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	MAH - Municipal Elections
		Your decision to participate in this municipal election as a candidate or voter is important to you and your community.
		The law pertaining to municipal and school board elections, the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, has remained substantially unchanged from the 2003 municipal elections, with the possible exception of one notable change.
		The Association of Municipalities of Ontario and many municipalities have requested for a number of years that the term of office for local government representatives be extended.
	www.mah.gov.on.ca /userfiles/HTML/nts_1_3195_1.html (350 words)

	Ontario municipal elections 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		These municipal elections are important for co-op housing.
		Ontario is facing its worst housing crisis in decades.
		We need to use the municipal elections to press candidates to make affordable housing a priority — and to include co-op housing in their plans.
	www.chfc.ca /eng/ont/ontelection_5.htm (634 words)

	ZNet Commentary: After the Common Sense Revolution
		In one way, this is encouraging to radicals: no doubt voters stayed at home on election night for various reasons, but it is unlikely that they stayed at home because they felt that none of the candidates were far enough on the political right to be worth voting for.
		One explanation for voter apathy was given by the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty in their post election note.
		Ontario's abstention rate is now approaching the rate in US presidential elections.
	www.zmag.org /Sustainers/Content/2003-10/10podur.cfm (976 words)

	ELECTIONS ONTARIO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Hollins also credits a number of Elections Ontario’s partners for helping to ensure the offices were ready for electors in such a short time, citing Canada Post, Bell, IBM, Elections Canada and the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation for their support.
		Hollins reminds Ontario residents who, as of October 2, are 18 years of age or older or have recently acquired Canadian citizenship to contact their Returning Offices to determine how to have their names added to the Voters List.
		Elections Ontario is the non-partisan agency responsible for administering provincial elections, by-elections and referenda.
	www.electionsontario.on.ca /en/2003-09-06_en.shtml?printable (322 words)

	Your Local Government - Municipal Elections
		In municipalities with more than 25,000 electors, 63% (or 19 of 30 municipalities reporting) used some form of automated system, while the remainder used a hand count (this included two municipalities that used a vote-by-mail system, which involves a hand count).
		Municipal voting day is presently the second Monday in November of every third year.
		In 1946, the Municipal Act was amended to permit municipalities to establish a voting day between November 15 and January 2.
	www.amo.on.ca /YLG/ylg/elections.html (1378 words)

	Ontario municipal elections, 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the 2003 municipal elections in Ontario, voters in Ontario, Canada, elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of Ontario's municipalities.
		According to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, province-wide turnout for municipal elections in 2003 was 40.18% across 408 municipalities.
		Victor M. Power, Mayor of Timmins for 17 of the 20 years from 1980 to 2000, who did not stand in the 2000 municipal election, came out of retirement and was returned against one-term incumbent and the first female mayor of Timmins Jamie Lim.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2003_Ontario_municipal_elections (332 words)

	Ontario Election 2003 Voter Guide: Political Parties
		It says it would "recognize municipalities and public school boards in Canada's Constitution" (i.e., a constitutional amendment: at present, a municipality's law-making powers are delegated to it by the provincial Legislature).
		The Ontario Coalition would give health-care workers the power to refuse to participate in any procedure which is contrary to their moral conviction or religion (e.g., abortion).
		The other main tax item was announced in March of 2003: seniors will not pay the provincial (education tax) portion of their property tax (a savings of about $475 per year on average, for seniors only).
	www.mondopolitico.com /elections/ontario2003/parties.htm (4986 words)

	Time for voting - Information Notice
		The province of Ontario provides for three consecutive hours to vote during the period the polls are open.
		For elections in Prince Edward Island, the provincial legislation provides for one hour to vote during the period the polls are open.
		Ontario municipal elections will be held on November 10, 2003 and the polls will be open from 10h00 a.m.
	www.tbs-sct.gc.ca /hr-rh/in-ai/2003/intv-aitv_e.asp (225 words)

	Thomson Nelson - Political Science Resource Centre
		In 2003, the BC government of created a Citizens' Assembly (archived site), which met in 2004 to consider whether to change the electoral system used for provincial elections in BC.
		Ontario set up the Democratic Renewal Secretariat in 2003 to investigate electoral reform and other ideas to improve democracy in the province.
		The raw survey data from the 1997 and 2004 elections are available for the CES and for the 1984-2000 election studies from York University.
	polisci.nelson.com /elections.html (1396 words)

	Canadian Electoral Reform
		In Ontario, the government has set up the Democratic Renewal Secretariat and proposed that elections be held on a 4-year cycle starting with one to be held October 4, 2007.
		The clearest example is found in the 1987 New Brunswick provincial election, in which the Liberal Party won all the seats in the legislature on the strength of about 60% of the vote.
		On election day, the voters vote for the party of their choice and the total votes for each party are added up.
	www.sfu.ca /~aheard/elections/reform.html (2746 words)

