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Almost a thousand voting stations will be staffed by thousands of volunteers in a massive effort to force the Ford government to respect democratic process and input on their hospital privatization plans
Vote counting & results announcement information listed here
TORONTO, May 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A map listing all voting stations across the province is available online at https://publichospitalvote.ca/find-voting-station This is what it looks like (below). On the website, you can zoom in for details and a list by region is below the map. Media are invited to go and see the voting taking place at voting stations across Ontario.
Map I: Southern Ontario to Northeast Ontario is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/d657a135-5476-4929-9cd1-c3bfe3fd887c
Map II: Northwestern Ontario is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/67de2079-6701-4558-82c3-eaf7e868a1c2
Online voting is also available for all Ontario residents at PublicHospitalVote.ca
Voting closes on Saturday, May 27 at midnight.
At time of writing, more than 160,000 votes have been received online and in advance polls.
Province-wide results will be announced outside Queen’s Park on Wednesday May 31 at 10 a.m.
A massive pile of ballots from the people’s referendum will be brought in from across Ontario and piled in front of the Legislature to be delivered to the government.
Local health coalitions across the province will be counting ballots on Saturday evening May 27 or Sunday May 28 as listed below and announcing results locally on Tuesday, May 30 as listed below.
Media contact: Natalie Mehra, executive director, Ontario Health Coalition 416-230-6402 (cell).
List of contacts and information for media to view vote counting and receive local/province-wide results:
Algoma Region:
Vote results will be announced outside Roy Romano’s office at 390 Bay St, Sault Ste. Marie at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 30.
Media contact: Albert Dupuis 613-808-7710, aldupuis@rogers.com
Atikokan Region:
Vote counting will take place at 191 Pine Crescent at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 28.
Media contact for results: Diana Coulomb 807-598-1189
Chatham-Kent:
Vote counting will take place at 36 Plantation Place, Chatham at 9 a.m. Sunday, May 28.
Vote results will be announced on Tuesday, May 30 at 10 AM outside the front entrance of Sydenham District Hospital in Wallaceburg.
Media contact: Shirley Roebuck 226-402 2724, goddess@bell.net
Cornwall & Region:
Vote counting will take place at the Automotive Room in the Benson Centre, Cornwall, starting at noon, Sunday, May 28.
Vote results will be announced on Tuesday, May 30 at 10 am in front of the Cornwall Community Hospital, on McConnell Avenue, midway between the emergency entrance and the general parking entrance.
Media contact: Louise Lanctot 613-932-1943, louiselanctot18@gmail.com
Durham Region:
Vote counting will take place at Valleyview …
