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A REPORT OF THECHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER

2019 GENERAL ELECTION

VOLUME I

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March 2020

Mr. Joseph Schow, Chair Standing Committee on Legislative Offices 6th Floor, Federal Building 9820 – 107 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5K 1E7 Dear Mr. Schow: I have the honour and privilege to submit the Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2019 Provincial General Election: Volume I in accordance with the provisions of section 4(5) of the Election Act. The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2019 Provincial General Election will be presented in three volumes, as follows:

• Volume I is comprised of information on conducting the election event, statistics, costs of the event and recommendations under the Election Act.

• Volume II is comprised of the poll-by-poll results and polling subdivision maps from all 87 electoral divisions.

• Volume III is comprised of information on the financial activities of political participants relating to the election event under the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act. This volume will be released in the summer of 2020.

Should you require additional information or clarification on anything contained in the Report, I would be pleased to respond.

Sincerely,

Glen Resler, CPA, CMA Chief Electoral Officer

TABLE OF CONTENTS MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER .............................................................................................. 1

1 EVENT OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................. 3

ELECTION CALL .................................................................................................................................................... 3

KEY DATES ........................................................................................................................................................... 4

SUMMARY STATISTICS ........................................................................................................................................ 5

2 EVENT PREPARATION ........................................................................................................ 7

BOUNDARY COMMISSION................................................................................................................................... 7

LEGISLATIVE AND PROCEDURAL CHANGES ......................................................................................................... 7

NEW INITIATIVES ................................................................................................................................................. 8

APPOINTMENT OF RETURNING OFFICERS .......................................................................................................... 9

RETURNING OFFICE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING ......................................................................................... 12

3 VOTER REGISTRATION ..................................................................................................... 13

2018 PROVINCIAL ENUMERATION .................................................................................................................... 13

REVISION PERIOD .............................................................................................................................................. 13

REGISTRATION AT THE POLLS ........................................................................................................................... 13

POST-POLLING DAY LIST OF ELECTORS ............................................................................................................. 14

4 THE GENERAL ELECTION ................................................................................................... 19

VOTER ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH ............................................................................................................ 19

ESTABLISHING RETURNING OFFICES ................................................................................................................. 30

NOMINATED CANDIDATES ................................................................................................................................ 31

ELECTION OFFICER RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING .......................................................................................... 33

VOTING OPTIONS .............................................................................................................................................. 35

UNOFFICIAL COUNT .......................................................................................................................................... 39

OFFICIAL COUNT ................................................................................................................................................ 40

JUDICIAL RECOUNT ........................................................................................................................................... 41

5 OFFICIAL RESULTS ............................................................................................................ 43

MEMBERS ELECTED TO THE 30TH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ............................................................................... 43

CANDIDATE SUMMARY OF RESULTS ................................................................................................................. 47

SUMMARY OF RESULTS BY ELECTORAL DIVISION ............................................................................................. 48

6 FINANCE .......................................................................................................................... 65

OVERVIEW OF FEES ........................................................................................................................................... 65

TOTAL COST SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................... 66

7 STATISTICS ....................................................................................................................... 75

COMPARATIVE STATISTICS ................................................................................................................................ 75

VOTER TRENDS AT ADVANCE POLLS ................................................................................................................. 82

VOTER SURVEY RESULTS ................................................................................................................................... 84

VOTER DEMOGRAPHICS .................................................................................................................................... 86

8 RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................................................... 99

FIXED DATE ELECTIONS ................................................................................................................................... 100

MANDATORY IDENTIFICATION ........................................................................................................................ 103

FLEXIBLE STAFFING PROVISIONS ..................................................................................................................... 104

ENABLE FLEXIBILITY FOR ADVANCE VOTING ................................................................................................... 106

ENABLE USE OF TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................................................ 108

INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF SPECIAL BALLOT ................................................................................................ 109

IMPROVE COLLECTION, USE AND PROTECTION OF ELECTOR DATA ............................................................... 111

ESTABLISH A THRESHOLD FOR COMPLETING THE OFFICIAL COUNT .............................................................. 113

APPENDIX A: LINE-BY-LINE PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS ............................................................. 114

Message from the Chief Electoral Officer | 1

MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER

The successful delivery of the 30th Provincial General Election was a result of the dedication of the staff at Elections Alberta, over 20,000 temporary election officers employed by my Office, and by our many vendors. Every person involved in this election worked to provide timely and efficient information and voting services to all participants. It was also incredibly rewarding to see the public interest and participation that occurred during this event.

Full-scale preparation for the election could not commence until the 2018 Provincial Enumeration was completed in October of 2018. Staff undertook preliminary election preparations in parallel with the conduct of the provincial enumeration activities. The bulk of election preparatory work was condensed into four months.

Yet, we recorded 67.5% voter participation, the highest since 1971. Contributing to this success was the increase in voting opportunities we were able to offer electors. Through the addition of an extra day

of advance voting and the through the introduction of the vote anywhere option, the volume of electors choosing to vote by advance poll exceeded all estimates. The number of electors who chose to vote in advance tripled the turnout seen in 2015. Equally as encouraging was that almost as many people chose to utilize the vote anywhere option as previously voted in advance polls during the 2015 election.

Significant IT development and staff training improvements were tested in by-elections and deployed for this election. Electronic poll books allowed election officers to access the poll book for the entire province to facilitate the vote anywhere option. Online training was developed for all election officers to supplement classroom training and to provide election officers with more opportunity for hands-on learning. The opportunity to test these systems in advance of the Provincial General Election through by-elections allowed us to identify improvements and efficiencies that were incorporated throughout the general election period.

Looking toward the 2023 Provincial General Election, I will continue to pursue new initiatives that encourage voter participation, increase efficiency at the polls, and contain the overall costs of the election.

Over 100 recommendations for legislative change have been included in this report. My recommendations are grouped into key improvements, including:

1. Establishing a fixed-date election; 2. Requiring mandatory identification at the polls; 3. Enabling the Chief Electoral Officer to determine appropriate staffing models; 4. Providing the Chief Electoral Officer the flexibility to deliver appropriate voting opportunities; 5. Enabling the use of technology; 6. Increasing the accessibility of Special Ballots;

2 | Message from the Chief Electoral Officer

7. Improving the collection, use, and protection of elector data; and 8. Establishing a threshold to determine the requirements for an official count.

I look forward to working with Members of the Legislative Assembly and Alberta Justice staff in modernizing electoral legislation to achieve further efficiencies in the delivery of electoral events.

Sincerely,

Glen Resler

Event Overview | 3

1 EVENT OVERVIEW ELECTION CALL Order in Council 082/2019 dissolved the Twenty-Ninth Legislative Assembly on March 19, 2019. Order in Council 083/2019, issued in parallel, commenced the 30th Provincial General Election in Alberta.

The Chief Electoral Officer subsequently issued Writs of Election to each of the 87 returning officers, pursuant to section 40 of the Election Act.

This began a period of intense activity, with the activation of returning office staff, call centre staff, vendors, and media relations staff. Elections Alberta also experienced a high volume of web traffic and phone calls, as people began to apply for jobs, request Special Ballots, and register to vote.

The public interest in the General Election and the increased volume of activity experienced at Elections Alberta, the returning offices, and at the polling stations continued for the entire election period.

With a final turnout of 67.5%, the 2019 Provincial General Election had the highest voter turnout since 1971.

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KEY DATES The election was conducted in compliance with the Election Act and the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act. The following key dates were established, based on the legislation and on the issuance of the Writs of Election.

Tuesday, January 1, 2019 Requests for Special Ballot made available to electors

Friday, February 1, 2019 Start of the campaign period; returning offices opened and returning officers were available to registered candidates to accept nomination papers

Tuesday, March 19, 2019 Order in Council 083/2019 issued; Writs of Election issued and transmitted to all returning officers

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Revisions and Special Ballots made available in the returning office Special Ballot package mail-out commenced

Friday, March 29, 2019 Candidate nominations closed (2 p.m.)

Tuesday, April 2, 2019 Where-to-vote cards mailed to every elector and residential address in all electoral divisions

Saturday, April 6, 2019 Revisions to the Lists of Electors closed (4 p.m.)

Monday, April 8, 2019 Mail-out of Special Ballots closed (6 p.m.)

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 to Saturday, April 13, 2019 Advance Polling Period

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 Election Day

Friday, April 26, 2019 Announcement of the official results

Sunday, June 16, 2019 Campaign period ended

Friday, August 16, 2019 Candidate campaign period financial statement filing deadline

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Registered political party and election third party advertiser campaign return deadline

Event Overview | 5

SUMMARY STATISTICS

Officials and Voting Places

Electoral Divisions 87

Returning Officers 89

Returning Office Staff 435

Election Officers 19,831

Polling Subdivisions 6,751

Locations visited by Mobile Polls 625

Advance and Special Mobile Polling Places 273

Election Day Polling Places 1,372

Voter Registration and Turnout

Registered voters at election call (as of February 1, 2019) 2,654,119

Electors added to the Register of Electors (as of January 2020) 411,356

Electors deleted from the Register of Electors (as of January 2020) 241,166

Registered voters on the post-polling day list of electors (as of January 2020) 2,824,309

Registered voters who voted 1,906,366

Voter turnout (as a percentage of registered voters on the post-polling day list) 67.5%

Candidates, Political Parties, and Third Party Advertisers

Registered political parties 13

Registered political parties that endorsed candidate(s) 13

Nominated candidates 492

Registered Election Third Party Advertisers 28

Political party election expense limit during the election period $2,000,000

Candidate election expense limit during the election period $50,000

Election Third Party election advertising expense limit during the election period $150,000

Results

Valid ballots 1,896,542

Rejected ballots 8,970

Declined ballots 854

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Event Preparation | 7

2 EVENT PREPARATION BOUNDARY COMMISSION The election was conducted using new electoral boundaries as defined in the Electoral Divisions Act.

The electoral boundaries were determined following the independent review by the 2016/2017 Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission and by the December 15, 2017 amendments of the Legislative Assembly.

LEGISLATIVE AND PROCEDURAL CHANGES Several legislative changes were brought into effect on January 1, 2018, under Bill 32: An Act to Strengthen and Protect Democracy in Alberta and were implemented for the first time during the 2019 Provincial General Election. Key changes to the Election Act are as follows:

• Residency (Sections 1 and 16) – The 6-month residency period for electors was removed. The Act maintained the requirement for electors to establish ordinary residence in Alberta.

• Election Officer Qualification (Section 46) – Only returning officers and election clerks must be electors.

• Revisions (Section 50) – Revisions to the list of electors can be made from the issuance of the writ until 4 p.m. on the Saturday before advance polls.

• Advance Polling (Section 98) – Tuesday was added as a fifth day of advance polling.

• Vote Anywhere (Section 99) – New means were added for electors to vote for their local candidate at any advance poll across the province.

• Mobile Polls (Section 120) – Shelters and community support centres were added to the definition of where mobile polls may serve. Additionally, mobile polls were given the ability to operate on any advance polling day, in addition to Election Day.

• Special Mobile Polls (Section 125.1) – Polls can now be established at any public post-secondary campus, work camp, correctional institution, Indian Reserve, Métis Settlement, or public building during the advance polling days.

• Special Ballot Requests (Section 116) – Special Ballot requests can now be made starting on January 1 of an election year. However, these ballots cannot be mailed out until the issuance of the Writ. Electors may continue to apply for a Special Ballot up until 6 p.m. on the day before advance polls open, or in-person until the close of poll on Election Day.

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NEW INITIATIVES The Chief Electoral Officer introduced several successful initiatives in the 2017 and 2018 by-elections to improve services to electors and stakeholders, and to assist returning officers in the performance of their duties. These initiatives were implemented province-wide in the general election:

• Mandatory online training for all election officers working at the advance polls, mobile polls, or on Election Day.

• Scenario-based in-person training, to better prepare election officers for their roles.

• Online training for candidates’ scrutineers, to better explain their roles and duties at the polls.

• Electronic poll books at all advance and special mobile polls to allow for the vote anywhere option.

• Online access for registered parties and candidates through a secure portal to revisions to the List of Electors and advance poll voting records.

• Bank-teller-style service for advance and special mobile polls, allowing electors to receive their ballots from any available polling station.

Additionally, the following initiatives were used for the first time in the 2019 Provincial General Election, to enable vote anywhere provisions under the legislation:

• Creation of the IT Support position, to assist the returning officer with set-up and troubleshooting of the technology used during advance and special mobile polling.

• On-demand ballot printing at all advance and special mobile polls, to allow for each elector to receive the ballot for their assigned electoral division, regardless of which poll they attended.

• Return of vote anywhere ballots to Elections Alberta for central tabulation by high-speed tabulators (counting machines).


