Elections New Brunswick has confirmed that northwestern regions that are currently in lockdown due to COVID-19 will have their municipal elections suspended.
“This means that all elections, including those for municipal council, district education council and regional health authority boards in the designated area of Zone 4 that fall under the order, are temporarily suspended until such time as the lockdown is lifted,” said Municipal Elector Officer Kim Poffenroth, in a statement.
Voters in the affected areas will not be sent voter information cards until the lockdown has been lifted and Elections New Brunswick can rebook polling locations and train poll workers.
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The suspension also means that results reporting for the rest of the province will be delayed until all of the province has had a chance to vote.
Voting day, which is scheduled for May 10, was already put over from last year due to the pandemic.
Municipalities where elections are suspended include Edmundston, Haut-Madawaska, Lac Baker, Rivière-Verte, Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska and Saint Léonard.
The lockdown also impacts the elections for the Francophone Northwest school subdistricts 1, 2, 3 and 4 and well as Anglophone West sub-district 1.
Elections are also suspended for Vitalité Health Network subregions A3 and A4.