City council updates Elections Bylaw to accomodate Bill 20 changes
An updated Elections Bylaw including changes necessitated by Bill 20 has passed first reading in city council and is expected to cost the City an additional $650,000 in the next municipal election.
Bill 20 sets new rules for municipal elections, including a ban on the use of electronic vote counters. As a result, the City of Red Deer is budgeting to hire 200 election workers to hand count ballots in the October 2025 election.
This added cost is expected to raise the total cost of the election to $1.5 million.
Other changes made in the bylaw include: