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Why should I vote?

Because City Council shapes the city you live in and makes decisions on the
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Find a candidate who thinks the way you do about transit, roads, parks, development, food vendors, patios, community centres, pools, public health, the environment, gentrification, green space, bike lanes, and anything else you care about!

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Voting is a way for you to have your say on the continued buy cialisbuy viagrafunding of City services.

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How do I vote?

Step 1: Find out which buy cheap cialisbuy cialisward you live in.

Step 2: Based on the ward you live in, you can find out who is running for buy cheap levitrabuy cheap viagraCouncillor and generic cialisbuy generic viagraSchool Board Trustee in your neighbourhood.

And of course, check out the candidates running for order viagrabuy levitra onlineMayor.

Step 3: Vote on Monday, October 25th between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Where do you vote? If you’re on the voter’s list, you should receive a voter information card telling you where to vote. If you do not receive one by October 13, call buy cheap levitraorder cialis online311 or go to buy generic levitraorder levitravote.ca to find out where to vote.

What do you bring with you? One valid piece of identification that includes your  name, signature and Toronto address. Alternatively, bring two pieces of valid identification; one with your name and signature on it and another with your name and proof of Toronto address. buy cheap levitrabuy cialisSee examples of valid identification by clicking here.

If you’d like to get your registration taken care of ahead of time, you can submit a buy levitra onlineorder levitra onlineVoter’s List Change Request Form. If not, you will be asked to register when you arrive at your poll on election day.

Troubleshooting
What?! You aren’t going to be in Toronto on October 25th? Not to worry. Take a look at the long list of buy cialisorder levitraadvanced voting dates and locations.

In an effort to raise awareness about the importance of key city services and increase voter turnout, we’ve created 12 unique stickers. Each sticker highlights an important issue or city service that our elected Mayor and City Councillors will make important decisions on. 

 We will be handing them out for free at events. We want your help! If you are interested in distributing stickers, printing your own stickers (we’ll give you the templates for free!) or helping us pay for printing more of our stickers, please contact us at info@voteto.ca

ACORN was one of our presenters for #voteTOin416 (see their presentation here).

Thursday, August 12th ACORN is holding an event as part of their tenants vote campaign. See their press release below:

PRESS RELEASE
ACORN
Tenants Vote 2010

Low-income residents are taking action to get out the tenant vote in target wards

WHAT: ACORN Rally and Press Conference with Mayoral and Council Candidates
WHEN: Thursday, August 12, 2010 : 5:30PM
WHERE: Wellesley Community Centre, 495 Sherbourne St.

ACORN members and tenants from across the city will be gathering in St. Jamestown to hold a rally to get out the tenant vote for the upcoming municipal election. Low voter turnout from rental apartment buildings has been an ongoing problem in elections at all levels of government, meaning that tenants issues often get overlooked by elected politicians.

ACORN is determined to make tenants rights an election issue this fall by increasing the tenant vote in support of candidates who support tenant concerns. MAYORAL CANDIDATES CONFIRMED TO APPEAR: Rossi, Smitherman, Thomson, Ford, (Pantalone most likely)

Several mayoral and councillor candidates will be attending the rally to show their support or share their views on specific tenant issues.

“Over half the city rents which means tenants have an incredible amount of power to influence the election”

says ACORN member Marva Burnett,

“we are sick and tired of being ignored by politicians because we are low-income tenants. We have a voice, and it is going to be a loud voice in October”

ACORN members will present their tenant platform at the event and give mayoral candidates an opportunity to address the issues. Following the press conference, the members will knock on doors in St. Jamestown gathering voter signatures on a petition; the petition declares support for candidates who will stand up for tenant issues if elected.

ACORN member Natalie Hundt states:

“We are giving away any power we have to make a positive change for low income tenants if we don’t stand up and vote for people who care about our issues. One door at a time we will make it happen this time”

For more information, please contact Tatiana Jaunzems at (416) 450-0341

ACORN (The Association of Community Organization for Reform Now) is a community organization with over 15,000 members in 11 chapters across Toronto. For 6 years ACORN has been fighting on issues that concern low to moderate income people in Canada, including the right to livable housing.

Today, July 15th, ACORN is holding an action at city hall in the election services office drawing attention to the need for polling stations in high rise buildings.

Here is their press release:

WHAT:  ACORN Action for Polling Stations in high rise buildings.

WHERE:  City Hall (Elections Services Office)

WHEN:  Thursday, July 15 – NOON

July 15th – Toronto ACORN members are holding an action at city hall to draw attention to the need for greater accessibility to polling locations in high rise buildings in the upcoming municipal election.

We are calling on election officials to utilize their power under Section 13.4 of the Ontario Elections Act and place polling stations in all buildings containing 100 or more units where accessible space is available.

Providing increased accessibility in large buildings by providing polling stations is another tool election officials have to help address the endemic low voter turnout in these polls.