APPOINTMENT OF RETURNING OFFICERS The Chief Electoral Officer appointed the following returning officers, pursuant to Section 9(1) of the Election Act.

Electoral Division Returning Officer

01 - Calgary-Acadia David McIntyre

02 - Calgary-Beddington AnneMarie Darichuk

03 - Calgary-Bow Susan McMahon

04 - Calgary-Buffalo Kevin Allen

05 - Calgary-Cross Walter (Wally) Clarke

06 - Calgary-Currie Linda Garrett

07 - Calgary-East Le-Anna (Le-Ann) Lundgren

08 - Calgary-Edgemont Merilyn O’Bryan

09 - Calgary-Elbow Ross Thrasher

10 - Calgary-Falconridge Grant Shewchuk

11 - Calgary-Fish Creek Shauna Hunter

12 - Calgary-Foothills Lynne Hodgson

13 - Calgary-Glenmore Elizabeth (Betty) Evans

14 - Calgary-Hays Catherine Misener

15 - Calgary-Klein Marion Owen

16 - Calgary-Lougheed Huntley O’Neill

17 - Calgary-McCall Bob Hogarth – until April 13, 2019 Diana Taylor – from April 13, 2019

18 - Calgary-Mountain View Sean McLennan

19 - Calgary-North Dezreen (Dez) Mills

20 - Calgary-North East Sharon Jensen

21 - Calgary-North West Ruth Sorrentino

22 - Calgary-Peigan Jackie Nixon

23 - Calgary-Shaw Ilene Burns

24 - Calgary-South East Donna McWilliams

25 - Calgary-Varsity Madeline Wood

26 - Calgary-West Curtis Lawson

27 - Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview Angela Zenowski



28 - Edmonton-Castle Downs Chris Gelinas

29 - Edmonton-City Centre William (Bill) Dolman

30 - Edmonton-Decore Bill Maxim

31 - Edmonton-Ellerslie Ward Baskett

32 - Edmonton-Glenora Kim Davis

33 - Edmonton-Gold Bar Leslie Silver

34 - Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood Anne Hill

35 - Edmonton-Manning Nada Gebara

36 - Edmonton-McClung Eldon Okrainetz

37 - Edmonton-Meadows Danny Kinal

38 - Edmonton-Mill Woods Brian Dompé

39 - Edmonton-North West Walter Szwender

40 - Edmonton-Riverview Gunnar Blodgett

41 - Edmonton-Rutherford Else Smart

42 - Edmonton-South Colette Williams

43 - Edmonton-South West Wendy Campbell

44 - Edmonton-Strathcona Kathleen Hopkins

45 - Edmonton-West Henday Marcia McKall

46 - Edmonton-Whitemud Barbara Willman

47 - Airdrie-Cochrane Lorraine Romain

48 – Airdrie-East Jean Kruse

49 - Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock Lorrill Waschuk

50 - Banff-Kananaskis Shirley Kine

51 - Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul Wayne Warner

52 - Brooks-Medicine Hat Daphne Anstey-Martin

53 - Camrose Michael Smith

54 - Cardston-Siksika Dawna Fiesel

55 - Central Peace-Notley Janette Meston

56 - Chestermere-Strathmore Whitney Zemp

57 - Cypress-Medicine Hat Allan Bloomfield

58 - Drayton Valley-Devon Sandi Dahl



59 - Drumheller-Stettler Janice Hoover

60 - Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche Sherry Campbell

61 - Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo Lori Sutinen

62 - Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Howard Huston

63 - Grande Prairie W.J. Keith Spencer

64 - Grande Prairie-Wapiti Margaret (Marge) Seweryn

65 - Highwood Brenda Honish

66 - Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Carla Gabert

67 - Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland Reanne Kronewitt

68 - Lacombe-Ponoka Margaret DeVries

69 - Leduc-Beaumont Eugene Miller

70 - Lesser Slave Lake Candace Callioux

71 - Lethbridge-East Donna Murray

72 - Lethbridge-West Ashley Haughton

73 - Livingstone-Macleod Blanche Schellenberg

74 - Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin Caroline Dillabough

75 - Morinville-St. Albert Julius Buski

76 - Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Laura Ewert

77 - Peace River Dawn Coulas

78 - Red Deer-North Fred Gorman

79 - Red Deer-South Jim Taylor

80 - Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre Jane Henderson

81- Sherwood Park Melody Yates

82 - Spruce Grove-Stony Plain Cindy Petherbridge

83 - St. Albert Katherine Zalasky

84 - Strathcona-Sherwood Park Darcy Gurski

85 - Taber-Warner Stella Lukinski

86 - Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright John Erkelens

87 - West Yellowhead Catie Kopp

Centralized Count of Vote Anywhere Ballots – Elections Alberta Pam Ursuliak & Pat Rollinson


RETURNING OFFICE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING Returning officers were responsible for recruiting four support staff needed in the returning office, consisting of an election clerk, an administrative assistant, a trainer, and an IT support. Returning office staff were provided with comprehensive mandatory training which included both online and in-person components.

Online training for returning office staff consisted of modules related to the set-up and operation of the returning office, as well as the requirement to view all training modules designed for all other election officers. This ensured that the returning office team had a full understanding of each role and the voting process. Online training could be done at the pace that was desired by the individual, with the goal for all online training to be completed prior to in-person training.

In-person training was provided in January and February 2019. Returning officers, election clerks, administrative assistants, and trainers attended a three-day training session, while IT support staff attended a one-day training session. This training combined a lecture-style format of delivery with tailored hands-on and scenario-based training.

Convention-style training was introduced at each training location, allowing all the 435 returning office staff across Alberta to be trained in just 13 days. While this posed a significant staffing resource challenge for Elections Alberta, it allowed for the quick deployment of training, for small classroom sessions, and for more interaction between returning office teams.

Voter Registration | 13

3 VOTER REGISTRATION 2018 PROVINCIAL ENUMERATION In the fall of 2018, a provincial enumeration was conducted, as described in A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: 2018 Enumeration. Over 320,000 new electors were added to the Register of Electors in anticipation of the 2019 Provincial General Election. Between the conclusion of the enumeration in October 2018 and the issuance of the writ on March 19, 2019, electors were able to update their information or add themselves to the Register of Electors by contacting Elections Alberta or using voterlink.ab.ca.

Elections Alberta staff also updated the Register of Electors by inputting new data received from other provincial sources, such as elector moves captured through motor vehicle registry data.

On February 1, 2019, when the pre-election List of Electors was generated, it contained 2,654,119 electors. Registered political parties were provided with the List of Electors as per section 18(1)(b) of the Election Act, at the start of the campaign period for the General Election.

REVISION PERIOD The revision period commenced upon the issuance of the writ, on March 19, 2019. It ran until Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 4 p.m. During this time electors could add, confirm or update their own personal information in the Register of Electors by:

• Going online to voterlink.ab.ca;

• Contacting the provincial call centre; or

• Visiting their local returning office.

Elections Alberta experienced significant volumes of electors confirming and updating their information in this time period. Over 74,000 voter registrations were submitted online during the revision period. Upon further review of these registrations, 2,601 were identified as duplicate registrations (e.g. the elector submitted the same registration information more than once) and 25,833 were already contained in the Register of Electors with current information.

REGISTRATION AT THE POLLS Electors who are registered to vote are listed in the poll book for their polling subdivision. If they are listed in the poll book, legislation does not require identification to be shown in order to vote. However, electors who are not listed in the poll book must first register to vote by completing a Declaration of Elector and providing identification to prove their name and current physical address.

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There were 257,178 registrations completed at the polls, 105,216 at advance polls, and 151,962 on Election Day. Of the electors that voted, only 8.6% were required to register at the polls.

POST-POLLING DAY LIST OF ELECTORS Following the election, Elections Alberta undertook a large-scale review of the Register of Electors, updating elector information from data collected at the polls regarding new registrations and corrections. Following this review, there were 2,824,309 electors contained in the Register of Electors, comprising a 6.4% increase from the pre-election list.

In accordance with section 19(2) of the Election Act, updated lists were made available to registered political parties and Members of the Legislative Assembly in January 2020. Data files were made available for download via a secure internet portal. To further safeguard transmission of personal information, and to reinforce the restrictions for use, per section 20 of the Election Act, recipients were also provided information to reinforce how they might appropriately use elector information. This included information on the penalty for misuse of elector information, which includes fines up to $100,000, or a term of imprisonment of up to one year, or both.

Pre- to Post-Election Changes in the Register of Electors

Electoral Division Feb 2019

Elector Count

Electors Added

Electors Deleted

Jan 2020 Elector Count

Percent Change

(Pre/Post)

01 – Calgary-Acadia 33,430 3,254 2,052 34,632 3.6%

02 – Calgary-Beddington 33,827 2,341 1,323 34,845 3.0%

03 – Calgary-Bow 35,626 3,530 2,163 36,993 3.8%

04 – Calgary-Buffalo 35,068 8,471 5,107 38,432 9.6%

05 – Calgary-Cross 29,794 2,363 1,313 30,844 3.5%

06 – Calgary-Currie 33,109 5,357 3,609 34,857 5.3%

07 – Calgary-East 30,706 2,798 1,661 31,843 3.7%

08 – Calgary-Edgemont 35,458 2,400 1,512 36,346 2.5%

09 – Calgary-Elbow 32,904 4,952 2,922 34,934 6.2%

10 – Calgary-Falconridge 27,715 2,057 923 28,849 4.1%

11 – Calgary-Fish Creek 35,421 2,428 1,691 36,158 2.1%

12 – Calgary-Foothills 30,571 3,584 1,381 32,774 7.2%

13 – Calgary-Glenmore 35,696 2,874 1,879 36,691 2.8%

14 – Calgary-Hays 32,509 3,436 1,715 34,230 5.3%

15 – Calgary-Klein 33,096 3,943 2,647 34,392 3.9%



Elector Count

Electors Added

Electors Deleted


Percent Change

(Pre/Post)

16 – Calgary-Lougheed 25,742 2,372 1,068 27,046 5.1%

17 – Calgary-McCall 20,898 2,646 641 22,903 9.6%

18 – Calgary-Mountain View 35,931 6,451 4,066 38,316 6.6%

19 – Calgary-North 23,114 2,636 975 24,775 7.2%

20 – Calgary-North East 25,194 3,450 1,282 27,362 8.6%

21 – Calgary-North West 32,701 2,245 1,362 33,584 2.7%

22 – Calgary-Peigan 32,797 2,850 1,748 33,899 3.4%

23 – Calgary-Shaw 30,099 3,573 1,474 32,198 7.0%

24 – Calgary-South East 27,124 4,277 1,823 29,578 9.0%

25 – Calgary-Varsity 31,105 3,553 2,236 32,422 4.2%

26 – Calgary-West 31,488 2,277 1,195 32,570 3.4%

27 – Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview 30,260 3,379 2,428 31,211 3.1%

28 – Edmonton-Castle Downs 30,063 3,676 1,786 31,953 6.3%

29 – Edmonton-City Centre 32,370 7,887 5,200 35,057 8.3%

30 – Edmonton-Decore 32,213 2,712 1,908 33,017 2.5%

31 – Edmonton-Ellerslie 26,346 4,744 1,793 29,297 11.2%

32 – Edmonton-Glenora 30,886 3,896 2,433 32,349 4.7%

33 – Edmonton-Gold Bar 34,236 4,770 3,451 35,555 3.9%

34 – Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood 29,782 3,965 3,151 30,596 2.7%

35 – Edmonton-Manning 30,980 3,658 1,823 32,815 5.9%

36 – Edmonton-McClung 28,063 2,764 1,866 28,961 3.2%

37 – Edmonton-Meadows 29,915 3,356 1,748 31,523 5.4%

38 – Edmonton-Mill Woods 31,431 3,061 2,139 32,353 2.9%

39 – Edmonton-North West 28,907 3,998 2,266 30,639 6.0%

40 – Edmonton-Riverview 29,971 3,952 2,841 31,082 3.7%

41 – Edmonton-Rutherford 31,067 3,298 2,288 32,077 3.3%

42 – Edmonton-South 29,052 6,207 2,652 32,607 12.2%

43 – Edmonton-South West 29,623 5,147 2,044 32,726 10.5%

44 – Edmonton-Strathcona 29,943 6,734 4,982 31,695 5.9%



Elector Count

Electors Added

Electors Deleted


Percent Change

(Pre/Post)

45 – Edmonton-West Henday 28,293 4,671 2,426 30,538 7.9%

46 – Edmonton-Whitemud 31,820 2,713 1,723 32,810 3.1%

47 – Airdrie-Cochrane 35,092 6,947 3,471 38,568 9.9%

48 – Airdrie-East 33,190 5,024 2,485 35,729 7.6%

49 – Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock 32,066 7,038 5,055 34,049 6.2%

