All voters will be required to provide identification prior to obtaining a ballot.  Below is a link to acceptable forms of identification.

Local Authorities Election Act, Section 48

A person’s place of residence for this Act is governed by the following rules:

• a person may be a resident of only one place at a time for the purposes of voting under this Act;
• if a person has more than one residence in Alberta, that person shall designate one place of residence as the person's place of residence for the purposes of this Act¹;
• the residence of a person is the place where the person lives and sleeps and to which, when the person is absent, the person intends to return;
• a person does not lose the person's residence by leaving the person's home for a temporary purpose;
• if a person leaves the area with the intention of making the person's residence elsewhere, the person loses the person's residence within the area.
• A student who:

• attends an educational institution within or outside Alberta;
• temporarily rents accommodation for the purpose of attending an educational institution; and
• has family members who are resident in Alberta and with whom the student ordinarily resides when not attending an educational institution,

is deemed to reside with those family members.

¹A person shall designate the person's place of residence in accordance with the following factors in the following order of priority:

• the address shown on the person’s driver's license or motor vehicle operator’s license issued by or on behalf of the Government of Alberta or an identification card issued by or on behalf of the Government of Alberta;
• the address to which the person’s income tax correspondence is addressed and delivered; or
• the address to which the person’s mail is addressed and delivered.

All electors are eligible to vote at the advance voting opportunity. 

Unable to attend in person?  Special Ballots will be made available for the 2025 Municipal Election. More information will be made available at a later date.

Updated, 2:08 PM, June 202, 2025.

Local Authorities Election Act, Sections 80, 81, 82

Provisions are being made for institutional voting.  Please check back for updates on when and where these will be held.

An eligible voter must submit a request to the Returning Officer for a special ballot.

how to request a special ballot

Eligible voters requesting a special ballot are required to make the request using the Request for Special Ballot Package (Form 22). The request cannot be made by another individual on the eligible voter's behalf.

You can submit Form 22 using one of the following methods:

1. Email:
   1. Download Form 22 (see note in yellow above)
   2. Send the completed Form 22 with a copy of required identification* to: jmantay@barrhead.ca
2. Phone:
   1. Call 780-674-3301 to request a copy of Form 22. Further instructions will be provided over the phone.
   2. You will also need to submit a copy of required documentation* in person or by mail, e-mail, or fax as listed.
3. Fax:
   1. Fax 780-674-5648 to request a copy of Form 22 or download Form 22 and submit by fax.
   2. You will also need to submit a copy of required identification* in person, or by mail, e-mail, or fax as listed.
4. In person:
   1. Collect Form 22 from the Town of Barrhead office at 5014 50 Ave or you can download Form 22 here.
   2. Drop off the completed Form 22 and a copy of required identification* at the Town of Barrhead Office.
5. By Mail:
   1. Download Form 22 or request a Form 22 by mail directed your request to Town of Barrhead Office, Box 4189, Barrhead, Alberta T7N 1A2
   2. Mail the completed Form 22 and a copy of required identification* to the Town of Barrhead Office mailing address.

*Learn about required identification by visiting the ID requirements Section of the Voter information page.

submit your completed special ballot

Step-by-step instructions will be included in the special ballot package.

Eligible voters must submit the completed special ballot package to the Returning Officer before 8:00 pm on Monday, October 20, 2025 (Election Day).

Please note: Any special ballot packages that are incorrect or incomplete, or received after 8:00 pm on Monday, October 20, 2025, will not be accepted or counted.

Updated at 3:50 pm, September 24, 2025

download Form 22 here

If an elector does not understand the English language, an interpreter may translate the "Instructions for Electors" as well as respond to questions from the elector that are necessary for the purposes of the election.  Before acting as an interpreter, it is required that the person make a statement on the prescribed form; this is the Statement of Interpreter, Elector Who is Unable to Vote in the Usual Manner, Friend or Relative of Elector Who is Unable to Vote in the Usual Manner (Form 17).

If an elector  is unable to vote in the usual manner, they may request assistance.  This assistance may be provided by a Deputy Returning Officer, a friend, or a relative.  The elector must verbally make the prescribed statement which is the Statement of Interpreter, Elector Who is Unable to Vote in the Usual Manner, Friend or Relative of Elector Who is Unable to Vote in the Usual Manner (Form 17).  The friend or relative of the elector is also required to make the Statement of Interpreter, Elector Who is Unable to Vote in the Usual Manner, Friend or Relative of Elector Who is Unable to Vote in the Usual Manner (Form 17).

Local Authorities Election Act, Section 55, 56, 57

Voting is by secret ballot.

Except as permitted in the case of an incapacitated elector, no other person shall be in the voting compartment with the elector.

Except as permitted in the case of an incapacitated elector, no person shall be in a position where he/she is able to see how the elector marks the ballot.

It is an offence for an elector to show his ballot so another person can see how he/she voted, except as permitted in the case of an incapacitated elector.

No person shall be required to reveal how he/she has voted.

An elector may not vote for more than the number of persons to be elected to an office.

If applicable, an elector may vote once on each bylaw or question.

An elector may vote only once in an election.