2018 VOTE HERE VOTEZ ICI

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1 Your vote counts New Brunswick General Election 2018 VOTE HERE VOTEZ ICI

2 Message from the Chief Electoral Officer On September 24, 2018, New Brunswickers go to the polls to elect their next provincial government. Over the next month, electors will no doubt be inundated with a range of messages from a variety of different parties and candidates who will be trying to convince you they should get your vote. In this age of increased social media activity, it is also quite likely you will come across information created by groups, organizations, and individuals attempting to influence your opinion on how you should cast your vote. I encourage all New Brunswickers to educate and arm yourselves with the facts. Apply your own critical thinking when it comes to evaluating what you hear about what a party stands for or a position they have taken on an issue that is important to you. Take the time to visit the parties websites, review their platforms and read up on what trusted sources are saying about the issues in this election. When it comes to information about how, when and where you will vote in this election, I encourage you to get your facts directly from Elections New Brunswick. We are the trusted source for information as it relates to the voting procedures available as you prepare to vote. Most importantly, I encourage all New Brunswickers eligible to vote in the September 24, 2018, election to cast a ballot to ensure your voice is heard in this important democratic process. Kimberly Poffenroth Chief Electoral Officer 2018 New Brunswick General Election Advance Polls Saturday, September 15 Monday, September 17 Election Day Monday, September 24 Polls are open from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. Returning Office Voting Returning Offices are open six days a week up to and including Election Day. Monday-Friday 9am to 7pm and Saturday 10am to 5pm.

3 Voting in Provincial Elections Voters List If you have voted in previous elections in NB, you are likely already on the voters list. To get added to the voters list you must first meet the qualifications to vote and provide one or more pieces of ID that between them show your name, current address and signature. (A New Brunswick driver s license contains all three and is the ideal piece of identification). Other options may include: lease agreements, utility bills, student IDs, other documentation that provides the above three requirements, or having a friend already on the voters list vouch for your residency. If you need to add your name, correct or update your personal information, you may contact the local Returning Office or you can make the change when you go to the polling stations to vote. You can also call Elections NB to update your personal information. Everyone who is on the voters list will be mailed a Voter Information Card during the election telling them the address of their polling stations as well as the dates and times of advance and ordinary polling stations. What happens at the polling station? When you first arrive, an election worker will greet you and ask you if you have brought your Voter Information Card and if the information on it is correct. If the information on your card is accurate, the worker will send you to see the voters list officer. That worker will ask you to state your name and address. Their job is to find your name on the voters list and strike it off. Once that is done, they will direct you to the ballot issuing officer. If the information on your Voter Information Card needs to be updated for whatever reason, or if you need to be added to the voters list, you will be sent to the poll revision officer. If you must be added to the voters list you must show identification with your name, address and signature. Once that is done, they will direct you to the ballot issuing officer. The ballot issuing officer will prepare your ballot, explain how to mark your ballot and direct you to the voting screens. After you finish marking your ballot, place it back inside the black secrecy sleeve, and go to the tabulation machine. The tabulation machine officer will verify the ballot issuing officer s initials are visible, and invite you to feed your ballot into the machine face down. The tabulation machine officer can help you do this, and can answer any questions should the machine have issues when depositing your ballot. Congratulations, you have successfully voted! Qualifications to Vote A person is qualified to vote in a provincial election if he or she: is a Canadian citizen; will be eighteen years of age on or before polling day; has been or will have been a resident in the Province for a period of at least 40 days immediately before the election; and will be living in the electoral district on Election Day. On September 24th VOTE!