50 – Banff-Kananaskis 28,615 5,388 2,757 31,246 9.2%

51 – Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul 30,192 8,144 5,137 33,199 10.0%

52 – Brooks-Medicine Hat 32,591 4,983 3,317 34,257 5.1%

53 – Camrose 30,437 5,325 3,567 32,195 5.8%

54 – Cardston-Siksika 23,308 5,063 3,321 25,050 7.5%

55 – Central Peace-Notley 18,057 5,216 3,528 19,745 9.3%

56 – Chestermere-Strathmore 32,111 4,220 2,105 34,226 6.6%

57 – Cypress-Medicine Hat 35,157 3,969 2,529 36,597 4.1%

58 – Drayton Valley-Devon 32,291 6,555 4,292 34,554 7.0%

59 – Drumheller-Stettler 28,065 6,223 4,609 29,679 5.8%

60 – Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche 22,165 6,566 3,109 25,622 15.6%

61 – Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo 18,290 5,896 1,689 22,497 23.0%

62 – Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville 35,488 5,449 3,006 37,931 6.9%

63 – Grande Prairie 28,997 6,402 3,624 31,775 9.6%

64 – Grande Prairie-Wapiti 29,692 9,356 5,307 33,741 13.6%

65 – Highwood 33,014 5,735 3,327 35,422 7.3%

66 – Innisfail-Sylvan Lake 32,360 5,899 3,386 34,873 7.8%

67 – Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland 29,992 7,701 4,183 33,510 11.7%

68 – Lacombe-Ponoka 29,969 6,819 4,082 32,706 9.1%

69 – Leduc-Beaumont 32,825 5,604 2,724 35,705 8.8%

70 – Lesser Slave Lake 14,343 3,457 1,646 16,154 12.6%

71 – Lethbridge-East 33,080 3,344 2,257 34,167 3.3%

72 – Lethbridge-West 33,254 5,105 2,736 35,623 7.1%

73 – Livingstone-Macleod 34,074 6,364 4,265 36,173 6.2%



Elector Count

Electors Added

Electors Deleted


Percent Change

(Pre/Post)

74 – Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin 26,883 5,873 3,808 28,948 7.7%

75 – Morinville-St. Albert 34,332 5,311 2,544 37,099 8.1%

76 – Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills 34,129 7,470 5,224 36,375 6.6%

77 – Peace River 21,478 4,892 2,912 23,458 9.2%

78 – Red Deer-North 30,279 4,224 2,528 31,975 5.6%

79 – Red Deer-South 35,844 4,447 2,796 37,495 4.6%

80 – Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre 30,711 9,724 6,736 33,699 9.7%

81 – Sherwood Park 33,768 3,418 2,125 35,061 3.8%

82 – Spruce Grove-Stony Plain 33,909 6,691 3,304 37,296 10.0%

83 – St. Albert 35,850 3,068 2,033 36,885 2.9%

84 – Strathcona-Sherwood Park 33,859 3,029 1,477 35,411 4.6%

85 – Taber-Warner 26,850 5,128 3,709 28,269 5.3%

86 – Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright 28,665 6,847 4,047 31,465 9.8%

87 – West Yellowhead 32,503 8,736 5,693 35,546 9.4%

TOTAL 2,654,119 411,356 241,166 2,824,309 6.4%

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4 THE GENERAL ELECTION VOTER ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH Elections Alberta developed a comprehensive voter engagement and outreach plan for the 2019 Provincial General Election. This plan focused on improving access to information and reducing barriers to voting.

Stakeholder Engagement

Several distinct stakeholder groups were engaged to address each group’s common voting needs, necessitating a more tailored dialogue. For the 2019 Provincial General Election, our outreach was accomplished in the following ways:

Canadian Forces

With assistance from the Judge Advocate General’s Office, information was provided to active service personnel through routine orders and through the circulation of an election overview document. This allowed for information on the specifics of the election, eligibility requirements, registration provisions and options for Special Ballots to be distributed widely. Members were also assisted one-on-one, with specific information as they required, to aid in their access to a ballot. For example, personnel serving on a deployment would call or email Elections Alberta to discuss alternative voting methods, given their inability to otherwise attend a poll. These requests were managed on a case-by-case basis.

Disability Community

Similar voting information was shared with members of the disability community and with local service organizations that work with disabled persons. Information was provided on the means available to vote independently, and the voter assistance tools available. These tools included an enlarged ballot poster, magnifier, voter template, and tactile pencil. Information on which polls offered barrier-free access was also made available through newspaper advertisements, where-to-vote cards, and the Elections Alberta website.

Seniors

Information was provided to over 1,100 provincial senior residences and service organizations, outlining general voting information, alternative voting methods, and accessibility options. Additional information was also provided on where to find candidate information to help inform seniors on who was running in each electoral division. Additionally, prior engagement with seniors living facilities ensured that many seniors were pre-registered on the List of Electors, to avoid unnecessary paperwork during the voting process.

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First Nations and Métis

Engagements made prior-to and during the enumeration period helped to establish how many reserves and settlements wished to have a poll held within their community.

Seventy percent of First Nations opted for a poll on reserve and 100% of Métis Settlements held a poll on Settlement.

Under the new provisions introduced for special mobile polls, an additional nine First Nations and Métis Settlements held polls in their community during the advance voting days than in 2015.

Additionally, more information was provided to First Nations and Métis Settlements regarding election employment, alternative voting, and identification requirements.

Work Camps

A provincial inventory of work camps was compiled. This information was used to inform returning officers of work camps within their electoral divisions to determine ideal poll placement for the workers temporarily residing in the camps. Special mobile polls were held in several work camps, with many advance polls held in communities close to the camps; particularly where the camps were inaccessible to election officers (i.e. controlled roads). In these cases, energy companies were contacted to help communicate with their workers and arrange transport to the polling locations.

Multi-Unit Dwellings

Notice was provided to over 100 apartment and condominium associations, rental agencies, and boards across Alberta regarding the right of access for campaigning during an election. We worked closely with these parent companies and their local property managers to ensure compliance with legislation, while equally working to inform political campaigns, law enforcement bodies, and other supporting groups of the regulated requirements.

We also worked on a case-by-case basis with tenants who had concerns about building safety and security or election signage. When significant challenges occurred, contractually engaged former law enforcement officers were asked to assist to provide information to property managers and to arrange for access for candidates or their campaign workers.


Incarcerated

This election saw a complete change in how we managed the process relating to incarcerated electors. More onus was placed upon the inmate elector to determine if they were eligible; and, for which residence they would choose to vote from, as per section 1(3) of the legislation.

Additionally, program liaison officers were given a centralized contact for ballot requests, alleviating the requirement for liaisons to look up which of the 87 electoral offices they would need to contact for each requesting inmate, improving response time significantly.

All information materials for incarcerated electors were written for low literacy, improving general understanding and alleviating access and participation barriers. Clear instructions were also provided to program liaison officers, allowing more time for liaisons to encourage inmate participation and provide them with specific information.

In a post-event survey, four out of five program liaison officers felt the system was greatly improved.

Post-secondary

All publicly funded campuses and related student associations in Alberta were contacted prior to the election to determine their interest in hosting a vote anywhere poll. As a new initiative for campuses, the response was very strong. In total, 21 polls were established on campuses during the advance poll period.

To further encourage students to participate in these polls, a print and social media campaign was developed for use by campus-based and student-focused organizations. We worked closely with these groups to post materials around campus and share information on their association’s social media platforms.

Many student organizations also conducted significant “Get Out the Vote” activities on campus, of their own accord, based on this engagement.

Photo from @TruthOrDaria via Twitter


Youth

Elections Alberta partnered with two youth-focused organizations to deliver engagement programming:

Apathy is Boring ran a campaign focused on direct engagement of youth through activation sessions with community youth groups and through random engagement by street teams. This was paired with a targeted social media campaign. Here, a total of 60 service organizations were engaged, reaching over 1,000 youth in person and 40,000 online.

CIVIX provided the Student Vote program to 1,350 Alberta-based schools. By creating the opportunity for these youth to vote in parallel with the provincial election, over 170,000 students were able to cast a ballot – some for the first time.

Building Future Voters

Building Future Voters is a curricular program adapted to meet with the requirements of the Alberta Social Studies Program for Grades 6 and 9 and the 20- and 30- high school learning pathways. It helps to reinforce the fundamentals of democracy and encourage participation in the political process through interactive, module-based learning sequences. This past year, our resource saw its busiest year to date, with over 1,900 print copies distributed during the 2018/2019 school year and 1,220 users logging onto the Building Future Voters website.

Student Vote Results:


Political Party and Campaign Outreach

Elections Alberta attended campaign colleges prior to the start of the election period. Each of the sessions were attended by political party representatives, candidates, chief financial officers, and official agents seeking to gain a better understanding of the statutory requirements.

Five sessions were provided: three in Edmonton and two in Red Deer. These sessions provided information on topics related to the Election Act, Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act and Elections Alberta’s Online Financial System. Key topics included legislative changes, scrutineer conduct, nomination contests, the candidate nomination process, contribution receipting and financial reporting requirements, spending limits and advertising guidelines.

Opportunities were provided at the Elections Alberta head office for political parties to participate in live demonstrations of the new advance poll staffing model and vote anywhere centralized count. We also facilitated discussions on cyber security with presentations by Alberta Security & Strategic Intelligence and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security. Five registered political parties participated.

During the election period, all returning officers offered an information session to nominated candidates to review the legislation and election process. These information sessions were held after the close of nominations and were well attended.

Additional information was also made available, via an online training module, for scrutineers to review their role at the polls. Scrutineers can be appointed by candidates to observe voting at polling stations and counting of ballots. Scrutineers are not able to interfere with the running of the poll but provide a valuable role in ensuring the integrity of the electoral process.

Public Education Campaign

During the election period, extensive advertising was conducted to provide information to the public regarding:

• Eligibility to Vote;

• Available Voting Opportunities;

• Where to Vote;

• When to Vote; and

• Election Officer Job Opportunities.

To ensure that this information reached the broadest segment of the province, materials were available through a provincial mail-out of where-to-vote cards, radio, online and social media, billboard signage, and newspaper advertising. A provincial call centre was established to assist electors, and there was continual social media monitoring during the event. Numerous news releases, media interviews and a media live demonstration were also conducted to help distribute information.


Where-to-Vote Cards

Individual where-to-vote (WTV) cards were sent to every mailable residential address in Alberta with information about when and where to vote specific to that address. For addresses with registered electors, this mailing included customized voting cards that could be brought to the polling place to allow for quicker service at the polls.

Approximately 2,647,086 electors were mailed a WTV card in 1,679,863 household packages over the last two weeks of the election period. The front of the card provided elector information on their assigned Election Day polling location. The back of the card provided nearby advance polling locations and encouraged electors to visit www.elections.ab.ca to find more opportunities for vote anywhere polling.


Radio

Two radio commercials were developed; one to communicate the new vote anywhere feature of the advance polls and one to remind electors that they could vote only at their assigned voting station on Election Day. The dichotomy between these two opportunities created challenges for developing advertising that ensured that electors were aware of the differences between these two polling opportunities.

Radio commercials ran between April 2 and April 16 on over 100 stations across the province, as well as several online channels, resulting in 62,685,112 impressions.

Website

All Elections Alberta advertising redirects electors to the Elections Alberta website as the source for detailed election information. In addition to information that is always available on the website, five sub-sites saw significant traffic during the election period:

• Register to Vote (voterlink.ab.ca) was utilized by electors registering, confirming or updating their information. The site had 1,538,795 pageviews and over 74,000 registrations during the two weeks that it was available for revisions.

• Special Ballots (specialballot.elections.ab.ca) was utilized by electors requesting a Special Ballot if they were not available to vote at an advance or Election Day poll. The site was available until April 8, at 6 p.m. The site had 330,789 pageviews and 23,907 Special Ballot requests were received.

• Jobs (elections.ab.ca/jobs) was utilized by Albertans applying to work as election officers. The site had 1,194,022 pageviews and 33,575 applications were received.

• Where to Vote (map.elections.ab.ca) was utilized by electors looking for available polling locations. This site provided a map view of all advance poll locations, as well as their hours of operation, and an option to get directions to the location. For Election Day, the designated polling station for the elector’s address was provided. The site had 1,789,947 pageviews, with the largest volume experienced on Election Day.

• Results (elections.ab.ca/election-results) was utilized on Election Night and the following days to access results as they were being reported by the electoral divisions. The site had 11,434,713 pageviews, with the largest volumes experienced following the close of polls.