ACORN member Cathy Birch who uses a scooter expresses her reliance on a polling station in her building, saying:

“I live in a building with 300 units and if there wasn’t a polling station I just wouldn’t vote. There are too many places that are not accessible. To get in and out of a place that has stairs is impossible, and that essentially takes away my ability to vote.”

ACORN member and St. Jamestown resident Edward Lantz comments:

“They just had a by-election in my riding. My building has over 400 units and didn’t have it’s own polling station, none of the buildings here did and we have 30,000 people living here. A lot of people didn’t even know there was an election.”

This event is part of Toronto ACORN’s “Tenants Vote 2010” campaign. This campaign is working to increase the tenant voter participation rates in areas with high concentrations of low income renters in the upcoming municipal election.

For more information contact Tatiana Jaunzems at (416) 450-0341 or Shauna Harris at (416) 219-9915

#VoteTOin27: Candidates’ Opening Statements from VoteTO on Vimeo.

#VoteTOin27: Candidates’ Closing Statements from VoteTO on Vimeo.

RSVP here for your FREE tickets to the June 10th all-candidates game show for ward 27 (Toronto-Centre Rosedale).

The Price is Right: Candidates’ Row
How much does it cost to run this town? We will give each candidate a chance to guess the price of something related to city life — a piece of infrastructure, a line in the city budget, the cost of a city service — and the closest guess, without going over, wins. Click here for an example of the classic game.

Where in the Ward is Carmen Sandiego?
International thief Carmen Sandiego is in Toronto with one of her henchmen — local landmarks beware! Carmen left clues of her whereabouts, and it is up to participants to track down her location, testing their knowledge of the ward and the city. The game will be multiple choice and similar to the original show, but won’t feature an a capella group, unless of course you know one who can perform for free?

Factional Family Feud
We’ll divide the group into two (friendly) factions to guess the answers to fun surveys of local residents. Candidates will be tested on their familiarity with public sentiment. #VoteTOin27 attendees can participate in the game by answering the survey questions when they get a FREE ticket to the event here . We know that the candidates are going to be smarter than these contestants of Family Feud.

The $9,200,000,000 Pyramid
How well can candidates work with others and as part of a team? We’ll pair off candidates to play a Toronto-themed version of the long-running game show. Candidates will have to prompt their partners into saying a word related to the ward. For a refresher of how Pyramid works, check out this clip of a contestant trying to prompt Betty White.

Of course, it is not going to just be fun and games. Between sets, a community member will lead a discussion on ward-related issues. An intermission will allow attendees to meet the candidates and ask more intimate one-on-one questions. It’s the perfect time to introduce yourself to the ward 27 candidates and learn how to get involved in the municipal election.

Our last event was referred to by Now Magazine as “a rock concert for City Council junkies,” and we know this event will be a fabulous and entertaining game show for City Council junkies and all ward 27 residents. #voteTOin27 should be an entertaining night, celebrating the diverse and wonderful neighbourhoods of ward 27.

Tickets are FREE!

Thanks to FLY Nightclub and Fire On the East Side for their support.

Maggie is the one and only person who can pull off managing the chaos of a dozen Toronto Centre-Rosedale candidates, each vying to replace Councillor Kyle Rae, while they compete in the games of #voteTOin27: So You Think You Can Council.

Lawyer, stand-up comedian, writer, and actress, Maggie will keep the politicos on time and keep the audience laughing. If you’ve seen her in the queer comedy festival We’re Funny That Way, you know what we’re talking about.

Born and raised in America, Cassella offers a unique, insightful perspective on Canadian politics. We are thrilled to have her as our host.

Coming June 10th: this ain’t the Rosedale debate.

What it will be is an opportunity for the candidates running in ward 27 to show that they know their stuff: about the ward, about the city, about the municipal government, and about the people they want to represent.

Ward 27 (Toronto Centre–Rosedale) is the seat that’s been held by Kyle Rae since 1991, when he was elected as Toronto’s first openly gay councillor.  Last December, Rae announced that he wouldn’t be seeking a seventh term.  That left the high-profile ward as an open race, and indeed thirteen people have registered to run.

There’ll be plenty of opportunities for the various candidates to go up against each other in debates — but wit and the ability to articulate complex policy in pleasing soundbites are only two of the qualities that are useful in politics.  Knowledge and comprehension of a wide range of issues and processes are also vital; a councillor needs to understand what’s going on in order to decide how to act.

And so we present #voteTOin27: So You Think You Can Council, in which candidates will have to work with and against each other in a series of game show–inspired challenges. In a gay nightclub. [smiley face]

Date: Thursday, June 10
Doors: 6:00
Showtime: 6:30
Location: Fly Nightclub, 8 Gloucester Street (just east of Yonge)
Cost: Free
Tickets: Here!

And now… an obligatory list of ward 27′s awesome, diverse neighbourhoods: the Church-Wellesley Village, the Garden District, Ryerson, Upper Jarvis, Yorkville, and of course Rosedale.

#voteTO is a collective of progressive young people who wanted to endow the virtual body of the Twittersphere with a real-world political presence.  So far they have been reasonably successful.