Systems Corporation, Toronto, Ontario, and
said Corporation; and
2. THAT the contract attached hereto as Schedule "A" form part of this By-law.
By-law read a first and second time this 30th day of January, 2006.
By-law read a third time and finally passed this 30th day of January, 2006.
ATTACHMENT #2
THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
By-Law 2006
Being a by-law to authorize the use of vote by mail and automated
vote counting equipment at Municipal Elections.
WHEREAS Section 42 of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, as amended provides that a
municipal council may pass a by-law authorizing an alternative voting method including vote by
mail;
AND WHEREAS; Section 42 of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, as amended provides that
the council of a municipality may, by-by-Iaw, authorize the use of automated vote counting
equipment for the purpose of counting votes at the municipal elections;
AND WHEREAS council deems it appropriate and in the public interest to conduct the
municipal elections using a vote by mail method and to use automated vote counting
equipment for the purpose of counting votes;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of the Corporation of the
Municipality of Clarington authorizes:
1. The municipal elections be conducted using the alternative voting method of "Vote by
Mail"; and
2. The use of automated vote counting equipment for the purpose of counting votes at
municipal elections.
This by-law shall come into full force and take effect as of the date of passing.
By-law read a first and second time this 15th day of May, 2006.
By-law read a third time and finally passed this 15th day of May, 2006.
John Mutton, Mayor
C. Anne Greentree, Deputy Clerk