Social Media / Online

Elections Alberta’s presence on social media was enhanced for the 2019 Provincial General Election with the addition of Instagram and Snapchat to our social media suite, which already included Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

Advertisements for these channels also included more video and animations than had been used previously. An animated video, The Beginner’s Guide to Voting, was developed to provide how-to information for the most common election questions:

• What do I need to vote?

• How do I find my polling station?

• Who are the candidates in my area?

Elections Alberta provided continual social media monitoring to provide timely information to electors and to moderate the commentary on our channels. Over 25,400 comments were received, with over 4,000 on Election Day alone. On average, 17% of the comments received required a response. The most common theme of the comments received across all platforms was political comments followed by positive messaging regarding the election.

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Billboards

Roadside billboards were placed in 200 locations province-wide to advertise available election officer jobs. Once recruitment in an area was completed, the signs were then utilized to provide a reminder of the date of the Election.

Newspaper

Newspaper advertisements were utilized to provide electors with detailed information on where to vote, by providing maps and polling locations for the local electoral divisions. Multi-page ads were run in 136 newspapers across the province. Inserts were provided for newspapers in Edmonton, Calgary, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Red Deer and Lethbridge.

Information on eligibility to vote and where to access voting information was also published in 41 multicultural publications, translated into French, Chinese, Tagalog, Korean, Punjabi and Urdu.


Call Centre

A provincial call centre was established to assist electors with obtaining information, determining where to vote, registering to vote and ordering Special Ballots. The call centre was operated weekdays from 8:15 a.m. to 8 p.m. and weekends from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The call centre was staffed with up to 44 operators at a time. Over the 29 days that it operated, over 49,000 calls were received (averaging 1,690 per day), with over 5,000 calls received on Election Day.

Media Availability

The media were major partners in our goal to provide education to the public. Elections Alberta staff were interviewed on numerous radio and television stations, as well as providing comments by phone and email upon request throughout the election period. This greatly assisted Elections Alberta in providing clarification, information and updates to the public.

A media demonstration of the new features for advance polling and the process for the centralized count of vote anywhere ballots was also offered on March 26, 2019. The demonstration allowed for footage of the electronic poll books, ballot on demand printers, and high-speed tabulators to be shared with the public. Providing this opportunity resulted in significant coverage of the new initiatives. It aided in increasing voter awareness of the vote anywhere capacity of the advance polls, and the expected delay in the release of the unofficial results on the vote anywhere ballot count.

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Public Engagement Campaign

In addition to providing electors with the necessary information to get to the polls, a public engagement campaign was developed to encourage electors to participate and vote at the polls. The campaign slogan, “Don’t Let Others Decide for You”, #ChooseYourAlberta, was intended to highlight the value of each individual vote in the election. This campaign ran during the election period both online and on social media, at movie theatres and on mainstream television.

Social Media / Online

The online and social media campaign accompanied the public information and engagement campaigns, with many ads serving both purposes. The campaign performed well, with:

• 50.7 million impressions;

• 2.2 million social ad engagements;

• 3 million video views; and

• 474,000 link clicks.

The two most popular ads achieved a greater viral reach than paid reach. These included:

Elections Alberta was the first electoral agency in Canada to have:

• A custom designed Twitter emoji applied to four hashtags: #abvote, #ableg, #abpoli, and #ChooseYourAlberta

• GIFs specific to a single election. The four GIFs resulted in over 5.5 million views with zero paid placement costs.


Television / Movie Theatre

A 30-second commercial was developed that aired on local channels in Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, and Lloydminster between March 25 and April 16. There were a reported 36,276,080 impressions to the ad. The three vignettes within the commercial were also utilized in online advertising as individual videos.

The television commercial also played during pre-movie advertisements in 45 Cineplex and Landmark theatres. These ads ran between March 29 and April 11, resulting in 381,756 impressions.

ESTABLISHING RETURNING OFFICES Returning offices were established for each of the 87 electoral divisions, beginning on February 1, 2019. Offices were established on this date, in consideration of the fixed election period; the Writ of Election could have been issued anytime between February 1, 2019 to May 3, 2019, for an Election Day between March 1 and May 31. February 1st was also the beginning of the campaign period and of the period when candidates could meet with returning officers to file nomination papers.

All materials necessary for the conduct of the election are ordered and prepared centrally by Elections Alberta, a process that starts a year in advance with the ordering of ballot paper and ballot boxes. These were assembled into 524 shipment containers, and staged for delivery over a four-day period to all returning offices province-wide. To see this process in action, a time-lapse video is available at: https://youtu.be/AotexshDSFA.

Returning offices utilized the time prior to the Writ of Election preparing their offices by receiving and setting up furniture, unpacking shipments, and ensuring telephone and internet connectivity. Offices also completed pre-election assembly of the election materials necessary for each polling station to enable election officers to provide support to electors and conduct the vote.


NOMINATED CANDIDATES The Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act requires all political parties, constituency associations, leadership contestants, nomination contestants, and candidates to be registered with Elections Alberta and file financial statements regarding their activities. Volume III of the Election Report covers the financial and registration aspects of nomination contestants and candidates in relation to the 2019 General Election.

Following their registration with Elections Alberta as a candidate under the authority of the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act, both endorsed and independent candidates must complete a nomination paper under the Election Act. The prospective candidate needs to collect signatures from 25 electors from the electoral division in which they wish to run and must submit their nomination papers to the returning officer alongside a $500 deposit prior to the close of nominations. The deadline during this election was 2 p.m. on March 29, 2019. Upon acceptance of the nomination paper by the returning officer, the candidate formally becomes a candidate under the Election Act and appears on the ballot. Candidates can either be endorsed by a registered political party or be independent.

In total, 541 candidates registered with the Chief Electoral Officer in accordance with section 9 of the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act, and 492 filed candidate nomination papers in accordance with section 61 of the Election Act.

No candidate withdrew following the close of nominations and no candidate was elected by acclamation. The highest number of candidates were nominated in the Edmonton-Strathcona electoral division with 11 candidates on the ballot. The fewest number of nominated candidates on the ballot was four, which occurred in 16 electoral divisions.

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A candidate listing by party affiliation is given below. This shows the number of candidates that registered, the number that filed candidate nomination papers, and the number elected, by political party.

Political Party Affiliation Number of Candidates Registered

Number of Candidates Nominated

Number of Candidates

Elected

Alberta Advantage Party 30 28 0

Alberta Independence Party 79 63 0

Alberta Liberal Party 54 51 0

Alberta New Democratic Party 90 87 24

Alberta Party 91 87 0

Communist Party-Alberta 4 4 0

Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta 30 24 0

Green Party of Alberta 34 32 0

Pro-Life Alberta Political Association 1 1 0

Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta 1 1 0

Reform Party of Alberta 1 1 0

United Conservative Party 91 87 63

Wildrose Party 1 1 0

Independent 34 25 0

TOTAL 541 492 87


ELECTION OFFICER RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING Returning officers are responsible for the recruitment and hiring of the front-line election officers who staff the advance and Election Day polls. They target community groups and contact electors with enumeration or election experience to work in the polls. In many cases, individual returning offices recruited well over 200 election officers each.

Returning officers and trainers received educational resources to equip them to train election officers: supervisory deputy returning officers, registration officers, information officers, poll clerks and deputy returning officers. They were provided with a complete package of hands-on scenario-based training.

In addition, for the first time, Elections Alberta provided mandatory online instruction for all election officials on how to complete all election forms and the processes used at the polls.

In total, returning officers and trainers delivered 1,718 election officer training sessions to the 19,831 Albertans hired to staff the polls. This demanding task was accomplished in the latter part of the 28-day election period.


Staffing Model

A new staffing model was deployed at the advance polls to provide more streamlined service for electors. Rather than having two election officers, a deputy returning officer and a poll clerk, a single deputy returning officer equipped with an electronic poll book provided service at each station.

The duties of the registration officer were also amalgamated into the deputy returning officer role, so that each elector could be fully served by one election officer regardless of whether or not they were registered to vote. Any election officer could provide service to any elector, allowing for a first-come, first-served business model. After marking their ballot, electors were directed to an election officer responsible for the ballot box to cast their vote. This eliminated the need for them to return to the election officer that had originally issued the ballot for depositing in the ballot box. This allowed for a one-direction flow of electors through the polling place, easing confusion on the process of voting.

This new staffing model was essential for the management of the vote anywhere service and the volume of electors that came to the advance polls. There was an 198% increase in turnout at the advance polls from the 2015 General Election. This volume was served with an overall 55% increase in staffing levels, while also adding over 100 additional locations for advance and special mobile voting.


VOTING OPTIONS

Special Ballot Polls

Special Ballot polls were held at returning offices throughout the election period to facilitate voting for electors who were not able to vote at the advance poll or on Election Day. Electors were also able to request a Special Ballot through the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, beginning January 1, 2019. Special Ballot packages, however, could not be mailed out until the issuance of the Writ.

Special Ballots may be mailed out as requested by the elector or may be completed in the returning office. Special Ballots mailed to locations in Canada are sent by Xpresspost. Special Ballots mailed to international destinations are sent by regular post, unless the elector makes alternate arrangements for express postage.

To be counted, Special Ballot packages must be received by the returning officer by 8 p.m. on Election Day and must include the ballot, copies of elector’s identification, and a completed and signed certificate envelope. If any of the above-mentioned information is missing from the returned package it is rejected and not counted.

The volume of requests for Special Ballots doubled as compared with the 2015 General Election, with 28,863 requests. Half of the packages were requested to be completed in the returning office, with the other half requested to be completed by mail. Of the Special Ballots delivered by mail, 53.4% were received and accepted at the returning office before the close of polls. A total of 23,176 valid Special Ballots were cast.

Return Rate for Special Ballots Completed by Mail

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Requested 8,698 3,256 3,142 606

Returned & Accepted 5,089 1,723 1,419 153

RETURN RATE 58.5% 52.9% 45.2% 25.3%


Advance and Special Mobile Polls

By legislation, at least one advance poll was required to be held in each electoral division between Tuesday, April 9 and Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. However, electoral divisions with a larger geographic area were allowed to provide additional advance polling locations, so that electors would not have to travel more than 100 kilometers to a poll.

Special mobile polls were introduced to give additional advance polling locations to facilities on the campuses of public post-secondary institutions, Indian Reserves, Métis Settlements, work camps, correctional institutions, and public buildings. These polls often operated on altered schedules than the standard advance polls, such as half day, one day, two days, alternating days, etc.

Special mobile polls operated similarly to advance polls. Both offered vote anywhere capacity for electors. This was facilitated using electronic poll books and ballot-on-demand printers, allowing electors to receive the ballot for their designated electoral division.

In several remote areas, the advance poll location, however, did not have adequate access to the cellular internet network to allow for the vote anywhere service to be offered. These locations operated like Election Day polls by providing the ballot for only the local electoral division.

In total, there were 160 advance and 131 special mobile poll locations. Of these, 172 locations operated for all five advance poll days. Of the 87 returning offices, 54 were designated to hold the advance poll for the community.

Other common locations for advance polling included:

• 48 in community centres / halls

• 28 in recreation centres

• 22 in churches

• 21 on campuses

• 21 in malls

• 17 in seniors’ centres

These polls were staffed with 1,552 election officers who were recruited, hired, and trained to work the advance and special mobile polls. With most of these polls operating for 11 hours a day, these workers put in significant hours over the five-day advance polling period, to provide prompt and efficient service to electors.

A total of 700,476 ballots were cast at the advance and special mobile polls over the five days, representing 36.7% of all ballots cast in the 2019 Provincial General Election. Of these, 223,745 ballots were cast using the vote anywhere service, comprising 31.9% of the volume at the advance and special mobile polls.


Mobile Polls

Mobile polls were held on Election Day, April 16, 2019. They traditionally visit treatment centres and supportive living facilities; however, for the first time, mobile polls could also serve shelters and community support centres with ten or more electors receiving resident or inpatient services.

Mobile polls on Election Day were held at sites where consultation with the facility determined the service to be appropriate. Returning officers reached out to all applicable facility operators to discuss the mobile poll voting opportunity in advance of the Writ of Election being issued to determine which locations were appropriate.

Staffing for a mobile poll includes a deputy returning officer and a poll clerk, along with a facility representative. They are allowed, by legislation, to set up a stationary poll in a fixed location, go from bed-to-bed in the facility, or both, depending on the level of support required at each facility.

In total, 257 mobile polls were held in 625 facilities across the province on Election Day, staffed by 506 election officers. A total of 24,482 ballots were cast at mobile polls.


Election Day

Election Day was Tuesday, April 16, 2019. There were 6,603 polling stations in 1,372 polling locations across the province. These polls were located as geographically close as possible to the assigned polling subdivisions, with schools being the most common location used in urban electoral divisions and community centres and halls being the most common location used in rural electoral divisions.

