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Some Halton Hills residents receiving duplicate voter cards

The Town says the incident stems from a change in the voter data system, and reminds residents that they legally can only vote once
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The Town of Halton Hills says a change in the platform used for voter data has resulted in duplications, meaning some residents have received two voter notification letters with slight variations on their name.

Voter data is provided to municipalities from the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC). The Town then uses the platform ‘VoterView’ to collate this data and review duplicate electors identified by the system. 

According to the Town, a representative from VoterView advised the municipality last week that a change in their system meant that two electors at the same address with the same date of birth would not appear in the Town’s discrepancies (duplicates) list – a change made to exclude twins from the duplicate record check. 

“The result, however, has meant that a significant number of duplicates have gone undetected. This issue impacts municipalities across the province,” said the Town in a prepared release.

“The Town has since had another enhanced duplication report generated and staff are using this report as the basis for manually reviewing the voter lists and removing duplications.”  

The Town advises residents who received duplicate voter notification letters to keep both as the data from one of the letters will make them eligible to vote.

Residents who require a change to their voter notification information including name, school support or address will need to complete a form in person at Town Hall. 

The Town reminds residents that only one vote per eligible voter is allowed by law, and that it’s an offence to commit voter fraud under the Municipal Elections Act. 

More information can be found in the 2022 Voters’ Guide.