Atikokan Rejects Mail-In Balloting

Voters in Atikokan won't be allowed to mail-in their ballots in this falls municipal and school board elections.

Township council voted against the idea of mail-in ballots at their meeting this week.

Mayor Dennis Brown was among those who saw no good reason to allow them.

"One of the purposes of the mail-in ballots is to try and get more participation at voting time," says Brown, "but in Atikokan that hasn't really been a problem. In the last four elections the voter turnout has been well over 50 per cent."

Brown says the cost of providing mail-in ballots would have also increased the cost of holding the election.