Election Day in Hamilton: Where to find polling stations, election results

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Election Day in Hamilton has arrived. Most polling stations are open until 8 p.m. for voters to cast their ballots.

According to the city,there are 404,778 eligible voters in Hamilton.Here's what youneed to know about how to voteand how to watch the results come in Monday evening.

How to vote

According to the city, 157 polling stations are open in Hamilton today, with approximately 1,700 people working the election.You can find where to vote on the city's websiteusing your address.

Polls were supposed to open at 10 a.m. but some didn't, leading the city clerk to extend voting times at some polling stations.

Those stations are:

• Dream Centre (Ward 3) opened 11:00 a.m., and closing at 9:00 p.m.
• Richard Beasley Elementary School (Ward 6) opened 10:25 a.m., and closing at 8:25 p.m.
• Salvation Army Mountain Citadel (Ward 6) opened 10:15 a.m., and closing at 8:15 p.m.
• Huntington Park Recreation Centre (Ward 6) opened 10:05 a.m., and closing at 8:05 p.m.
• Sackville Hill Senior Centre (Ward 7) opened 10:13 a.m., and closing at 8:13 p.m.
• Lawfield Arena (Ward 7)opened10:10a.m., and closingat 8:10 p.m.
• Harmony Baptist Church (Ward 8)opened10:06a.m., and closing at 8:06 p.m.
• St. Paul's (Ward 9)opened10:10a.m., and closing at 8:10 p.m.
• Royal Canadian Legion (Ward 12)opened11:20a.m., and closing at 9:20 p.m.
• Sir William Osler(Ward 13) opened10:15a.m., andclosing at 8:15 p.m.
• Dundas Lions Memorial (Ward 13) opened10:07a.m., and closing at 8:07 p.m.
• Dundas Valley Secondary School (Ward 13) opened10:45a.m., and closing at 8:45 p.m.

To vote, you'll need to show identification with your name and address on it. But, as a reminder, you do not need to be alreadyon the voters' list, or have an ID or a permanent address in order to vote.

If you are not on the voters' list, it'll just take a bit more time because they'll have to add you to the list.If you don't have an ID, you'll have to fill out a Declaration of Identity - Form 9 at a voting location.And if you don't have a permanent address, you can list the place where you've returned to most often to eat or sleep in the past five weeks.

You do, however, have to be a Canadian citizen over the age of 18.

Voter turnout has already been significantly higher this year compared to 2018 and 2014.According to the city, in 2018 there were 17,052 votes cast during advance poll dates and 13,242 in 2014. This year, 31,719 people cast their ballots in advance.

Voting while sick with COVID-19

If you are sick with COVID-19 or have a mobility issue and wondering if you can vote, city clerk Andrea Holland says you can.

"If somebody gets to the poll, and they're unable, for whatever reason to go into the location physically, it may be a mobility issue, and maybe another health issue, we can absolutely bring a ballot out to them."

Once you get to the poll, you can call 905-546-4365. Someone from the polling station will bring a ballot to you.

Where to watch electionresults

After the majority of polls close at 8 p.m.,you can find results and analysis here at CBC Hamilton. You can also find live results on the city's website.

Those withmail-in ballots that still need to be dropped off can do so at city hall by 8 p.m.,but as some people would have mailed theirs around Oct. 13, it is unclear if all will be received by Oct. 24. That, combined with potentially tight races, means some final results could come in a bit later.

If anyone is inside a polling stationat 8 p.m., they can still cast their ballot and complete their voting process, said Holland.

"Then what happens is there'san end-of-day process that we run on all the tabulators that calculates all the results."

She said after that, the tabulators print out a "result tab" with each race and its results.

"Then, there's what we call the results USB that gets pulled out, that gets taken to a central location. Those results are fed into a system to a laptop, and that gets put on our website automatically."

Most advanced polls, on-demand locations and mail-in ballots have already been counted, according to Holland, and they are just waiting to run the results.

"We mailed out 3,150 vote by mail packages. And as of this morning, we had received 2,136 back,which is a pretty good result."

Voters have until 8 p.m. at most polling stations to hand in their mail-in voting package. After that, with the exception of the stations open late, no other votes will count.

In the meantime, some mayoral candidates will be hosting live result watch parties.

Bob Bratina, his campaign team, volunteers and supporters will be watching theresults fromt his campaign office on 1050 Upper James St.

Andrea Horwath's team will be watching results and is welcoming supporters to the Spice Factory, at121 Hughson St. N., from 8 p.m. onwards.

Keanin Loomis's campaignis hosting a watchparty from7 p.m. to 10 p.m.at Bridgeworks,200 Caroline St. N.

CBC Toronto is also hosting a municipal election special, bringinghighlights from election night in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area from the CBC broadcasting centre. Thelive special begins at 7:45 p.m. ET and runs until around 9 p.m.