Voter Information

New for 2025 — With the proclamation of the Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 20), municipalities are required to maintain a Permanent Electors Register of residents who are eligible to vote. Any individual who wishes to vote on Election Day must first be registered. 

Elections Alberta maintains a provincial register of electors and provides VoterLink for voters to register, update information, or verify their registration. 

Access VoterLink here.
*Please note that registering through this link will add you to the Provincial Electors Registry.

Information required for the Permanent Electors Register will be shared between Elections Alberta and the Village of Edgerton as per the Local Authorities Election Act (LAEA) section 49.  The information collected may only be used to verify the identification of an elector when compiling or revising the Permanent Electors Register.

You are eligible to vote if you meet the following criteria:

• are at least 18 years old,
• a Canadian citizen, and
• resides in the Village of Edgerton on the date of election

How to determine residency 

• a person may be a resident of only one place at a time for the purposes of voting under this Act;
  • if a person has more than one residence in Alberta, that person shall, designate one place of residence as the person’s place of residence for the purposes of this election. 
• the residence of a person is the place where the person lives and sleeps and to which, when the person is absent, the person intends to return; 
• a person does not lose the person’s residence by leaving the person’s home for a temporary purpose; 
• if a person leaves the area with the intention of making the person’s residence elsewhere, the person loses the person’s residence within the area. 
• a person shall designate the person’s place of residence in accordance with the
  following factors in the following order of priority:
  • the address shown on the person’s driver’s licence or motor vehicle operator’s licence issued by or on behalf of the Government of Alberta or an identification card issued by or on behalf of the Government of Alberta;
  • the address to which the person’s income tax correspondence is addressed and delivered;
  • the address to which the person’s mail is addressed and delivered. 

Permanent Electors Registry

To be added to the Village of Edgerton's Permanent Electors Registry, please access VoterLink or contact the Returning Officer.

AT THE POLLING STATION

If you are already named on the Permanent Electors Register, you must provide one piece of Government-issued photo ID, including your full name, current address, and photo.

*Please note that another elector can no longer vouch for your identity, you must be able to produce an acceptable form of identification.

If you are not already named on the Permanent Electors Registry, you must:

• Make a statement confirming your eligibility to vote, in the prescribed form; and
• Validate your identity and address of your residence by producing one (1) of the following:
  • one piece of Government-issued photo ID, including your full name, current address, and photo;
  •  one piece of identification authorized under the Election Act (s. 100(2)(b)) that establishes your name and current address of residence.

A more detailed list of these authorized identifications will be provided closer to Election Day.

For identification that only contains a mailing address (i.e. PO Box):

• If you registered to vote at your current physical address, you do not need to provide additional identification and can use your Driver’s License or Identification Card which contains your current mailing address.
• If you are not registered to vote, or need to register at a new physical address and your drivers license or motor vehicle operator’s license is issued by the Government of Alberta, you do not need to provide additional identification.
• If you are not registered to vote or need to register at a new physical address and do not have a drivers license or motor vehicle operator’s license is issued by the Government of Alberta, you will need additional identification to prove your physical address (i.e. legal land description, lot-block-plan, and/or 911 address) prior to voting.

Vouching

• Another Elector is only permitted to vouch for someone's address, not their identity.
• An Elector who has been vouched for cannot vouch for another