4 Special Ballots Special Ballots are a means for electors to cast a ballot if they are unable to vote during the advance polls or on Election Day. Special Voting Officers can bring ballots to the homes of those electors who are unable to attend the ordinary or advance polls due to illness or incapacity. A voter from one electoral district can also use a Special Ballot to vote from elsewhere in the province for a candidate in the place where they normally live. Special Ballots are also used for electors who are in nursing homes, special care homes, federal or provincial correctional facilities or patients in the hospital. Accommodation and Accessibility Elections New Brunswick offers a variety of options for voters with a physical or cognitive disability to vote and to mark a ballot. Elections NB strives to ensure that the buildings it uses during elections are accessible and can accommodate the needs of voters with various challenges. We provide various supports at our Returning Offices and at the polling stations to assist and encourage electors with special needs to vote. We have a number of technical solutions that provide additional voting options. Tools for accommodation include: Audio Vote with Braille and sip & puff option Sign language interpretation Magnifiers Braille ballot fascimiles Third-Party Advertising If you intend to publicly promote or oppose a political party or a candidate, or take a position on an issue with which a political party or a candidate is associated, you will be considered to be a third party engaging in election advertising. During the campaign period, you must identify yourself in your advertising. Also, if you spend more than $500 on election advertising, you are required to register with Elections New Brunswick and follow additional rules and spending limits. Whether an individual or a group, the Political Process Financing Act requires any third party to identify itself in any election advertising that it places by disclosing the name of the third party and the name of the person responsible for the third party s books and records and his or her telephone number or address. Even individual lawn signs must include this information. On September 24th VOTE!

5 Proclamation (Elections Act, R.S.N.B. 1973, c.e-3, s.18(2)) Electoral District Returning Officer Office Address Unit # Toll Free No. 1 Restigouche West Micheline Sullivan 23 Boom Lane, Atholville, NB E3N 4E8 D Campbellton-Dalhousie Clem Tremblay 110 Darlington Mall, Plaza Blvd., Dalhousie, NB E8C 2E Restigouche-Chaleur Martial McLaughlin 423 Rue Principale, Petit-Rocher, NB E8J 2S Bathurst West-Beresford Mark Guindon 970 Rue Principale, Beresford, NB E8K 2H Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore Juliette McGraw 275 Main Street, Bathurst, NB E2A 1E Caraquet Aldrice Comeau 149 Boul. St-Pierre O, Caraquet, NB E1W 1B Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou Emelie Richard 1479 Club D'Age D'Or, rue Principale, Le Goulet, NB E8S 2M Tracadie-Sheila Weldon McLaughlin 399 Académie Ste-Famille, rue du Couvent, Tracadie-Sheila, NB E1X 1E Miramichi Bay-Neguac Rhéal Fournier 1 Allen Street, Miramichi, NB E1V 6A9 B & C Miramichi Paul Matheson 150 Pleasant Street, Miramichi, NB E1V 1Y Southwest Miramichi-Bay Du Vin Patricia Price 8 Royal Canadian Legion Branch No.23, Hamilton Dr., Doaktown, NB E9C 1B Kent North Donald Arsenault 9235 Main Street, Richibucto, NB E4W 4B Kent South Simonne Belliveau 193 Place Lebourg Strip Mall, Irving Blvd, Bouctouche, NB E4S 3K Shediac Bay-Dieppe Diane Gallant 468 Notre Centre, Route 530, Grande-Digue, NB E4R 5K Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé Anita Léger-MacDonald 145 Pointe-du-Chêne Recreational & Community Centre Pointe-du-Chêne Road, Pointe-du-Chêne, NB E4P 4P Memramcook-Tantramar Bill Hicks 69 Main Street, Sackville, NB E4L 4A Dieppe O'Neil Arseneau 200 Champlain St, Dieppe, NB E1A 1P Moncton East Paul LeBlanc 75 Urquhart Ave., Moncton, NB E1H 2R Moncton Centre Leo Belliveau 91 Murphy Avenue, Moncton, NB E1A 6Y Moncton South Claudette Trewin 30 Gordon Street, Moncton, NB E1C 1L Moncton Northwest Floyd Graves 230 Gorge Rd, Moncton, NB E1G 3H Moncton Southwest Clifford Lavigne 100 Loftus Street, Moncton, NB E1E 2N Riverview Dean Johnston 720 Coverdale Rd., Riverview, NB E1B 3L Albert Deborah Brine 1177 Route 114, Lower Coverdale, NB E1J 1A

