Cornwall council requests extended hours for advance voting period

Preparations have begun for the municipal election taking place on Oct. 26, and Cornwall councillors requested that advance polling hours be extended. Council unanimously supported the amendment requested by Coun. Denis Sabourin to change advance polling hours outlined in a bylaw presented on Monday. The amendment reads that advance polling for the public at the Cornwall Square be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. instead of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Oct. 21-23. “The whole idea of the advance polls is to m