You can view the official results of the 2021 Municipal Election here.

Advanced Voting is available to all eligible voters of the Town of Taber. You may choose to vote at the advanced vote or on election day, but you may only vote once.

The Advanced Voting dates are as follows:

• Will be announced in 2025

All Advanced Voting shall take place at a location TBA.

If you are physically unable to attend a voting station, you may arrange to vote in your residence.  This service is also available to individuals dependent on accessible transportation.  This service is only provided on Election Day if you are:

• a housebound voter
• living in your own residence
• unable to attend Advance Voting Polls or the Voting Station in your area

You must request this service in advance. Requests for this service must be made  by contacting the Returning Officer (deadline for booking this service will be updated in 2025). You will be advised of an approximate time when the Election Officers will attend the voter's residence.

When requesting this service, please provide the following information:

• reason(s) voter is unable to attend the Voting Station
• voter's name, address and telephone number
• times (if any) that the voter is unavailable on Election Day

The Town of Taber will be holding Voting Stations at a number of institutions. Voters who live in these locations will be visited by election workers on Election Day. The times of these votes will be announced in 2025. This service is only for residents of the following institutions:

• Clearview Lodge
• Lindenview
• Taber Hospital

 More information will be made available in 2025.

If you have tested positive for COVID-19 or are in isolation due to being a contact of someone with COVID-19, please continue to follow the instructions of Alberta Health Services for isolation and quarantine. If you would like to vote but are in isolation, please contact our Returning Officer to discuss your options.

Voter Identification is required by all voters.  Each voter must produce one piece of identification that establishes both the elector's name and current address.

A Driver's License or an Alberta Identification Card is acceptable.  Photo identification is not required.

Please note there are no voting lists, and voters cannot have someone verbally vouch for them.

Don't have ID or not sure what's acceptable? Check out this list.

You are an eligible voter if you:

• are at least 18 years old
• are a Canadian Citizen
• are a resident of the Town of Taber on Election Day
• can provide authorized identification

All voters must sign the voting register stating that they meet these qualifications before they will be given a ballot.

Note:  Landed immigrants and British subjects are not eligible to vote.

The Town of Taber is taking precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and hold a safe election. We are taking the following precautions:

• Masking is required in the polls at all times as per Provincial mandate. If you cannot wear a mask, please let our Election Attendant know and we will be able to accommodate you.
• Election staff will be wearing masks and will have protective acrylic barriers
• Sanitizer will be available
• Staff will be sanitizing touch points frequently
• We will have distancing at all times
• We are limiting the number of people in the building at a time. Please wait in line along the marked sidewalk for entry
• There will be one entrance and one exit from the poll station.
• Please follow the guiding lines on the floor for where to stand and wait in line when in the polling station

The Town of Taber wants to make voting as easy and accessible to our citizens as possible. To help citizens feel at ease at the polls, we are providing full details for eligible citizens for Town of Taber Municipal Elections:

1. Come to the Polling Station on any voting day (you can only vote once by law):
   1. Advanced Voting Days:
      • 2025 Dates TBA
   2. Election Day: 2025 date TBA
2. Wait in the line to enter through the designated entry doors of the polling station. Please maintain distancing while in line. We are limiting the number of people in the polls at a time to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and for the safety of our election workers.
3. Once you enter the Auditorium (wearing your mask as per Provincial regulations), our Election Staff in the lobby will direct you. If you are in need of assistance or have questions, they will be able to help.
4. When called, proceed to the Registration Table. Our election staff will ask you to present identification and to fill out the form indicating you are eligible to vote.
5. Proceed to the Ballot Table, where our election worker will offer you the ballot(s) and a pen.
   1. The Municipal Ballots will contain the selections for the following:
      • Mayor (1 position available)
      • Councillors (6 positions available)
   2. School Board Trustee ballot (if applicable)
6. Proceed to the private Voting Booth and voice your choice!
7. Once your ballots are completed, place it in the secrecy sleeve provided in the Voting Booth and please follow the floor markers and proceed to the line for the Voting Tabulators. Wait for the instructions of the Tabulator Attendant, who will assist you in placing your ballots for counting.
   • The Voting Tabulators are used to count your votes on your ballots. The voting process will remain exactly the same as in previous years, but we are using Tabulators to help speed up the post-vote counting process. All you have to do is insert your ballot into the Tabulator, and it reads your votes exactly as you marked them. Our Tabulator Attendant will be nearby to assist if you have any questions.
8. Once your ballots are counted, please either keep your pen or drop your pen in the container and follow the lines along the floor to the dedicated exit.
9. Thank you for voting in the Town of Taber Municipal Election! Results will be posted on our Town of Taber official website and social media after polls close at 8:00 PM on Election Day.

The Taber Land Use Bylaw Section 2.21.8 outlines the rules for campaign signs as follows:

• Maximum Sign Area is 4.5 square metres
• Maximum Clear Height: 3.5 metres
• Election signs for municipal elections may be erected 30 days prior to the election day and must be removed within three days of the election day
• Election signs may not be illuminated or attached to trees
• The Town is not required to give notice for the removal of an unlawful election sign.
• No person shall deface or willfully cause damage to a lawfully erected election sign.
• Election signs may be posted on public property subject to the following conditions:

1. Signs cannot be placed between the curb and the sidewalk; if there is no sidewalk, signs cannot be placed within 1 metre of the curb or edge of the pavement
2. Signs cannot be placed within 30 metres of an intersection or pedestrian crossover or be located on a median or island

• Election signs may be posted on private property subject to the following conditions:

1. Signs are posted with the consent of the owner or occupant of the property
2. Signs may only be higher than 2 metres above ground level provided the signs are displayed indoors

• Portable signs may be used as Election Signs, but follow the Election Sign Rules.

SHOULD CAMPAIGN SIGNS REMAIN POSTED AFTER THE INDICATED TIME FRAME, THE TOWN SHALL DIRECT THE SIGNS BE REMOVED WITH ALL COSTS BEING CHARGED BACK THE CORRESPONDING CANDIDATE.

No. The Town's official logo and crest are copyrighted by the Town of Taber. Those who use the logo without the Town of Taber's express written consent are infringing on the Town's copyright, and this includes campaigners.

All Town of Taber logos, crests, graphic design elements, digital content, and designed visual identifiers are property of the Town of Taber. Unless an authorized party is given express written permission from the Town of Taber, anyone using those elements for private use are infringing on the Town's copyright.

If you see a candidate using the Town of Taber's logo in their materials, please contact the Returning Officer.