Number (Percentage) of Polling Places by Building Type

School Community Centre / Hall Church Other Total

Calgary 211 (72%) 35 (12%) 28 (9%) 21 (7%) 295

Edmonton 186 (69%) 40 (15%) 32 (12%) 12 (4%) 270

Rest of Alberta 192 (24%) 440 (55%) 52 (6%) 123 (15%) 807

TOTAL 589 (43%) 515 (38%) 112 (8%) 156 (11%) 1,372

Returning offices recruited, hired, and trained 17,285 election officers for Election Day polls. Additionally, 660 site monitors were requested and hired to provide security and assistance to schools that were rented as polling locations. Lastly, an additional 479 election officers were trained as spares, but not utilized.

Election Day polls used the traditional staffing model of a deputy returning officer and poll clerk for each polling subdivision. Registration officers completed Declarations of Elector for electors that were not registered. Electors could only vote at their assigned polling station on Election Day.

A total of 1,152,545 ballots were cast on Election Day, representing 60.5% of ballots cast. All polls combined, there were 1,906,366 ballots cast in the election, placing the overall voter turnout at 67.5%.


UNOFFICIAL COUNT

Election Night

At the close of polls on election night, election officers who, having already worked for 12 hours, began the task of counting ballots, reporting the unofficial results, and dismantling the polling places. These results were transmitted from the polls to the returning offices, where they were publicly released as soon as they were input into the Elections Alberta results database. Results started being published at 8:05 p.m., with the final local results entered at 1:11 a.m.

Each of the 87 returning officers were also responsible for ensuring the advance poll election officers counted and reported the results of all advance poll ballots cast using the local ballot (vote anywhere ballots were counted centrally by Elections Alberta in Edmonton). Due to the volumes experienced at the advance polls, the manual count of the advance poll ballots took a significant amount of time and were usually the last results reported in each electoral division.

Unofficial results on election night did not include the count of the vote anywhere ballots from each electoral division. There were 74 electoral divisions where a winning candidate could not be determined due to the number of ballots left to be counted.

Centralized Count

Following the close of advance polls on Saturday, April 13, 2019 in each of the 87 electoral divisions, all vote anywhere ballots were packaged for secure, bonded transport to Elections Alberta. High-speed tabulators were used to complete the count of these ballots, as the tabulator was able to capture both the vote cast, in addition to the electoral division in which the ballot was cast, saving significant time in not requiring a hand sort of the ballots and a manual count. This centralized count commenced at 1 p.m. on April 17, 2019, and was completed as follows:

Date Time Result

April 17, 2019 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. (5 hours)

Scrutineer orientation to the process and commencement of count of advance poll ballots

April 18, 2019 9 a.m. – 11 p.m. (14 hours)

Advance poll ballot count completed, and unofficial results released for 138,907 ballots

April 19, 2019 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. (9 hours)

Special mobile poll ballot count completed, and unofficial results released for 84,838 ballots

For the first time, two additional returning officers were appointed to oversee the vote anywhere counts and the 24 election officers that performed counting duties. All political parties were also invited to send scrutineers to observe this process, and scrutineers were present at all operating times of the vote anywhere count. Where the tabulator was unable to determine how a ballot was cast, it was sent for manual adjudication, where a

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returning officer determined how the ballot should be counted. Scrutineers were shown each ballot as they were adjudicated, and objections were made and noted.

OFFICIAL COUNT Following the completion of the unofficial count, election officers were required to return all ballot boxes, supplies, and materials to the returning office. In the days following Election Day, the returning officer must complete a full manual recount of all the ballots cast in their electoral division and reported on election night. Following this verification count and the inclusion of the vote anywhere ballot totals for their electoral division, the official results were announced on April 26, 2019, ten days after Election Day. The official results include the unofficial voter turnout number and a complete electoral division result, including spoiled, declined, and rejected ballot counts. Upon announcement of the official results, the eight-day timeframe for applications for judicial recount commences.


JUDICIAL RECOUNT On May 3, 2019, an application for judicial recount was filed with the Court of Queen’s Bench for the Calgary-Falconridge electoral division. Elections Alberta was served notice of the application on May 8, 2019 and immediately proceeded to prepare the materials for the recount. This included locating the 1,700 ballots cast as part of the vote anywhere advance polls that were stored by the voting location and electoral division in which they were cast and not by the electoral division of the ballot. Significant resourcing was required to manually locate the ballots from the 143,000 ballots they were interspersed with.

The judicial recount took place on May 14, 2019, in Calgary, where four counting teams of returning officers and election clerks provided a full recount of the 14,294 ballots cast. Following the judicial recount, Devinder Toor of the United Conservative Party continued to be the elected candidate.

The timeline to complete the judicial recount as per the timeframe identified in the legislation is very challenging for the courts and Elections Alberta to accomplish. Applications must be made for a judicial recount within eight days following the announcement of official results. The application for the Calgary-Falconridge recount was filed one day prior to that deadline. Once an application is filed, the court must set the date for the recount within the next ten days. In this application, Elections Alberta was served notice of the recount five days into this period, the judge was appointed on the sixth day and the recount took place on the last day available.

Timeline of the Calgary-Falconridge Judicial Recount

Application for Judicial Recount filed Friday, May 3

Elections Alberta receives notice of filing Wednesday, May 8

Elections Alberta prepares all ballots and materials for court Thursday, May 9 – Monday, May 13

Justice Hollins assigned to the recount Friday, May 10

Elections Alberta locates four counting teams to assist with the recount Friday, May 10 – Sunday, May 12

Elections Alberta delivers ballots to secure storage at Calgary Court Centre Monday, May 13

Judicial Recount completed Tuesday, May 14

Appeal period for the recount Wednesday, May 15 – Friday, May 17

Recount results posted online Friday, May 17

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5 OFFICIAL RESULTS MEMBERS ELECTED TO THE 30TH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY The Chief Electoral Officer announced the official results on Friday, April 26, 2019. The following candidates were declared duly elected:

Electoral Division Elected Candidate Party

01 - Calgary-Acadia Tyler Shandro UCP

02 - Calgary-Beddington Josephine Pon UCP

03 - Calgary-Bow Demetrios Nicolaides UCP

04 - Calgary-Buffalo Joe Ceci NDP

05 - Calgary-Cross Mickey Amery UCP

06 - Calgary-Currie Nicholas Milliken UCP

07 - Calgary-East Peter Singh UCP

08 - Calgary-Edgemont Prasad Panda UCP

09 - Calgary-Elbow Doug Schweitzer UCP

10 - Calgary-Falconridge Devinder Toor UCP

11 - Calgary-Fish Creek Richard Gotfried UCP

12 - Calgary-Foothills Jason Luan UCP

13 - Calgary-Glenmore Whitney Issik UCP

14 - Calgary-Hays Richard William (Ric) McIver UCP

15 - Calgary-Klein Jeremy Nixon UCP

16 - Calgary-Lougheed Jason Kenney UCP

17 - Calgary-McCall Irfan Sabir NDP

18 - Calgary-Mountain View Kathleen T. Ganley NDP

19 - Calgary-North Muhammad Yaseen UCP

20 - Calgary-North East Rajan Sawhney UCP

21 - Calgary-North West Sonya Savage UCP

22 - Calgary-Peigan Tanya Fir UCP

23 - Calgary-Shaw Rebecca Schulz UCP

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24 - Calgary-South East Matt Jones UCP

25 - Calgary-Varsity Jason Copping UCP

26 - Calgary-West Mike Ellis UCP

27 - Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview Deron Bilous NDP

28 - Edmonton-Castle Downs Nicole Goehring NDP

29 - Edmonton-City Centre David Shepherd NDP

30 - Edmonton-Decore Chris Nielsen NDP

31 - Edmonton-Ellerslie Rod Loyola NDP

32 - Edmonton-Glenora Sarah Hoffman NDP

33 - Edmonton-Gold Bar Marlin Schmidt NDP

34 - Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood Janis Irwin NDP

35 - Edmonton-Manning Heather Sweet NDP

36 - Edmonton-McClung Lorne Dach NDP

37 - Edmonton-Meadows Jasvir Deol NDP

38 - Edmonton-Mill Woods Christina Gray NDP

39 - Edmonton-North West David Eggen NDP

40 - Edmonton-Riverview Lori Sigurdson NDP

41 - Edmonton-Rutherford Richard Feehan NDP

42 - Edmonton-South Thomas Dang NDP

43 - Edmonton-South West Kaycee Madu UCP

44 - Edmonton-Strathcona Rachel Notley NDP

45 - Edmonton-West Henday Jon Carson NDP

46 - Edmonton-Whitemud Rakhi Pancholi NDP

47 - Airdrie-Cochrane Peter Guthrie UCP

48 - Airdrie-East Angela Pitt UCP

49 - Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock Glenn van Dijken UCP

50 - Banff-Kananaskis Miranda Rosin UCP

51 - Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul David Hanson UCP

52 - Brooks-Medicine Hat Michaela Glasgo UCP

53 - Camrose Jackie Lovely UCP



54 - Cardston-Siksika Joseph Schow UCP

55 - Central Peace-Notley Todd Loewen UCP

56 - Chestermere-Strathmore Leela Sharon Aheer UCP

57 - Cypress-Medicine Hat Drew Barnes UCP

58 - Drayton Valley-Devon Mark Smith UCP

59 - Drumheller-Stettler Nate Horner UCP

60 - Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche Laila Goodridge UCP

61 - Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo Tany Yao UCP

62 - Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk UCP

63 - Grande Prairie Tracy Allard UCP

64 - Grande Prairie-Wapiti Travis Toews UCP

65 - Highwood R.J. Sigurdson UCP

66 - Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Devin Dreeshen UCP

67 - Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland Shane Getson UCP

68 - Lacombe-Ponoka Ron Orr UCP

69 - Leduc-Beaumont Brad Rutherford UCP

70 - Lesser Slave Lake Pat Rehn UCP

71 - Lethbridge-East Nathan Neudorf UCP

72 - Lethbridge-West Shannon Phillips NDP

73 - Livingstone-Macleod Roger Reid UCP

74 - Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin Rick Wilson UCP

75 - Morinville-St. Albert Dale Nally UCP

76 - Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Nathan Cooper UCP

77 - Peace River Dan Williams UCP

78 - Red Deer-North Adriana LaGrange UCP

79 - Red Deer-South Jason Stephan UCP

80 - Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre Jason Nixon UCP

81 - Sherwood Park Jordan Walker UCP

82 - Spruce Grove-Stony Plain Searle Turton UCP

83 - St. Albert Marie Renaud NDP



84 - Strathcona-Sherwood Park Nate Glubish UCP

85 - Taber-Warner Grant R Hunter UCP

86 - Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright Garth Rowswell UCP

87 - West Yellowhead Martin Long UCP

The Writ of Election, for each electoral division, and the Returning Officers’ Certificate and Return, certifying the result of the outcome in each electoral division, were returned to the Chief Electoral Officer on April 26, 2019. These results were published in the May 15, 2019 issue of the Alberta Gazette.


CANDIDATE SUMMARY OF RESULTS

General Election Results – Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Registered Political Party or Independent Candidate

Candidates Nominated

Candidates Elected

Votes Received

Percentage of Vote

Alberta Advantage Party 28 0 5,618 0.30%

Alberta Independence Party 63 0 13,531 0.71%

Alberta Liberal Party 51 0 18,544 0.98%

Alberta New Democratic Party 87 24 619,921 32.72%

Alberta Party 87 0 172,203 9.09%

Communist Party-Alberta 4 0 302 0.02%

Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta

24 0 9,945 0.52%

Green Party of Alberta 32 0 7,682 0.41%

Pro-Life Alberta Political Association

1 0 60 0.003%

Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta

1 0 297 0.02%

Reform Party of Alberta 1 0 79 0.004%

United Conservative Party 87 63 1,040,563 54.91%

Wildrose Party 1 0 57 0.003%

Independent 25 0 7,740 0.41%

TOTAL 492 87 1,896,542 100%

*Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

For candidate summaries of previous elections, please visit www.elections.ab.ca.