	Your Local Government - Municipal Elections
		Elections for municipal government are held every three years on the second Monday in November.
		either a resident of the municipality or a property owner or tenant or the spouse or same sex partner of an owner or tenant in the municipality during a specified time just before the election.
		In municipal elections in Ontario, candidates are not elected to represent a political party.
	www.yourlocalgovernment.com /ylg/whatnew.html (299 words)

	Working@Ryerson/News/
		Pursuant to the Ontario Election Act, an employee that is qualified to vote is entitled to have three consecutive hours to vote.
		If the employee's hours of work on October 2, 2003 do not allow for three consecutive hours while the polls are open, he or she may request additional time away from work for the purpose of voting and an employer is obligated to grant the absence with pay.
		Pursuant to the Municipal Elections Act, an eligible voter whose hours of employment on November 10, 2003 are such that he or she would not otherwise have three consecutive hours to vote is entitled to be absent from work, with pay, for as long as is necessary to allow for the three consecutive hours.
	www.ryerson.ca /working/news/20030908_elections.html (265 words)

	:: Ontario Home Builder Magazine ::
		Ontario Premier Ernie Eves announced April 22, 2003 that his government has introduced provincially tax-exempt Ontario Opportunity Bonds to assist municipalities in financing local infrastructure projects.
		A provincial election is expected this summer or fall and municipal elections are set for Nov. 13.
		The Ontario Municipal Board has made its final decision on amounts that can be charged by the municipality of London for development.
	www.homesontario.com /ohbmag/2003summer/ontarioreport.shtml (1125 words)

	TheStar.com - Iraqi elections cancelled by U.S.
		SAMARRA, Iraq—U.S. military commanders have ordered a halt to local elections and self-rule in provincial cities and towns across Iraq, choosing instead to install their own hand-picked mayors and administrators, many of whom are former Iraqi military leaders.
		The decision to deny Iraqis a direct role in selecting municipal governments is creating anger and resentment among aspiring leaders and ordinary citizens, who say the U.S.-led occupation forces aren't making good on their promise to bring greater freedom and democracy to a country dominated for three decades by former president Saddam Hussein.
		In Baghdad, U.S. officials never scheduled elections for a city government but have said they are forming neighbourhood councils that at some point will play a role in selection of a municipal government.
	www.prisonplanet.com /iraqi_elections_cancelled_by_us.html (1027 words)

	Over to you, Mr. Miller
		Given the apathy that plagues all municipal elections, 39 percent is considered a high turnout.
		Meanwhile, the confusion of municipal elections and the loopholes apparent in the Ontario Municipal Elections Act were part of Nov. 10, 203.
		Instead of a check mark or an x, the $5.8 million 2003 election, produced a ballot in which voters were asked to "join the arrow" leading to the name of the candidate of their choice.
	www.canadafreepress.com /2003/main111103.htm (672 words)

	Canada
		Public funding for Roman Catholic schools is constitutionally protected in the country's original four provinces; however, a 2001 Ontario Province law, to be phased-in over 5 years, expands the credit to parents of children attending private schools.
		In November 2000, the last general election, the Liberal Party won a majority with 172 of 301 seats in the national parliamentary elections.
		Ontario and Alberta have a minimum wage rate for youths lower than their respective minimums for adult workers.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27889.htm (4684 words)

	CBC Radio \| The Current \| Whole Show Blow-by-Blow
		She owns a small bookstore and is a former town councilor in Dundas, Ontario, which is now part of the amalgamated city of Hamilton.
		She thought something was a little off in the way Hamilton mayor Larry Di Ianni and a number of other municipal candidates financed their 2003 election campaigns.
		He's a political scientist at York University in Toronto, and the author of a recent paper on campaign finances in the 2003 Ontario municipal elections.
	www.cbc.ca /thecurrent/2006/200607/20060725.html (672 words)

	Markham's 2003 Municipal Election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Nomination/registration forms for the year 2003 Municipal Elections may be filed in the Clerk's Department, Town of Markham, 101 Town Centre Blvd.(Highway #7 and Warden Avenue) on or after January 2, 2003.
		This deposit will be returned to the candidate provided that he or she is elected, or obtained more than 2% of the votes cast in the election for the office, or withdraws the nomination paper on or before 5:00 p.m.
		Under Subsection 29(1) of the Municipal Elections Act, a person may be nominated for office only if, as of the day the person is nominated, he or she is qualified to be nominated.
	www.markham.ca /vote2003/nominations.asp (2034 words)

	Municipal Elections City of London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The current Council was elected November 10, 2003 and its meeting sessions are open to the public as well as being broadcast to the community via cable television.
		To be an eligible elector in the City of London November 13, 2006 Municipal Election, you have to be:
		It is mandatory that all City of London Municipal Elections Staff participate in the ongoing implementation of the quality policy.
	www.london.ca /Elections/default.htm (544 words)

