You may have noticed some different messaging from Elections Saskatchewan during these three byelections in the Regina Area. There isn’t an election day, with advance polls in the days ahead. Instead its been a “voting week”, with the final day of voting set for today (August 10th). This is going to be the new normal […]
Saskatchewan’s Chief Electoral Officer is hoping to change the date of the province’s municipal elections. Dr. Michael Boda says having the municipal, and provincial election within weeks of each other left many voters confused on who, and what, to vote for. Regina Mayor Sandra Masters says getting voters to come to the polls in November […]
Saskatchewan’s Chief Electoral Officer has released a paper with ideas for future elections in the province. Dr. Michael Boda says the paper includes three broad categories of opportunity. He explains one of the areas would be moving from the mindset of an “Election Day” to an “Election Period”. This means expanding the period of time […]
The second preliminary count for the 2020 Saskatchewan General Election started on Wednesday morning from the Delta Hotel in Regina with a number of races still waiting for updated results. The second count consists of vote-by-mail ballots that were received up to 8:00 p.m. on Election Day – October 26. Updates of results will be […]
Elections Saskatchewan is still counting ballots after Monday’s election. A high volume of mail-in and absentee ballots has caused election workers to start a second preliminary count Wednesday, as well as a final count to take place on Nov. 7. Chief Electoral Officer Dr. Michael Boda says it could take another week or two to […]
Printing companies across Saskatchewan have been hard at work preparing for the provincial election since the Thanksgiving Day long weekend. Since nominations for the election closed on Saturday, hundreds of thousands of ballots have been printing throughout the back half of the long weekend to prepare for advanced polls and election day on October 26. […]
Legislators are now looking at some recommendations on how to modernize the province’s referendum and plebiscite laws. The province’s chief electoral officer has brought forward four options to modernize the way referendums are held in Saskatchewan. Dr. Michael Boda said this is all in part of a bigger modernization project going on at Elections Saskatchewan. […]
