{"id":57081,"date":"2018-10-22T19:08:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T23:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=57081"},"modified":"2018-10-22T20:27:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T00:27:24","slug":"municipal-voting-hours-in-huntsville-extended-to-900-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/municipal-voting-hours-in-huntsville-extended-to-900-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Municipal voting hours now extended to 8:00 pm on Tuesday, October 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 7:40pm:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Town of Huntsville and Township of Lake of Bays are further extending the Voting Period until Tuesday, October 23rd at 8:00pm.<\/p>\n<p>The online voting system is continuing to experience significant slowdowns due to high volume usage. In response, and to accommodate electors, the Municipal Clerks have extended the voting hours.<br \/>\nStaff are managing the situation with our vendor to improve response time.<\/p>\n<p>Electors are encouraged to vote online or by phone until Tuesday, October 23 at 8:00pm.<\/p>\n<p>The Huntsville Election Help Centre, at 37 Main Street East, will be open to assist electors from 8:30am \u2013 8:00pm tomorrow and a help line is available during those hours at 705-224-8683.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The voting hours for the Town of Huntsville and Lake of Bays have been extended to 9:00 pm tonight for both the 2018 Municipal and School Board election.<\/p>\n<p>According to media releases from both the Town of Huntsville and the Township of Lake of Bays, the online voting systems are experiencing slowdowns due to high-volume usage.  In response, and to accommodate electors, the Municipal Clerks have extended the voting hours until 9:00pm tonight, October 22, 2018. Electors are encouraged to vote online or by phone until 9:00pm.<\/p>\n<p>The Huntsville Election Help Centre, at 37 Main Street East, is open to assist electors until 9:00pm and a help line is available at 705-224-8683.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free newsletter <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE 7:40pm: The Town of Huntsville and Township of Lake of Bays are further extending the Voting Period until Tuesday, October 23rd at 8:00pm. 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