Even people without a home are being helped to vote in the October 22nd municipal election.
Staff with the city of Windsor went to the Downtown Mission and the Salvation Army in an effort to reach out to the homeless and register them for the election.
Colleen Zanutto registered to vote, something she's never done before.
"I find it important, at my age, to vote anyway," says Zanutto. "Cause I'm 55 and I have grandkids and that, I've got four grandkids and that's important to know what's going on in this life as they're growing up."
Colleen Zanutto signed up to vote, Downtown Mission, October 15, 2018 (by AM800's Peter Langille)
Deborah Frey believes everyone deserves the chance to vote.
"It's very important to vote because if we don't then we don't have the voice we should have," says Frey. "There's a lot of homeless people out there, there's 5,000 of us and we all need to get out and vote because we need to make a change."
Deputy City Clerk Steve Vlachodimos says the registry allows the people to figure out what ward they should vote in.
"When they do the paperwork with us, we will find out exactly where they sleep and eat the most frequently for the five weeks prior to election day," says Vlachodimos. "We will do the affidavit and then they will be assigned their voter notification card with the poll to go to and vote on election day."
He says this is the fourth time they've reached out to the homeless to help them register.
Vlachodimos says they register an average of 20 to 25 people.