SUMMARY OF RESULTS BY ELECTORAL DIVISION

Electoral Division CandidatesPoliticalAffiliation

Valid VotesReceived

Valid VotesReceived (%)

01 - CALGARY-ACADIA KATE ANDREWS NDP 8,049 34.6%LANA BENTLEY AP 1,728 7.4%AMANDA BISHOP GPA 243 1.0%LORISSA GOOD LIB 350 1.5%PATRICK REILLY AIP 245 1.1%TYLER SHANDRO UCP 12,615 54.3%

23,230 100.0%

02 - CALGARY-BEDDINGTON AMANDA CHAPMAN NDP 7,818 35.7%CAROL-LYNN DARCH AP 1,799 8.2%ALEXANDER DEA IND 117 0.5%TOM GRBICH AIP 161 0.7%JOSEPHINE PON UCP 11,625 53.1%CHANDAN TADAVALKAR LIB 370 1.7%

21,890 100.0%

03 - CALGARY-BOW DEBORAH DREVER NDP 8,548 34.2%DANIEL EJUMABONE LIB 320 1.3%PAUL GODARD AP 1,774 7.1%DEMETRIOS NICOLAIDES UCP 13,987 55.9%REGINA SHAKIROVA FCP 161 0.6%MARION WESTOLL GPA 233 0.9%

25,023 100.0%

04 - CALGARY-BUFFALO JOE CECI NDP 11,292 48.9%CORY HETHERINGTON AIP 147 0.6%JENNIFER KHAN LIB 590 2.6%OMAR MASOOD AP 1,597 6.9%HEATHER MORIGEAU GPA 436 1.9%TOM OLSEN UCP 9,050 39.2%

23,112 100.0%

05 - CALGARY-CROSS MICKEY AMERY UCP 8,907 54.3%NASER KUKHUN LIB 410 2.5%BRAHAM LUDDU AP 962 5.9%RICARDO MIRANDA NDP 6,135 37.4%

16,414 100.0%

06 - CALGARY-CURRIE JOSHUA CODD LIB 491 2.2%LUCAS C. HERNANDEZ PAPA 60 0.3%LINDSAY LUHNAU AP 2,512 11.0%BRIAN MALKINSON NDP 9,769 42.9%NICHOLAS MILLIKEN UCP 9,960 43.7%

22,792 100.0%

Number and percentage of votes received only includes valid ballots cast.Declined and Rejected ballot totals have not been included.




Valid VotesReceived


07 - CALGARY-EAST CESAR CALA NDP 4,867 32.2%WILLIAM CARNEGIE GPA 351 2.3%GAR GAR AP 1,879 12.4%MICHELLE ROBINSON LIB 439 2.9%PETER SINGH UCP 7,520 49.7%JONATHAN TRAUTMAN CP-A 69 0.5%

15,125 100.0%

08 - CALGARY-EDGEMONT JOANNE GUI AP 2,740 10.9%JULIA HAYTER NDP 8,570 34.0%TOMASZ KOCHANOWICZ AIP 106 0.4%GRAEME MAITLAND LIB 305 1.2%PRASAD PANDA UCP 13,308 52.8%CARL SVOBODA GPA 155 0.6%

25,184 100.0%

09 - CALGARY-ELBOW GREG CLARK AP 7,542 30.5%JANET EREMENKO NDP 5,796 23.5%ROBIN MACKINTOSH LIB 275 1.1%QUINN RUPERT GPA 132 0.5%DOUG SCHWEITZER UCP 10,951 44.3%

24,696 100.0%

10 - CALGARY-FALCONRIDGE PARMEET SINGH BOPARAI NDP 6,662 44.9%JASBIR SINGH DHARI AP 849 5.7%DEEPAK SHARMA LIB 561 3.8%DEVINDER TOOR UCP 6,753 45.6%

14,825 100.0%

11 - CALGARY-FISH CREEK REBECCA BOUNSALL NDP 7,476 28.8%RICHARD GOTFRIED UCP 15,975 61.5%TOMAS MANASEK AIP 226 0.9%JOHN ROGGEVEEN LIB 359 1.4%TAYLOR STASILA GPA 231 0.9%ROBERT TREMBLAY AP 1,699 6.5%

25,966 100.0%

12 - CALGARY-FOOTHILLS SAMEENA ARIF NDP 6,985 32.4%ANDREA JOYCE LIB 379 1.8%JASON LUAN UCP 12,277 57.0%KYLE MILLER AIP 80 0.4%KARI POMERLEAU FCP 142 0.7%JENNIFER WYNESS AP 1,680 7.8%

21,543 100.0%





Valid VotesReceived


13 - CALGARY-GLENMORE SCOTT APPLEBY AP 2,217 8.5%WHITNEY ISSIK UCP 14,565 55.6%RAFAEL KRUKOWSKI AIP 123 0.5%SHIRLEY KSIENSKI LIB 424 1.6%DEJAN RISTIC FCP 159 0.6%JORDAN STEIN NDP 8,379 32.0%ALLIE TULICK GPA 311 1.2%

26,178 100.0%

14 - CALGARY-HAYS RICHARD WILLIAM (RIC) MCIVER UCP 14,186 63.2%KENNETH MORRICE AIP 211 0.9%CHRIS NOWELL AP 2,052 9.1%TORY TOMBLIN NDP 5,706 25.4%FRANCES WOYTKIW LIB 293 1.3%

22,448 100.0%

15 - CALGARY-KLEIN CW ALEXANDER AIP 214 1.0%CRAIG COOLAHAN NDP 8,776 39.9%KARA LEVIS AP 1,842 8.4%MICHAEL J. MACDONALD LIB 396 1.8%JEREMY NIXON UCP 10,473 47.6%JANINE ST. JEAN GPA 294 1.3%

21,995 100.0%

16 - CALGARY-LOUGHEED JULIA BIETZ NDP 4,334 24.5%PETER DE JONK AIP 101 0.6%LARRY R HEATHER IND 55 0.3%JASON KENNEY UCP 11,633 65.7%WILSON MCCUTCHAN LIB 219 1.2%RACHEL TIMMERMANS AP 1,365 7.7%

17,707 100.0%

17 - CALGARY-MCCALL FAIZA ALI ABDI LIB 281 2.2%DON EDMONSTONE AIP 84 0.7%JANICE FRASER GPA 218 1.7%JASRAJ SINGH HALLAN UCP 4,851 38.2%AVINASH SINGH KHANGURA AP 636 5.0%IRFAN SABIR NDP 6,567 51.7%LARRY SMITH AAP 60 0.5%

12,697 100.0%





Valid VotesReceived


18 - CALGARY-MOUNTAIN VIEW THANA BOONLERT GPA 315 1.2%MONICA FRIESZ AIP 102 0.4%KATHLEEN T. GANLEY NDP 12,526 47.3%DAVID KHAN LIB 1,474 5.6%ANGELA KOKOTT AP 2,345 8.9%JEREMY WONG UCP 9,708 36.7%

26,470 100.0%

19 - CALGARY-NORTH GARY ARORA AP 1,591 10.5%SALIHA HAQ LIB 365 2.4%BRAD HOPKINS AIP 128 0.8%KELLY MANDRYK NDP 4,731 31.1%MUHAMMAD YASEEN UCP 8,409 55.2%

15,224 100.0%

20 - CALGARY-NORTH EAST GURBACHAN BRAR NDP 6,046 35.6%GUL KHAN LIB 761 4.5%NATE PIKE AP 1,791 10.6%RAJAN SAWHNEY UCP 8,376 49.3%

16,974 100.0%

21 - CALGARY-NORTH WEST ANDREW BRADLEY AP 2,171 9.1%HAFEEZ CHISHTI NDP 7,611 31.8%CAM KHAN FCP 262 1.1%PRERNA MAHTANI LIB 258 1.1%ROBERTA MCDONALD IND 69 0.3%SONYA SAVAGE UCP 13,565 56.7%

23,936 100.0%

22 - CALGARY-PEIGAN SHEYNE ESPEY FCP 299 1.3%TANYA FIR UCP 13,353 59.8%JARO GIESBRECHT LIB 425 1.9%WILL HATCH AIP 180 0.8%JOE PIMLOTT NDP 6,527 29.2%RONALD REINHOLD AP 1,534 6.9%

22,318 100.0%

23 - CALGARY-SHAW JAREK BUCHOLC AIP 146 0.7%JOHN DALY GPA 212 1.0%BRONSON HA AP 1,331 6.1%VESNA SAMARDZIJA LIB 290 1.3%REBECCA SCHULZ UCP 14,261 65.3%GRAHAM DEAN SUCHA NDP 5,594 25.6%

21,834 100.0%





Valid VotesReceived


24 - CALGARY-SOUTH EAST HEATHER EDDY NDP 3,983 19.0%RICHARD FONTAINE AIP 134 0.6%RICK FRASER AP 3,810 18.1%MATT JONES UCP 12,860 61.2%LEILA KEITH LIB 224 1.1%

21,011 100.0%

25 - CALGARY-VARSITY BETH BARBERREE AP 1,687 7.2%RYAN CAMPBELL LIB 383 1.6%CHERYLE CHAGNON-GREYEYES GPA 274 1.2%JASON COPPING UCP 10,853 46.2%CHRIS MCANDREW AIP 101 0.4%ANNE MCGRATH NDP 10,215 43.4%

23,513 100.0%

26 - CALGARY-WEST GULSHAN AKTER NDP 5,769 25.5%MIKE ELLIS UCP 14,978 66.1%YASNA OLUIC-KOVACEVIC LIB 309 1.4%FRANK PENKALA AP 1,595 7.0%

22,651 100.0%

27 - EDMONTON-BEVERLY-CLAREVIEW DERON BILOUS NDP 8,834 50.6%PAUL A. BURTS AIP 240 1.4%DAVID EGAN UCP 6,308 36.2%ANDY ANDRZEJ GUDANOWSKI IND 84 0.5%MICHAEL HUNTER GPA 206 1.2%SHADEA HUSSEIN LIB 494 2.8%JEFF WALTERS AP 1,283 7.4%

17,449 100.0%

28 - EDMONTON-CASTLE DOWNS ED AMMAR UCP 7,428 35.9%THOMAS DEAK LIB 291 1.4%NICOLE GOEHRING NDP 9,445 45.7%MOE RAHALL AP 3,213 15.5%TODD WAYNE AIP 294 1.4%

20,671 100.0%

29 - EDMONTON-CITY CENTRE CHRIS ALDERS GPA 342 1.7%BLAKE N. DICKSON IND 95 0.5%LILY LE UCP 4,485 21.8%JOHN R. MORTON AIP 169 0.8%BOB PHILP AP 1,907 9.3%DAVID SHEPHERD NDP 13,598 66.0%

20,596 100.0%





Valid VotesReceived


30 - EDMONTON-DECORE VIRGINIA BRUNEAU AIP 301 1.6%ALI HAYMOUR AP 2,027 11.0%CHRIS NIELSEN NDP 8,789 47.5%KAREN PRINCIPE UCP 7,371 39.9%

18,488 100.0%

31 - EDMONTON-ELLERSLIE BRIAN S. LOCKYER AIP 199 1.0%ROD LOYOLA NDP 9,717 50.9%MIKE MCGOWAN LIB 390 2.0%SANJAY PATEL UCP 7,230 37.9%YASH SHARMA AAP 263 1.4%HAZELYN WILLIAMS AP 1,273 6.7%

19,072 100.0%

32 - EDMONTON-GLENORA SARAH HOFFMAN NDP 11,573 58.7%CLINT KELLEY AIP 298 1.5%MARJORIE NEWMAN UCP 5,871 29.8%GLEN TICKNER AP 1,985 10.1%

19,727 100.0%

33 - EDMONTON-GOLD BAR DAVID DORWARD UCP 7,174 29.3%TANYA HERBERT GPA 247 1.0%STEVE KOCHAN LIB 315 1.3%VINCENT LOYER AIP 176 0.7%DIANA LY AP 2,008 8.2%MARLIN SCHMIDT NDP 14,562 59.5%

24,482 100.0%

34 - EDMONTON-HIGHLANDS-NORWOOD TAZ BOUCHIER GPA 243 1.5%ALEX S. BOYKOWICH CP-A 103 0.7%JOE HANKINS AIP 226 1.4%LEILA HOULE UCP 4,015 25.5%JANIS IRWIN NDP 9,998 63.4%CHRIS POPLATEK AAP 116 0.7%TISH PROUSE AP 1,057 6.7%

15,758 100.0%

35 - EDMONTON-MANNING ADAM CORY AAP 212 1.1%HARRY GREWAL UCP 7,468 38.2%MANWAR KHAN AP 1,692 8.7%TERRIS KOLYBABA AIP 176 0.9%HEATHER SWEET NDP 9,782 50.1%CHRIS VALLEE GPA 204 1.0%

19,534 100.0%





Valid VotesReceived


36 - EDMONTON-MCCLUNG LORNE DACH NDP 8,073 43.6%STEPHEN MANDEL AP 3,601 19.5%LAURIE MOZESON UCP 6,640 35.9%GORDON PERROTT AAP 188 1.0%

