I Am a Candidate!

Updated: 11/24/10

Candidate Guide

Please note that a detailed guide for candidates for all offices to be contested during the Municipal General Election is now available here, in PDF format and as a printed document at the City Clerk's Office. If you have specific questions regarding running for office, please contact us at Candidate@VaughanVotes.ca. Please note that this is the guide used in the October 25, 2010 general election so the dates may not be accurate, please check Key Dates.

Click here for a jpg of how voters will mark a ballot, which we encourage insertion into your campaign materials.

Voting Locations - Electioneering

Click here for the document on Electioneering

Scrutineers

All scrutineers must have a copy of the scrutineer appointment form with original signatures. One scrutineer or the candidate is allowed per ballot issuer as per the following list:

During the Advance Vote, January 6 and 8, 2011

One per candidate maximum at Vellore Village Community Centre

On voting day, Monday, January 10, 2011

  • Father Bressani – 4 per candidate (maximum)
  • Vellore Village Community Centre – 3 per candidate (maximum)
  • St. Gregory the Great – 2 per candidate (maximum)
  • St. Mary of the Angels – 2 per candidate (maximum)

Click Here to ensure you have a current copy of the Scrutineer Appointment Form

Election Campaign Signs

Signs may not be erected prior to the close of nominations November 26, 2010 on local roads. Regional Road signs may not be posted until 12:01 a.m. Monday, November 29, 2010. Signs on Steeles Avenue (north and south sides) are the jurisdiction of the City of Toronto . Contact the City of Toronto for deposit fee information.

Filing Tips

  • You will meet with the City Clerk or Deputy City Clerk for 20-30 minutes to review information and sign the required forms.
  • Call the City Clerk's Office, 905-832-8504, to set up an appointment with the City Clerk or Deputy Clerk to file your nomination paper. Appointments must be made in advance.
  • You become a candidate by filing a nomination paper in the City Clerk's Department, in person or by an agent. Transmissions by fax and e-mail, or mailed in nomination forms ARE NOT accepted.
  • If you choose to print forms from the links provided on the City's election website, please make sure to print the following on legal size paper:
    • The Nomination Paper; and
    • Declaration of Qualifications.
  • You must bring the following with you when you meet with the City Clerk or Deputy City Clerk:
    • the prescribed filing fee of $100.00 which must be paid by cash, certified cheque or money order payable to the City of Vaughan;
    • $5.00 fee for linking to your website (if any) from the City's election website;
    • photo-identification (such as a Driver's Licence), as you will be required to make a declaration of qualification before a Commissioner of Oaths in the Clerk's Office when filing your nomination paper.

Forms

Nomination Form
Declaration re Use of Voters' List
F O I Release and Website Link Agreement Form
Declaration of Qualifications - school trustee
Nomination Paper Withdrawal
Receipt Form
Appointment of a Scrutineer
Appointment of an Agent
Election Spending Limits - Preliminary
Voting Space on Ballot
Financial Statement - Auditor's Report Form 4
Financial Statement - Subsequent Expenses Form 5
Notice of Extension of Campaign Form 6
Procedures for the Use of Vote Tabulators - Amended
Order Form for Voters' List on CD
Road Allowance Permitted Sign Locations Map
V70 Sign Fee Form
V29B - Advance Vote Voters List by Email Request