Voters Information

Register for local and provincial elections, all in one place!

Elections Ontario is responsible for maintaining the Permanent Register of Electors for Ontario, also known as the “voter’s list” or “register”.

The voter’s list contains information for individuals eligible to vote in provincial and local municipal elections in Ontario.

Learn more about the voter's list on Election Ontario's Register to Vote page, including how to:

Register voters.
Register absentee voters.
Register future voters.

Use the Elections Ontario Register to Vote application to:

Confirm, update or add your name and home address.
Search, add or remove a property other than your home address.
Remove yourself from the register.
Remove a deceased person from the register.
Check the status of a request.

If you or your spouse own or rent property other than your home address in Ontario, you might be eligible to vote in more than one municipal election.

See how easy it is to Register to Vote by watching the quick video available here:

Student Voters

For local municipal elections, students are entitled to vote in multiple municipalities if their permanent home and temporary student home are in different municipalities or Territory Without Municipal Organization areas.

Students can update or add their “home address” to the Voter’s List as their permanent family home and list their temporary student home as an additional property they, or their spouse, own or rent.

School Support

As of January 1, 2024, the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (“MPAC”) is no longer responsible for collecting voter information for local elections. However, MPAC is legislatively required to collect school support designations.

Update your school support through MPAC’s Online School Support page.

Find Your Ward

To find out which ward you live in, please view our Town of Lincoln Community Map.

To search for your address:

Select "Find an Address" located at the top centre of the map
Select your Street Name and Street Address from the drop down menus
Select Find

To vote in the 2022 Town of Lincoln municipal election, on Voting Day, a person must be:
- A Canadian Citizen
- At least 18 years of age
- A resident of the Town of Lincoln or a non-resident of the Town of Lincoln but you or your spouse own or rent property in the Town of Lincoln
- Not prohibited from voting under any law
  You may only vote once in the Town of Lincoln municipal election, regardless of how many properties you own or rent within the Town
- You must vote at a voting place in the ward where you live
Individuals are prohibited to vote on Voting Day if they are:
- Serving a sentence of imprisonment in a penal or correctional institution
- A corporation
- Acting as executor or trustee in another representative capacity, except as a voting proxy
- Convicted of a corrupt practice described in section 90 of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996
If you would like to appoint a qualified person to vote on your behalf (voting proxy), the following apply:
- Individuals can act as a voting proxy for only one person unless you are a relative (spouse, sibling, parent, child, grandparent or grandchild), in which case this limitation does not apply.
- If an individual wants to appoint a voting proxy, forms can be picked up at the Clerk's office during regular business hours up to and including on polling day (October 24, 2022), or the form can be found online here: Appointment for Voting Proxy – Form 3.
- Applicants to act as proxies must attend the Clerk’s office and present a prescribed appointment form signed by the elector. The Clerk will issue a certificate and this document must be presented at the voting place.
- A person acting as a proxy must attend the voting place designated for the elector for whom they are voting.
- It is recommended that where possible, proxy voting takes place during Advance Voting, mainly for the convenience of the appointee.
If you are a student and consider your "home" to be the place where you live when you are not attending school, which means you plan on returning there, then you are eligible to vote in both your "home" municipality and in the municipality where you currently live while attending school.
- If you are a student attending school in another city or town, please check with the Town Clerk of that municipality to find out what your voting options are.
- As a student and a resident of the Town of Lincoln, if you are unable to vote in the Town of Lincoln Municipal Election, you may appoint another elector as Proxy to vote on your behalf.
- Ensure you arrive at the location on your Voter Notification Card and bring this card with you (please note: these will be mailed closer to Voting Day)
- Bring current applicable identification
- Accessible Election Policy (PDF)
- Ensure you have received your Voter Notification Card. Voter Notification Cards were mailed the week of September 19, 2022, and contains where and when you can vote, including advance and internet voting.
- If you did not receive your Voter Notification Card in the mail by September 30, 2022, please contact the Clerks and Legislative Service Department
  Visit Town Hall, 4800 South Service Rd, Beamsville, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  Call the Elections Hotline (905) 563-2800
  Email elections@lincoln.ca

Voters Frequently Asked Questions

You can vote if you are:
- a Canadian citizen; and
- at least 18 years old; and
- a resident in the Town of Lincoln, or are the owner or tenant of land in Lincoln or the spouse of such owner or tenant
**You may only vote once in the Town of Lincoln Municipal Elections regardless of how many properties you own/rent within the Town.
**You vote for the Ward where you live.