18,502 100.0%

37 - EDMONTON-MEADOWS PHIL BATT AIP 178 0.9%JASVIR DEOL NDP 10,231 49.9%AMRIT MATHARU AP 2,093 10.2%MARIA OMAR LIB 407 2.0%LEN RHODES UCP 7,375 36.0%THOMAS VARGHESE AAP 211 1.0%

20,495 100.0%

38 - EDMONTON-MILL WOODS ABDI BAKAL LIB 572 2.7%CHRISTINA GRAY NDP 10,461 50.0%ANDREW J. JANEWSKI CP-A 69 0.3%DALLAS PRICE AIP 254 1.2%ANJU SHARMA AP 1,560 7.5%HEATHER SWORIN UCP 8,008 38.3%

20,924 100.0%

39 - EDMONTON-NORTH WEST LUKE BURNS AAP 136 0.7%DAVID EGGEN NDP 9,669 51.7%ALI ELTAYEB UCP 6,587 35.2%JUDY KIM-MENEEN AP 1,871 10.0%TIM SHANKS AIP 149 0.8%BRANDON TEIXEIRA LIB 276 1.5%

18,688 100.0%

40 - EDMONTON-RIVERVIEW KARA BARKER UCP 6,508 29.8%ROB BERNSHAW IND 135 0.6%COREY MACFADDEN AIP 190 0.9%KATHERINE O'NEILL AP 2,503 11.4%INDY RANDHAWA LIB 299 1.4%LORI SIGURDSON NDP 12,234 55.9%

21,869 100.0%





Valid VotesReceived


41 - EDMONTON-RUTHERFORD RICHARD FEEHAN NDP 12,154 54.8%VALERIE KENNEDY GPA 191 0.9%LIONEL LEVOIR AIP 117 0.5%HANNAH PRESAKARCHUK UCP 7,737 34.9%AISHA RAUF AP 1,600 7.2%CLAIRE WILDE LIB 375 1.7%

22,174 100.0%

42 - EDMONTON-SOUTH THOMAS DANG NDP 10,673 46.6%PRAMOD KUMAR AP 2,156 9.4%TUNDE OBASAN UCP 9,881 43.2%BEN ROACH GPA 180 0.8%

22,890 100.0%

43 - EDMONTON-SOUTH WEST JOHN ARCHER NDP 9,539 41.8%MARILYN BURNS AAP 208 0.9%MO ELSALHY AP 2,668 11.7%KAYCEE MADU UCP 10,254 45.0%RIGEL VINCENT GPA 125 0.5%

22,794 100.0%

44 - EDMONTON-STRATHCONA STUART ANDREWS GPA 227 1.1%DALE DOAN WRP 57 0.3%KULSHAN GILL UCP 3,481 17.0%SAMANTHA HEES LIB 239 1.2%GARY HORAN PC 297 1.5%GORD MCLEAN IND 49 0.2%DON EDWARD MEISTER AAP 62 0.3%RACHEL NOTLEY NDP 14,724 72.1%PREM PAL AP 1,139 5.6%NAOMI RANKIN CP-A 61 0.3%IAN SMYTHE AIP 86 0.4%

20,422 100.0%

45 - EDMONTON-WEST HENDAY DAVE BJORKMAN AIP 239 1.2%JON CARSON NDP 8,820 44.1%WINSTON LEUNG AP 2,337 11.7%LEAH MCRORIE LIB 311 1.6%NICOLE WILLIAMS UCP 8,302 41.5%

20,009 100.0%





Valid VotesReceived


46 - EDMONTON-WHITEMUD JONATHAN DAI AP 2,335 10.1%ELISABETH HUGHES UCP 9,120 39.4%JASON NORRIS FCP 297 1.3%RAKHI PANCHOLI NDP 11,373 49.2%

23,125 100.0%

47 - AIRDRIE-COCHRANE DANIELLE CAMERON AIP 345 1.2%STEVE DURRELL NDP 7,183 25.2%PETER GUTHRIE UCP 18,777 66.0%MATTHEW JOSEPH MORRISEY FCP 331 1.2%VERN RAINCOCK AP 1,818 6.4%

28,454 100.0%

48 - AIRDRIE-EAST ROXIE BAEZ ZAMORA NDP 4,960 19.9%RICHARD ABSALOM D. HERDMAN IND 112 0.4%ALEX LUTERBACH AP 2,371 9.5%RICK NORTHEY FCP 482 1.9%JEFF OLSON AIP 213 0.9%ANGELA PITT UCP 16,764 67.3%

24,902 100.0%

49 - ATHABASCA-BARRHEAD-WESTLOCK BRAD GIROUX IND 273 1.1%BUSTER MALCOLM AIP 442 1.8%WAYNE RUFIANGE AP 2,232 9.1%THERESE TASCHUK NDP 4,786 19.5%GLENN VAN DIJKEN UCP 16,822 68.5%

24,555 100.0%

50 - BANFF-KANANASKIS ANITA CROWSHOE AIP 154 0.7%GWYNETH MIDGLEY LIB 228 1.1%DAVE PHILLIPS IND 80 0.4%MIRANDA ROSIN UCP 10,859 51.3%BRENDA STANTON AP 941 4.4%CAMERON (CAM) WESTHEAD NDP 8,890 42.0%

21,152 100.0%

51 - BONNYVILLE-COLD LAKE-ST. PAUL GLENN ANDERSEN AP 2,223 10.2%KACEY L DANIELS IND 162 0.7%DAVID GARNETT-BENNETT AIP 217 1.0%DAVID HANSON UCP 15,943 73.1%DAVID INSCHO AAP 207 0.9%KARI WHAN NDP 3,061 14.0%

21,813 100.0%





Valid VotesReceived


52 - BROOKS-MEDICINE HAT TODD BEASLEY IND 2,759 12.3%JIM BLACK AP 1,554 6.9%JAMAH BASHIR FARAH LIB 281 1.3%MICHAELA GLASGO UCP 13,606 60.7%LYNN MACWILLIAM NDP 4,012 17.9%COLLIN PACHOLEK AIP 218 1.0%

22,430 100.0%

53 - CAMROSE MORGAN BAMFORD NDP 4,387 18.4%WES CALDWELL FCP 387 1.6%DON DUBITZ AIP 158 0.7%SANDRA KIM AAP 173 0.7%JACKIE LOVELY UCP 15,587 65.3%KEVIN SMOOK AP 3,059 12.8%BONNIE TANTON IND 126 0.5%

23,877 100.0%

54 - CARDSTON-SIKSIKA IAN A DONOVAN IND 727 4.5%CASEY DOUGLASS AP 589 3.6%JERRY GAUTREAU FCP 214 1.3%CATHLEEN MCFARLAND LIB 173 1.1%JOSEPH SCHOW UCP 11,980 73.5%KIRBY SMITH NDP 2,606 16.0%

16,289 100.0%

55 - CENTRAL PEACE-NOTLEY TODD LOEWEN UCP 10,680 75.2%MARG MCCUAIG-BOYD NDP 2,770 19.5%TRAVIS MCKIM AP 651 4.6%WAYNE F. MEYER LIB 106 0.7%

14,207 100.0%

56 - CHESTERMERE-STRATHMORE LEELA SHARON AHEER UCP 15,612 68.5%JASON AVRAMENKO AP 1,460 6.4%DEREK FILDEBRANDT FCP 1,683 7.4%SHARON L. HOWE LIB 238 1.0%MELISSA LANGMAID NDP 3,558 15.6%TERRY NICHOLLS IND 112 0.5%ROGER DEAN WALKER AIP 136 0.6%

22,799 100.0%





Valid VotesReceived


57 - CYPRESS-MEDICINE HAT DREW BARNES UCP 16,483 67.1%TERRY BLACQUIER AAP 359 1.5%ANWAR KAMARAN LIB 219 0.9%PETER MUELLER NDP 6,396 26.0%COLETTE SMITHERS AP 1,122 4.6%

24,579 100.0%

58 - DRAYTON VALLEY-DEVON RONALD BROCHU LIB 217 0.9%STEVE GOODMAN FCP 624 2.5%MARK GREGOR AAP 298 1.2%LES MARKS AIP 233 0.9%CAROL NORDLUND KINSEY IND 106 0.4%KIERAN QUIRKE NDP 4,233 16.6%MARK SMITH UCP 18,092 71.1%GAIL UPTON AP 1,634 6.4%

25,437 100.0%

59 - DRUMHELLER-STETTLER HOLLY HEFFERNAN NDP 1,446 6.5%GREG HERZOG AAP 176 0.8%NATE HORNER UCP 16,958 76.7%JASON HUSHAGEN AIP 230 1.0%MARK NIKOTA AP 1,461 6.6%RICK STRANKMAN IND 1,841 8.3%

22,112 100.0%

60 - FORT MCMURRAY-LAC LA BICHE BRIAN DEHEER GPA 230 1.6%JEFF FAFARD AP 857 5.8%LAILA GOODRIDGE UCP 9,836 66.3%MARK GRINDER AIP 271 1.8%JANE STROUD NDP 3,635 24.5%

14,829 100.0%

61 - FORT MCMURRAY-WOOD BUFFALO STEPHEN DROVER NDP 3,129 21.7%MARCUS ERLANDSON AP 804 5.6%MICHAEL KELLER AIP 249 1.7%TANY YAO UCP 10,269 71.1%

14,451 100.0%





Valid VotesReceived


62 - FORT SASKATCHEWAN-VEGREVILLE JACKIE ARMSTRONG HOMENIUK UCP 14,233 53.6%SHANE LADOUCEUR AIP 261 1.0%JESSICA LITTLEWOOD NDP 7,790 29.4%RONALD MALOWANY AAP 241 0.9%MARVIN OLSEN AP 3,386 12.8%MALCOLM STINSON FCP 350 1.3%REBECCA TROTTER GPA 278 1.0%

26,539 100.0%

63 - GRANDE PRAIRIE TRACY ALLARD UCP 12,713 63.0%GRANT BERG AP 2,516 12.5%BERNARD HANCOCK FCP 392 1.9%RONY RAJPUT IND 66 0.3%RAY ROBERTSON AIP 126 0.6%TODD RUSSELL NDP 4,361 21.6%

20,174 100.0%

64 - GRANDE PRAIRIE-WAPITI TERRY DUECK IND 222 0.9%SHANNON DUNFIELD NDP 3,523 14.8%JASON JONES AP 2,227 9.4%TRAVIS TOEWS UCP 17,772 74.8%

23,744 100.0%

65 - HIGHWOOD DAN IRVING AIP 362 1.4%RON KERR AP 1,988 7.8%ERIK OVERLAND NDP 4,453 17.5%R.J. SIGURDSON UCP 18,635 73.3%

25,438 100.0%

66 - INNISFAIL-SYLVAN LAKE DEVIN DREESHEN UCP 19,030 74.5%DANIELLE KLOOSTER AP 2,337 9.2%CHAD MILLER FCP 359 1.4%ROBYN O'BRIEN NDP 3,453 13.5%LAUREN THORSTEINSON REF 79 0.3%BRIAN VANDERKLEY AAP 164 0.6%ED WYCHOPEN IND 106 0.4%

25,528 100.0%

67 - LAC STE. ANNE-PARKLAND ONEIL CARLIER NDP 5,646 23.4%SHANE GETSON UCP 15,860 65.7%DARIEN MASSE AAP 337 1.4%DONALD WALTER MCCARGAR AP 1,870 7.8%GORDON W. MCMILLAN AIP 413 1.7%

24,126 100.0%





Valid VotesReceived


68 - LACOMBE-PONOKA MYLES CHYKERDA AP 2,520 10.3%DOUG HART NDP 3,639 14.9%RON ORR UCP 17,379 71.3%KEITH PARRILL FCP 328 1.3%TESSA SZWAGIERCZAK AIP 279 1.1%SHAWN TYLKE AAP 227 0.9%

24,372 100.0%

69 - LEDUC-BEAUMONT SHAYE ANDERSON NDP 7,251 28.3%ROBB CONNELLY AP 2,206 8.6%KEVIN DUNN AIP 165 0.6%CHRIS FENSKE LIB 212 0.8%SHARON MACLISE IND 71 0.3%GIL POITRAS AAP 304 1.2%JENN ROACH GPA 203 0.8%JEFF ROUT FCP 258 1.0%BRAD RUTHERFORD UCP 14,982 58.4%

25,652 100.0%

70 - LESSER SLAVE LAKE DANIELLE LARIVEE NDP 3,676 36.1%SUZETTE POWDER AIP 251 2.5%VINCENT RAIN AP 381 3.7%PAT REHN UCP 5,873 57.7%

10,181 100.0%

71 - LETHBRIDGE-EAST MARIA FITZPATRICK NDP 8,775 38.7%DEVON HARGREAVES LIB 512 2.3%JOHN W. MCCANNA AIP 453 2.0%NATHAN NEUDORF UCP 11,883 52.4%ALLY TAYLOR AP 1,054 4.6%

