CARP Advocacy and Education Officer, Bill VanGorder has weighed in on Elections Nova Scotia’s decision not to mail out voter cards to residents for the coming provincial election.

Not providing written notice as to where and when to vote is a disservice to seniors in Nova Scotia.

Read the entire article from The Canadian Press and CBC News here.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/voter-cards-nova-scotia-election-seniors-1.7372087

“CARP — the Canadian Association of Retired Persons — calls the move short-sighted and argues it risks excluding a key demographic from the voting process.

The association said many seniors don’t use the internet regularly and rely on the postal service for voting information, adding Elections Nova Scotia’s decision leaves older voters at a unique disadvantage.

“[Seniors] don’t do social media, they don’t look on the internet for this kind of information,” spokesman Bill VanGorder said Friday in an interview.”