Michael MacKenzie of the Canadian Snowbird Association says his group is being inundated with calls and e-mails from snowbirds looking to ensure they can vote while in Florida and other warmer climates.
MacKenzie says an estimated 100,000 snowbirds travel south each winter to escape the frigid Canadian winter.
"[There are] people who stay up here [in Canada] for the holidays to be with family and friends and then the second wave hits the [United] States about the 26th of December, so by Dec. 26, everybody is down there and that's right in the middle of the election," MacKenzie said Tuesday.
However, anyone who will be out of Canada come election day, including snowbirds, can apply to Elections Canada for a special ballot voting kit.
The kit will be shipped to the mailing address provided by each eligible voter, Elections Canada says on its website.
Elections Canada must then receive completed ballots by 6 p.m. EST on Jan. 23, says MacKenzie, warning. "If you're late, you're out of luck." Any ballots received after that won't be counted regardless of the reason.
