Voting Opportunities
Eligible voters of Rocky View County have multiple voting options. For the 2025 Municipal Election, eligible voters may cast their ballot through the following methods:
Eligibility to Vote
You are eligible to vote if you are:
- At least 18 years of age
- A Canadian citizen
- And reside in Rocky View County and your electoral division on election day - Monday, October 20, 2025
General Identification Requirements
All eligible voters must provide proper identification in order to vote in the 2025 Municipal Election.
There are now different identification requirements depending on whether an eligible voter is registered in the Permanent Electors Register.
If you are a new voter or are unsure if you are on the Permanent Electors Register, Rocky View County recommends that you bring the following identification with you to a voting station:
ONE PIECE of identification issued by a federal, provincial, or municipal government that includes the voter’s name, current address, and photograph.
Whether you are on the Permanent Electors Register or not, only one piece of identification can be used to verify a voter’s identity and current address. Multiple pieces of identification cannot be used in the 2025 Municipal Election.
Permanent Electors Register
All municipalities in Alberta will be required to create and use a Permanent Electors Register in Alberta’s 2025 Municipal Election. The Permanent Electors Register is a customized registry of eligible voters residing in their municipality.
- Note: Under the Local Authorities Election Act, the Permanent Electors Register may only be used for election purposes, and only election workers are able to use the information in the Permanent Electors Register.
Rocky View County coordinated with Elections Alberta to prepare its Permanent Electors Register using information obtained from provincial elections. The County’s Permanent Electors Register includes approximately 33,000 individual voters associated to nearly 14,000 unique addresses.
All eligible voters must either be on or be added to the Permanent Electors Register to vote in the 2025 Municipal Election. This is a new requirement. A voter may be added to the permanent electors register by:
- Registering electronically through Elections Alberta’s VoterLink tool (recommended); or
- Registering in person at any of the County’s voting stations during the advance vote or on election day.
If you have previously registered to vote in a previous Alberta provincial election, you should also be pre-registered to vote in the 2025 Municipal Election. You may check to see if you’re pre-registered or update your information through VoterLink.
Voters who are on the Permanent Electors Register are required to prove their identity through one piece of photo identification. For voters who are pre-registered in the Permanent Electors Register, verification of current address is not required as that information is already contained in the register.
If you have confirmed that you are on Rocky View County’s Permanent Electors Register, you will be required to produce the following to vote:
ONE PIECE of identification issued by the federal, provincial, or municipal government that includes the voter’s identity and photograph.
The piece of identification does not need to have the voter’s current address. For example:
Voters who are not listed on the Permanent Electors Register, or who need to update their information in the register, are required to provide one piece of photo identification that confirms both their identity and current address. This is necessary because their address is not already recorded in the register.
If you have confirmed that you are not on Rocky View County’s Permanent Electors Register, or are unsure, you will be required to produce the following to vote:
ONE PIECE of identification that includes the voter’s identity and current address.
The piece of identification does not need to have the voter’s photograph. For example:
The following forms of identification will not be accepted due to a lack of current address information:
Determining Residency
For the purposes of voting in the 2025 Municipal Election, a voter’s residence is defined as the following under the Local Authorities Election Act:
- The residence of a person is the place where the person lives and sleeps and to which, when the person is absent, the person intends to return.
An eligible voter may only reside in one place at a time for the purpose of voting in the 2025 Municipal Election and cannot vote in multiple locations.
If an eligible voter has more than one residence in Alberta, the voter must designate one of their residences as their primary residence for the purpose of voting in the 2025 Municipal Election.
Vouching
If you are not on the Permanent Electors Register and cannot provide an acceptable piece of identification verifying both your name and current address, you may have another eligible voter vouch for you, subject to the following:
- the voucher must be an eligible voter;
- the voucher must already be on Rocky View County’s permanent electors register;
- vouchers may only vouch for one voter, which may include that voter’s entire household; and
- the voucher and voter must complete the required paperwork in the voting station.
Counting of Election Day Ballots
To ensure the integrity of Rocky View County’s election results, and in compliance with provincial legislation, ballots cast on Election Day are counted within the voting station in which they were cast, with the counting process beginning immediately after the close of voting stations on Election Day.
Despite recent media coverage across the province, Rocky View County remains unaffected by the recent prohibition on the use of voting tabulators to count ballots for municipal elections. Rocky View County has always counted ballots by hand and will do so again in 2025.
Questions?
If you have questions about the Permanent Electors Register, verifying your identity and address, or acceptable forms of identification, please contact Rocky View County Elections at elections@rockyview.ca or (403) 230-1401.