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New Brunswickers will head to the polls in May next year.
Elections New Brunswick says municipal elections will be held on May 10, 2021.
Officials say this will allow them time to put measures in place to ensure voters are safe from COVID-19.
Municipal Electoral Officer Kim Poffenroth says extra time is also needed to train workers on new technology that is being rolled out for this election.
Poffenroth says, “Elections New Brunswick intends to introduce workers, voters and candidates to a poll pad-based system that will replace many of the paper-based procedures currently used at polling stations and returning offices during elections that we administer.”
The election period is almost 60 days, which means candidates can start campaigning in March.
Elections were postponed earlier this year due to the pandemic.
