Cast your ballot in Nipissing — polls are now open

It's election day in Ontario, and in Nipissing, there are eight choices:

Vic Fedeli, PC Party
Joe Jobin, Ontario Party
Michelle Lashbrook, Libertarian
Erika Lougheed, Ontario NDP
Sean McClocklin, Green Party of Ontario
Taylor Russell, New Blue Party of Ontario
Giacomo Vezina, None of the Above Direct Democracy Party
Tanya Vrebosch, Ontario Liberal Party

BayToday will have election night reactions from local candidates plus up-to-the-minute results from all of Ontario's 124 ridings.

See: BayToday provincial election coverage

Elections Ontario reports 12.29 per cent of 65,454 eligible voters in Nipissing have already cast their ballots via advance polls. Elections Ontario also received requests for mail-in voting kits from 126,135 eligible residents, up from just over 15,000 in 2018. As a reminder for those who applied to vote by mail, Elections Ontario must receive voting kits either by mail or at a returning office by 6 p.m. on Thursday.

Polls are open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, June 2.

To be eligible to vote in an Ontario election, you must be:

18 years of age or older;
a Canadian citizen; and
a resident of Ontario.

What identification you need to bring will depend on whether you are on the Voters List

If your name is on the Voters List:

You must show one piece of identification that has your name on it. Your name as shown on the piece of identification must match your name on the Voters List.

If your name is not on the Voters List:

You must show one piece of identification that has your name and current residential address.

You can use an original identification document, a photocopy of an identification document, or an electronic copy displayed on a mobile device. This includes utility bills received electronically.

Elections Ontario provides accessible voting options, tools and services at all voting locations and assistive voting technology in all returning offices. Voters can also request a home visit if they are unable to go to a voting location.

See Voter Information Service to find the dates, times and locations for where you can vote or download the Elections Ontario app and create an account to access the following for election day: