{"id":38881,"date":"2021-03-04T14:19:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T19:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/?p=38881"},"modified":"2021-03-05T15:52:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T20:52:27","slug":"town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Town of Sutton supports mail-in ballots for all voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Photo-HDV2-pour-FB-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38941 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Photo-HDV2-pour-FB-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Photo-HDV2-pour-FB-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Photo-HDV2-pour-FB-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Photo-HDV2-pour-FB-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Photo-HDV2-pour-FB-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Photo-HDV2-pour-FB-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>At its last meeting on March 1, 2021, Sutton\u2019s town council approved <a href=\"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Web-proces-verbal-2021-03-01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resolution number 2021-03-064<\/a> asking the Government of Quebec to allow all eligible people to vote by mail for the next municipal elections on November 7, 2021.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bill 85<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This request came as the provincial government is due to table Bill 85, an Act to facilitate the conduct of the November 7, 2021 municipal general election in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This bill would grant the Chief Electoral Officer the power to authorize voting by mail for a certain part of the population, namely any voter domiciled in a private seniors\u2019 residence or in a CHSLD, any voter unable to move for health reasons, any voter acting as a family caregiver of said person and domiciled at the same address, and any voter who has been ordered or recommended isolation due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Mail-in voting in Sutton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In order to promote voter participation, Sutton\u2019s council would like the right to vote by mail to be extended to its entire population. In part, this is because the municipality has both a large number of non-residents and a much-higher proportion of seniors than elsewhere in the province. According to the most recent data (2016) from Statistics Canada, 32.5% of the population of Sutton was over 65 years of age as compared to 22.5% in Estrie and 18% province wide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Currently, municipalities have the sole power to authorize non-resident citizens (that is, owners of second homes, owners of business premises) to vote by mail. \u201cI would like to suggest that Sutton\u2019s council adopt this measure, which must then be approved by resolution before June 30, 2021,\u201d said Town Clerk Jonathan Fortin, who, as Chairman of the upcoming elections, is already preparing for the November election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At its last meeting on March 1, 2021, Sutton\u2019s town council approved resolution number 2021-03-064 asking the Government of Quebec to allow all eligible people to vote by mail for the next municipal elections on November 7, 2021. Bill 85 This request came as the provincial government is due to table Bill 85, an Act&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recreation-community"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Town of Sutton supports mail-in ballots for all voters - test optimisation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Town of Sutton supports mail-in ballots for all voters - test optimisation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At its last meeting on March 1, 2021, Sutton\u2019s town council approved resolution number 2021-03-064 asking the Government of Quebec to allow all eligible people to vote by mail for the next municipal elections on November 7, 2021. Bill 85 This request came as the provincial government is due to table Bill 85, an Act&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"test optimisation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VilleDeSutton\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-04T19:19:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-05T20:52:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Photo-HDV2-pour-FB-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Doriane Desbiens\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Doriane Desbiens\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Doriane Desbiens\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d8c16f50e22b03948ac773b2043093cf\"},\"headline\":\"Town of Sutton supports mail-in ballots for all voters\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-04T19:19:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-05T20:52:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":293,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Photo-HDV2-pour-FB-300x225.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Recreation &amp; Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\\\/\",\"name\":\"Town of Sutton supports mail-in ballots for all voters - test optimisation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Photo-HDV2-pour-FB-300x225.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-04T19:19:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-05T20:52:27+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Photo-HDV2-pour-FB-300x225.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Photo-HDV2-pour-FB-300x225.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Town of Sutton supports mail-in ballots for all voters\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"test optimisation\",\"description\":\"Official website of the Town of Sutton\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Sutton\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ville de Sutton\",\"alternateName\":\"Sutton\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/logo-entite-ville-de-Sutton.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/logo-entite-ville-de-Sutton.png\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"Ville de Sutton\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/VilleDeSutton\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/ville-de-sutton\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ville_sutton\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCho_cik7f5pK2CjJ0f5dxSA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d8c16f50e22b03948ac773b2043093cf\",\"name\":\"Doriane Desbiens\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/staging\\\/en\\\/author\\\/secr-greffe\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Town of Sutton supports mail-in ballots for all voters - test optimisation","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Town of Sutton supports mail-in ballots for all voters - test optimisation","og_description":"At its last meeting on March 1, 2021, Sutton\u2019s town council approved resolution number 2021-03-064 asking the Government of Quebec to allow all eligible people to vote by mail for the next municipal elections on November 7, 2021. Bill 85 This request came as the provincial government is due to table Bill 85, an Act&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\/","og_site_name":"test optimisation","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VilleDeSutton","article_published_time":"2021-03-04T19:19:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-03-05T20:52:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1920,"url":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Photo-HDV2-pour-FB-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Doriane Desbiens","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Doriane Desbiens","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\/"},"author":{"name":"Doriane Desbiens","@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d8c16f50e22b03948ac773b2043093cf"},"headline":"Town of Sutton supports mail-in ballots for all voters","datePublished":"2021-03-04T19:19:11+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-05T20:52:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\/"},"wordCount":293,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Photo-HDV2-pour-FB-300x225.jpg","articleSection":["Recreation &amp; Community"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\/","url":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\/","name":"Town of Sutton supports mail-in ballots for all voters - test optimisation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Photo-HDV2-pour-FB-300x225.jpg","datePublished":"2021-03-04T19:19:11+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-05T20:52:27+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Photo-HDV2-pour-FB-300x225.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Photo-HDV2-pour-FB-300x225.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/town-of-sutton-supports-mail-in-ballots-for-all-voters\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"","item":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Town of Sutton supports mail-in ballots for all voters"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/","name":"test optimisation","description":"Official website of the Town of Sutton","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Sutton","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/#organization","name":"Ville de Sutton","alternateName":"Sutton","url":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo-entite-ville-de-Sutton.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo-entite-ville-de-Sutton.png","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"Ville de Sutton"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VilleDeSutton","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ville-de-sutton\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ville_sutton\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCho_cik7f5pK2CjJ0f5dxSA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d8c16f50e22b03948ac773b2043093cf","name":"Doriane Desbiens","url":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/author\/secr-greffe\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}