{"id":638847,"date":"2026-04-30T15:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/638847\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:56:09","slug":"winnipeg-gears-up-for-civic-election-as-mayoral-registration-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/638847\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg gears up for civic election as mayoral registration opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winnipeggers interested in running for mayor will be able to officially begin the registration process next month as preparations get underway for the fall civic election.<\/p>\n<p>In-person appointments required to enter race<\/p>\n<p>Residents who wish to enter the mayoral race must\u00a0complete their <a href=\"https:\/\/classic107.com\/articles\/winnipeg.ca\/election2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">registration<\/a> in person with a Senior Election Official. Appointments can be made in advance, starting May 1.<\/p>\n<p>City officials say anyone registering must provide all necessary information on their nomination paperwork.<\/p>\n<p>Candidates are also restricted from soliciting or collecting campaign contributions, spending any money on their campaign, or borrowing funds until their registration is complete and officially accepted.<\/p>\n<p>Candidate list to be posted and updated online<\/p>\n<p>Once registered, candidates will be added to an official list that will be posted online and updated regularly, leading up to nomination day.<\/p>\n<p>The final deadline to register is Tuesday, September 22, at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg heads to the polls October 28<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeggers will head to the polls on Wednesday, October 28, to vote for mayor, city councillors, and school trustees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winnipeggers interested in running for mayor will be able to officially begin the registration process next month as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-638847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}