Toronto Elections extends deadline to apply to vote by mail

As residents prepare to cast their ballots next month, Toronto Elections says it is extending the deadline for mail-in voting applications.

The organization said the deadline — initially set to pass at 4:30 p.m. on Friday — has now been extended to 11:59 p.m.

In a press release, Toronto Elections said the deadline has been extended to “provide eligible voters more time to apply to vote by mail.”

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Eligible voters must apply by calling 311, or online.

Toronto Elections said the new mail-in voting option “provides voters with a convenient way to vote, in addition to eight days of advance voting October 7 to 14 and election day on October 24.”

A total of 372 candidates have been certified to run in Toronto’s upcoming municipal election.

-with a file from Global News’ Isaac Callan