CAMROSE, Alta. – There are a few new rules for Alberta farmers wanting to vote in the upcoming grain marketing plebiscite Nov. 14-24, said the chief returning officer.
Harold Hanna released more criteria this week about voting eligibility in the non-binding plebiscite on whether producers should be allowed to sell their wheat and barley outside the Canadian Wheat Board.
In order to be eligible to vote, producers must:
4 Have a principle residence in Alberta.
4 Be 18 years old.
4 Have or will report farm income, if taxable, in 1993, 1994, 1995 on a personal or Alberta corporate income tax return.
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4 Have not previously voted in the plebiscite.
As well, voters must have grown barley or wheat in Alberta in 1993, 1994 or 1995 and have a financial interest in wheat or barley as one of the following:
4 Landowner.
4 Lessee.
4 Participant in a crop share agreement.
4 Shareholder in a corporation.
4 Partner in a partnership.
4 Other farming entity.
Some landowners ineligible
Landowners who have cash rental agreements for land on which wheat and barley are grown and have no other interest in the crops are not eligible.
Eligible voters may vote in person at Alberta Agriculture district offices, the Agriculture Financial Services Corp. offices in Thor-hild, Castor, Grimshaw and Ponoka or at the returning office at the J.G. O’Donoghue Building in Edmonton.
Mail-in votes must be postmarked no later than Nov. 24.