	Master Plan
		Down zoning and other zoning changes are legal if consistent with a municipal master plan and if, when the municipality designates new zones, it clearly documents the public good that will be served through the rezoning.
		Municipalities must provide a place for most land uses within their borders as long as such uses do not pose a threat to public health and safety.
		Master plans and zoning ordinances that are consistent with the carrying capacity of the land, as determined by soil characteristics, slope, hydrology, vegetation, wildlife (endangered species), other natural features, water used for recreation and drinking, and the availability of public water and sewer, generally are legally defensible.
	www.co.wayne.ny.us /departments/planningdept/MinutesNaturalJun2003d.htm (1170 words)

	Canada Post - The Public Sector
		For the 2000 Ontario Municipal Election, voter turnout rates increased an average of 28%* in municipalities using Vote by Mail.
		2003 was the 2nd time for using the vote-by-mail for the Municipal Election and we were pleased with yet another increase in voter turnout.
		This is my third election using Vote by Mail and I plan on using it again in three years.
	www.canadapost.ca /business/intsol/ps/ontario-e.asp (230 words)

	Colour us red!
		Radical left-wing groups like OCAP (Ontario Coalition Against Poverty), teacher union leaders and Communist Party member trustees from the local school board were mourning the second election defeat of union leader Sid Ryan, who went down in the General Motors Town of Oshawa.
		In Toronto, which faces a municipal election eight days before Martin takes over, Liberal Barbara Hall is leading the polls--even though she’s currently under investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police because of alleged contraventions of the Ontario Municipal Elections Act by the Friends of Barbara Hall group.
		On the day the provincial election was called, the Conservatives held 56 seats in the provincial legislature, the Liberals 36 and the NDP nine.
	www.canadafreepress.com /2003/main100603.htm (879 words)

	Municipal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In all, CUPE represents 80,000 municipal employees in Ontario.
		PORT PERRY, Ont. – Township of Scugog municipal workers have the highest regard and respect for Canadian soldiers and their families and support lowering the Canadian flag to honour soldiers killed in the line of duty.
		The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System Review Act, 2006, which is included in Bill 81, is virtually word for word what CUPE Ontario negotiated with the McGuinty government in February.
	ontario.cupe.ca /www/municipal (1168 words)

	Toronto municipal election, 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Toronto municipal election of 2003 was held on November 10, 2003, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to elect the Mayor of Toronto, 44 city councillors, and school board trustees.
		Despite a lack of election experience, his respected campaign for mayor endured him to wide recognition and he later became leader of the Ontario PC Party.
		Tory in fact received a boost in the polls for his promise to drop out of the election if any wrong-doing had been discovered, while Nunziata was accused to at best smearing his opponent with unsubstantiated claim, and at worst mischief.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toronto_municipal_election,_2003 (1023 words)

	Elections page - Ontario Tenant Toronto Tenants
		Municipal elections for mayors, city councillors, alderman, controllers, and school trustees is held every 3 years in November, under Province of Ontario law.
		Elections in the Province of Ontario, now due to changes by the present government are held every 4 years.
		Tory Toss 2003 a fun site that should encourage more people to set up their own web sites on various issues.
	www.ontariotenants.ca /government/election.phtml (1010 words)

	Rinaldi takes leave of absence - The Online Independent - September 3, 2003
		Brighton Mayor Lou Rinaldi was expected to step away from municipal politics Tuesday night, taking a leave of absence from his post to concentrate on the October 2nd provincial election.
		Rinaldi entered municipal politics in 1992 as a councillor for the former Township of Brighton.
		In the election of 2000, he defeated long-time incumbent Bill Pettingill to become the first mayor of the amalgamated municipality of Brighton.
	www.indynews.ca /archives/news/news2003/September/Rinaldi90303.html (842 words)

	City of Kingston, Ontario, Canada - Municipal Election 2006 - Questions & Answers For Candidates
		A: A person who is qualified to be a voter in the City of Kingston's 2006 municipal elections is also eligible to be a candidate for office.
		In order to be considered for declaration as a legally qualified municipal candidate, you must file a Nomination Form and a Declaration of Qualifications for the City of Kingston 2006 Municipal Election.
		A: The Municipal Election Act requires that all candidates be notified of their expense limits by October 10, 2006.
	www.cityofkingston.ca /cityhall/election/questions_candidates.asp (925 words)

	Woolstencroft victim of bad timing: WLU political scientist \| The Record.com
		WATERLOO -- The lop-sided election victory for Waterloo mayor-elect Herb Epp is cruel and unusual punishment for outgoing Mayor Lynne Woolstencroft, says a Wilfrid Laurier University political scientist.
		Robert Campbell, like many other followers of municipal politics, was stunned by the size of Epp's victory in Monday's municipal elections.
		She was among the city councillors who unanimously approved the RIM Park financing deal in September 2000, which eventually added $32.8 million to the cost of the park.
	www.therecord.com /municipal_election2003/mun_election_0311127157.html (513 words)

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