6 Electoral District Returning Officer Office Address Unit # Toll Free No. 25 Gagetown-Petitcodiac Neil Orchard 1254 Bridge Drive, Cambridge-Narrows, NB E4C 1V Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins Denis Pinet 58 Willow Court, Sussex, NB E4E 2L Hampton John Cairns 6 Corinthian Masonic Lodge, Church St., Hampton, NB E5N 5B Quispamsis Richard Mackie 221 Hampton Road, Quispamsis, NB E2E4L Rothesay Victorine Robichaud 70 Hampton Road, Rothesay, NB E2E 5L5 A Saint John East Rod Borden 105 Threshold Ministries, Mountain View Drive, Saint John, NB E2J 5B Portland-Simonds Elaine O'Leary 50 Portland United Church, Newport Crescent, Saint John, NB E2K 1Y Saint John Harbour Patrick McCaffrey 100 Prince Edward Square, Prince Edward Street, Saint John, NB E2L 4M Saint John Lancaster Mary McAuliffe 30 Plaza Avenue, Saint John, NB E2M 0C3 6B Kings-Centre Terry Campbell 1356 Peninsula Branch #62 Royal Canadian Legion, Route 845, Clifton Royal, NB E5S 2B Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West Tina Belliveau-Moore 2 Carleton Street, St George, NB E5C 3B Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West SATELLITE OFFICE 529 Route 776, Grand Manan, NB E5G 2C8 36 Saint Croix Lynn Kozak 270 Royal Canadian Legion Passamaquoddy Branch No 8, Queen Steet, St. Andrews, NB E5B 1E Oromocto-Lincoln-Fredericton Blake Kennedy 261 Restigouche Rd, Oromocto, NB E2V 2H1 13 & Fredericton-Grand Lake Vanessa Clark 132 Main Street, Minto, NB E4B 3M New Maryland-Sunbury Camille Mallenfant 727 New Maryland Hwy, New Maryland, NB E3C 1P Fredericton South Karen Hammel 700 McLeod Ave., Fredericton, NB E3B 1V Fredericton North Judy Sloat 1050 Douglas Ave, Fredericton, NB E3A 9N2 F Fredericton-York Robert Agnew 435 Brookside Dr, Fredericton, NB E3A 8V Fredericton West-Hanwell Linda Allison 2492 Route 640, Hanwell, NB E3E 2C Carleton-York Avis Fitton 135 Otis Drive, Nackawic, NB E6G 1H Carleton Eleanor Leonard 650 Main Street, Woodstock, NB E7M 2G Carleton-Victoria Judy MacIntosh 560 Route 190, Carlingford, NB E7H 4H Victoria-La Vallée Anne Turcotte 455 Centre Récréatif de Saint-André, Route 255, Saint-André, NB E3Y 2V Edmundston-Madawaska Centre Rino Pelletier 75 Queen Street, Edmundston, NB E3V 1A Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston Danièle Dubé 176 rue de l'eglise, Edmundston, NB E3V 1K Nominations for candidates must be received by the returning officer in the electoral district where the candidate will be running no later than 2 p.m (AST) on Tuesday, September 4, Nomination papers are available at the returning office in each electoral district, or they can be printed from our website at Advance polls will be held between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday, September 15, 2018 and on Monday, September 17, Ordinary polls will be held between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Monday, September 24, On Friday, September 28, 2018, the returning officer in each electoral district will verify that the votes returned on election night have been tabulated properly and will declare the candidate who received the greatest number of votes as officially elected VOTE (8683) TTY: Kimberly A. Poffenroth, Chief Electoral Officer Province of New Brunswick