Elections New Brunswick

• Election speculation cost New Brunswick nearly $2 million: chief electoral officer

  New Brunswick's chief electoral officer said Elections New Brunswick far exceeded the budget for 2023-2024 because it had to be ready in case voters were called to the polls early.

  Politics

  Jan 20, 2024
  
• N.B. elections agency blames ‘mix up’ after 260,000 households get wrong voter letter

  Nearly 260,000 households were sent incorrect information about the Nov. 28 local government elections, adding that her agency spent about $400,000 mailing the letters.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2022
  
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• Most of New Brunswick set to vote in municipal elections Monday

  Results will not be announced Monday because of a COVID-19 outbreak in the Edmundston and Upper Madawaska regions, which has delayed in-person voting there until May 25.

  Politics

  May 9, 2021
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• Local government election results in New Brunswick likely to be delayed provincewide

  With the lockdown in Zone 4 likely delaying polling day in that region, the reporting of results provincewide could be delayed as well.

  Politics

  Apr 12, 2021
• Saint John-area group offers support to women running for municipal office

  Three Saint John-area women have launched 'See Jane Run,' a grassroots organization aimed at encouraging more women to run in the upcoming municipal elections in New Brunswick.

  Politics

  Mar 2, 2021
• The man at the centre of Newfoundland and Labrador’s messy election is making history

  Last Friday, he took the unprecedented step of cancelling in-person voting and moving to all mail-in ballots, prolonging the election by at least three weeks.

  Canada

  Feb 19, 2021
• Elections N.B. recommends removing government power to appoint returning officers

  New Brunswick's chief electoral officer's recommendation comes with nine others arising from last summer's snap election.

  Politics

  Jan 28, 2021
• Advocacy group, Elections NB call for municipal election date

  The executive director of the Union of the Municipalities of New Brunswick is calling on the provincial government to set a date for municipal elections.

  Economy

  Sep 22, 2020
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• Elections New Brunswick refers complaint to Saint John police

  Details on the incident are limited and agencies are not offering comment.

  Crime

  Sep 16, 2020
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• ‘I feel like I have been silenced’: Dieppe man ineligible to vote in N.B. election calls for change

  An Ontario man who recently moved to New Brunswick says feels like he is being 'silenced' because he is ineligible to vote in the upcoming provincial election.

  Sep 10, 2020