TIMMINS - If you're ready to cast a ballot in the provincial election, advance polls open on Thursday.
Advance polls are open Feb. 20-22, with four designated sites in Timmins.
Advance voting locations are:
- Maurice Londry Community Centre, 66 Main St., South Porcupine
- Timmins Senior Citizen Recreation Centre, 272 Third Ave.
- Travelodge Timmins, 1136 Riverside Dr.
These sites are open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. during the three days of early polls.
Voters can also cast a ballot at the Timmins election office every day until Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. The office is in the 101 Mall and is open Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.
In Temiskaming-Cochrane the advance voting locations are:
- Local election office, Collège Boreal, 280 Armstrong St. N., New Liskeard.
- Black River Matheson Family Lodge, 378 Second St., Matheson
- École SCP l'Alliance, 296 Cambridge Ave., Iroquois Falls
- École St-Antoine, 20 St Antoine St., Noelville
- Englehart Public Library, 71 4th Ave., Englehart
- Temagami Welcome Centre, 7 Lakeshore Dr., Temagami
- Paroisse Transfiguration Paris, 316 Seventh Ave. N., Cochrane
- Royal Canadian Legion Branch 87, 1 Summerhayes Ave., Kirkland Lake
- St. Charles Community Centre, 20 Casimir Rd., St. Charles
- West Nipissing Recreation Centre, 219 O'Hara St., Sturgeon Falls
Advance voting locations in Mushkegowuk-James Bay are:
- Local election office, Centre de Loisirs, 7 Aurora Ave., Kapuskasing
- Centre de Loisirs LJ Fortin S, 7 Aurora Ave., Kapuskasing
- Northern College, Moosonee Campus, 15 1st St., Moosonee
- Place des Arts de Hearst. 75 9th St., Hearst
- Smooth Rock Falls Community Hall, 193 Gordon Ave., Smooth Rock Falls
What you need to vote
To be eligible to vote, you must be 18 years or older, a Canadian citizen, and Ontario resident.
Registered voters will receive a voter information card in the mail that indicates where to vote. Bring that card and a piece of ID showing your name to receive a ballot. A list of accepted IDs is available here.
If you didn't receive a voter information card and are eligible to vote, bring one piece of ID showing your name and home address to the polling station to receive a ballot.