Voters are entitled to three consecutive hours free from work to vote during advance voting or on election day.

If your work schedule can’t accommodate you to take four consecutive hours off, your employer must provide extra time off. 

This doesn’t mean you get to just take off from work for three hours though. It just means you have to be given a window of three hours to vote at some point during the day. So if you work from 12:30 PM to 8:30 PM, you still have three hours before your shift begins to vote (9 AM to 12 PM).

Your boss can't dock your pay or penalize you for taking the time to vote. You have to be paid your regular wage for the hours you're not working while you vote. Have that conversation with your employer now, as they have the right to decide when you get your time off!

If you already know you're going to be busy, unable to physically reach the polls, or away on vacation (lucky you) on Election Day, make a plan to vote early!

You have four options: 

1: Vote by mail! Your application to vote by mail must be received by the Chief Electoral Officer no later than 11 days before election day.

2: Vote at an advanced poll! Advance voting dates and times are currently TBD, and will be posted to the Elections Saskatchewan website when available. 

3: Homebound voting! Your application must be received by your constituency’s Returning Officer no later than 8 days before election day. Homebound voting takes place on the same days as advance polling days.

4: Mobile polls & hospital and remand centre polls! Elections SK establishes polls at hospitals, remand centres, and some care facilities across the province. 

Students who have moved from outside the province to study in Saskatchewan are immediately eligible to vote in provincial elections, provided they are Canadian citizens and at least 18 years of age. They are not required to have resided in the province for six months.

Students who have been living in Saskatchewan, but have moved to attend a school away from where they have been living, are permitted to register either at the:

• Residential address from which they moved; or at the
• Address of the location where they currently live while studying.

However, each student can only be registered at one address of residence — it is their own personal choice as to which address that should be.

Vote by mail! Your application must be received by the Chief Electoral Officer no later than 11 days before election day. 

You can choose to vote by mail, or find your nearest polling station. Voting places are being confirmed and will be published on the Elections Saskatchewan website when available. 

To be eligible to vote in Saskatchewan, you must be a resident of the province for at least the last 6 months leading up to election day. However, certain people are exempt from this criteria: 

Members of the Canadian Forces who are required to leave their residence in Saskatchewan to serve outside the province are permitted to remain registered as a provincial voter at the address where they resided before moving. If a spouse or the dependents of a Forces member moves with that member, they are legally provided the same voter registration flexibility that applies to the Forces member.

A non-Canadian, who is a British Subject and who was qualified as a Saskatchewan provincial voter on June 23, 1971 (that is, they were born on or before June 23, 1953 and resided in the province since or before December 23, 1970) is permitted to register as a provincial voter. However, they must declare their non-Canadian British Subject status at the time of registration.

You can vote in your new electoral district! Just bring a piece of ID and a proof of your new address. 

To make things quicker at the polls, though, you can register your new address before Election Day.

To register to vote, you can use the address of a shelter, hostel, or similar support centre that provides food, lodging, or other social services. 

As proof of address, you can use an admission form to a shelter or a letter of stay confirming you are receiving a shelter’s services. If you aren’t able to provide either of these documents, an eligible voter, who knows you and lives in the same constituency as you, may vouch for you at the voting place when you arrive to vote in-person.