22,677 100.0%

72 - LETHBRIDGE-WEST PAT CHIZEK LIB 460 1.9%KARRI FLATLA UCP 10,790 44.3%BEN MADDISON AIP 332 1.4%SHANNON PHILLIPS NDP 11,016 45.2%ZAC RHODENIZER AP 1,763 7.2%

24,361 100.0%





Valid VotesReceived


73 - LIVINGSTONE-MACLEOD CAM GARDNER NDP 5,125 20.5%DYLIN HAUSER LIB 258 1.0%TIM MEECH AP 1,276 5.1%WENDY PERGENTILE GPA 244 1.0%ROGER REID UCP 17,644 70.6%VERN SPARKES AIP 430 1.7%

24,977 100.0%

74 - MASKWACIS-WETASKIWIN DESMOND G. BULL GPA 256 1.3%SHERRY GREENE AP 1,382 6.9%BRUCE HINKLEY NDP 4,737 23.7%WESLEY REA AAP 263 1.3%DAVID WHITE FCP 522 2.6%RICK WILSON UCP 12,796 64.1%

19,956 100.0%

75 - MORINVILLE-ST. ALBERT NATALIE BIRNIE NDP 8,908 33.2%NEIL KOROTASH AP 3,963 14.8%TAMARA KRYWIAK AAP 157 0.6%DALE NALLY UCP 13,435 50.0%CASS ROMYN GPA 198 0.7%MIKE VAN VELZEN AIP 204 0.8%

26,865 100.0%

76 - OLDS-DIDSBURY-THREE HILLS CHASE BROWN AP 1,779 6.8%NATHAN COOPER UCP 20,516 78.6%DAVE HUGHES AAP 195 0.7%KYLE JOHNSTON NDP 3,070 11.8%ALLEN MACLENNAN FCP 557 2.1%

26,117 100.0%

77 - PEACE RIVER DAKOTA HOUSE AP 721 5.1%DEBBIE JABBOUR NDP 3,139 22.3%CONNIE RUSSELL FCP 249 1.8%REMI J TARDIF LIB 198 1.4%DAN WILLIAMS UCP 9,770 69.4%

14,077 100.0%

78 - RED DEER-NORTH MATT CHAPIN FCP 389 1.9%PAUL HARDY AP 2,769 13.2%ADRIANA LAGRANGE UCP 12,739 60.6%MICHAEL NEUFELD AIP 248 1.2%KIM SCHREINER NDP 4,873 23.2%

21,018 100.0%





Valid VotesReceived


79 - RED DEER-SOUTH TEAH-JAY CARTWRIGHT FCP 299 1.1%LORI CURRAN GPA 246 0.9%RYAN MCDOUGALL AP 3,244 12.1%BARB MILLER NDP 6,844 25.5%JASON STEPHAN UCP 16,159 60.3%

26,792 100.0%

80 - RIMBEY-ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE-SUNDRE JOE ANGLIN AP 1,350 5.4%DAWN BERARD FCP 303 1.2%JANE DRUMMOND GPA 286 1.1%GORDON FRANCEY IND 50 0.2%JEFF IBLE NDP 2,293 9.1%PAULA LAMOUREUX AAP 161 0.6%JASON NIXON UCP 20,579 81.6%DAVID ROGERS AIP 185 0.7%

25,207 100.0%

81 - SHERWOOD PARK CHRIS GLASSFORD AAP 183 0.7%BRIAN ILKUF AIP 216 0.8%ANNIE MCKITRICK NDP 10,685 40.0%SUE TIMANSON AP 3,509 13.1%JORDAN WALKER UCP 12,119 45.4%

26,712 100.0%

82 - SPRUCE GROVE-STONY PLAIN ERIN BABCOCK NDP 7,836 29.4%IVAN G. BOLES AP 2,597 9.7%JODY CROCKER AIP 417 1.6%SEARLE TURTON UCP 15,843 59.4%

26,693 100.0%

83 - ST. ALBERT BARRY BAILEY AP 2,817 10.6%SHELDON GRON AIP 172 0.6%CAMERON JEFFERIES GPA 229 0.9%KEVIN MCLEAN LIB 317 1.2%DON PETRUKA AAP 139 0.5%MARIE RENAUD NDP 12,336 46.2%JEFF WEDMAN UCP 10,682 40.0%

26,692 100.0%





Valid VotesReceived


84 - STRATHCONA-SHERWOOD PARK ALBERT ARIS GPA 142 0.5%NATE GLUBISH UCP 14,151 52.5%LARRY MACLISE IND 67 0.2%DON MELANSON AAP 147 0.5%DAVE QUEST AP 3,605 13.4%RICHARD SCINTA AIP 141 0.5%MOIRA VÁNE NDP 8,695 32.3%

26,948 100.0%

85 - TABER-WARNER JASON BEEKMAN AP 1,443 7.9%GRANT R HUNTER UCP 14,321 78.1%LAURA ROSS-GIROUX NDP 2,363 12.9%AMY YATES LIB 205 1.1%

18,332 100.0%

86 - VERMILION-LLOYDMINSTER-WAINWRIGHT RYAN CLARKE NDP 2,490 9.9%ROBERT MCFADZEAN IND 133 0.5%JIM MCKINNON FCP 898 3.6%CRAIG G. PETERSON AP 1,615 6.4%GARTH ROWSWELL UCP 19,768 78.8%KELLY ZELENY AAP 170 0.7%

25,074 100.0%

87 - WEST YELLOWHEAD PAULA CACKETT NDP 4,912 20.5%KRISTIE GOMUWKA AP 2,073 8.6%MARTIN LONG UCP 16,381 68.3%PAUL LUPYCZUK AAP 261 1.1%DAVID PEARCE IND 123 0.5%TRAVIS POIRIER AIP 229 1.0%

23,979 100.0%


Finance | 65

6 FINANCE OVERVIEW OF FEES The Chief Electoral Officer establishes rates and fees for returning office staff, election officers, and polling place rentals. The following rates were established for the general election.

Returning Officer • A monthly honorarium of $150 • A base fee of $5,750 to conduct the election • A per name fee of $0.20 for each name on the post-polling day list of electors

Election Clerk • A base fee of $3,850 to assist the returning officer in conducting the election • A per name fee of $0.17 for each name on the post-polling day list of electors

Administrative Assistant • A base fee of $4,400 to assist the returning officer in conducting the election

Trainer and IT Support Staff • An hourly fee of $23 to provide training to election officers and support the office and advance polls

with technology

Supervisory Deputy Returning Officer • A fee of $150 to complete classroom and online training • A fee of $350 per day for duties performed prior to and on Election Day or at the advance polls

Registration Officers, Deputy Returning Officers, Poll Clerks and Information Officers • A fee of $75 to complete classroom and online training • A fee of $255 per day for duties performed on Election Day or at the advance polls

Site Monitors • An hourly fee of $15 for duties performed on Election Day or at the advance polls

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Polling Places • A daily rental of $180 for the first or single poll in a building • A daily rental of $90 for each additional poll in the same building

Travel rates for all positions are prescribed in the Public Service Subsistence, Travel and Moving Expenses Regulation made under the Public Service Act.

TOTAL COST SUMMARY

2019 2015

Salary and Wages $1,067,974 $535,786

Employer Contributions $388,768 $328,701

Travel $530,275 $401,959

Advertising $2,794,933 $2,636,131

Insurance $15,000 $19,200

Freight and Postage $1,929,300 $1,834,547

Rentals – Returning Officer’s Office $2,209,885 $1,233,826

Rentals – Polling Places $972,335 $773,054

Telephones and Communications $235,619 $454,181

Repairs and Maintenance $4,031 $2,116

Contract Services - Printing $822,691 $941,430

Contract Services – Returning Officer’s Office Staff $3,842,165 $2,595,587

Contract Services – Election Staff $7,820,760 $5,839,948

Contract Services – Other $593,119 $473,771

Technology Services $441,636 $357,069

Corporate Hosting $117,976 $104,437

Election Materials and Supplies $630,992 $456,005

TOTAL EXPENSES $24,417,459 $18,987,748

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COST PER VOTER BREAKDOWN AND COMPARISON

2015 2019 % Change (2015-2019)

Total Cost of the Election $18,987,748 $24,417,459 28.6%

Names on the Post-Polling Day List of Electors 2,622,775 2,824,309 7.7%

Average Cost per Name on the List of Electors $7.24 $8.65 19.5%

RESULTS ANALYSIS

The overall cost of the 2019 Provincial General Election was higher than the cost incurred for the 2015 General Election. This result was consistent with the past three election events, as increases in population and voting opportunities increase the costs involved in holding an election.

Impact of Population Increases

Between 2015 and 2019, Alberta’s population increased by approximately 220,000 people. While this figure includes persons that are not eligible electors, Elections Alberta’s List of Electors also increased by 200,000 electors in the same time period. The number of polling subdivisions that are created is directly related to elector numbers, with one polling subdivision established for every 450 electors. Each polling subdivision requires a polling station, staffed with two election officers, as per the legislation. The increase in polling subdivisions affects both the rental costs for polling places and the election staff costs.

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Impact of Voting Opportunity Changes

The 2019 General Election introduced numerous changes to voting opportunities including the fifth day of advance voting, special mobile polls, vote anywhere, and expanded definitions for mobile polls. Increasing the number of polling locations, as well as the number of days in which they operate has a direct impact on the cost of rentals and election staff. Additional support staff were also necessary to assist with the increased volume of activity experienced with Special Ballots and the advance polls and to support the counting process.

Impact of Minimum Wage Increases

Election officer fees were increased for the 2019 General Election, as increases in minimum wage and the increase in mandatory training time necessitated a re-evaluation of fees. Minimum wage increased 47% from the 2015 General Election, rising from $10.20 per hour to $15.00 per hour.

All election officers, other than the Supervisory Deputy Returning Officer, were provided with the same fee, in acknowledgement of the importance of the role each plays in the polling place. Fees for administrative staff and support staff were also increased, as their rates were affected by the changes to minimum wage. Fees paid to returning officers, election clerks and trainers were maintained at 2015 rates, in consideration of government wage freezes.

Impact of Introducing Technology

Technology was used to support the election in the advance polls, in the returning offices and at Elections Alberta. The use of electronic poll books at the advance polls to support vote anywhere, required the use of laptops, bar code scanners and printers. Most of the equipment was rented from Elections Ontario at a significant cost savings compared to purchase. Introducing Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) telephone technology into the returning offices saved costs compared to 2015. To support the technology in each returning office and the polls, an IT Support Staff position was introduced, increasing the costs of staffing the returning office.

Overview of Cost Increases

The largest cost increase between the 2015 and 2019 Provincial General Election occurred in staff costs, under the categories of “Salaries and Wages”, “Contract Services – Returning Officer’s Office Staff”, and “Contract Services – Election Staff”. Combined, this accounts for $3,759,577 of the increase in costs. This increase is largely attributed to:

• Increase in the number of polling subdivisions from population increases; • Increase in minimum wage and the resulting impact on staff fees; • Increase in the number of election officers hired to work the advance polls, special mobile polls and

mobile polls; • Increase in election officer fees for the additional day of advance polling; • Introduction of the IT Support Staff position in the returning office; • Increase in support staff hired for the advance polls, Special Ballot poll and the unofficial and official

counts; and • Increase in the size of the provincial call centre and staffing for post-election data entry.

The second largest cost increase between the 2015 and 2019 Provincial General Election took place in rental costs, under the categories of “Rentals – Returning Officer’s Office” and “Rentals – Polling Places”.

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Combined, this accounts for $1,175,339 of the increase in costs. This increase is largely attributed to:

• The establishment of returning offices on February 1, the commencement of the campaign period, resulting in an additional month’s rent of 87 offices before the Writ of Election;

• Larger space requirements for the returning offices to accommodate training and advance polling space;

• Increases in square-footage cost for commercial rentals; • The increased number of polling places being rented for advance polling; and • The increase in polling subdivisions, which affects the polling place rental fees on Election Day.

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Statistics | 75

7 STATISTICS COMPARATIVE STATISTICS

OVERALL SUMMARY OF BALLOTS CAST AND PERCENTAGE OF VOTER TURNOUT

Election Valid

Ballots Rejected

Ballots Declined

Ballots Ballots

Cast Names on List

Voter Turnout

2019* 1,896,542 8,970 854 1,906,366 2,824,309 67.50%

2015* 1,488,248 5,122 2,034 1,495,404 2,622,775 56.74%

2012* 1,290,352 7,264 558 1,298,174 2,387,485 54.37%

2008* 950,363 3,100 314 953,777 2,350,045 40.59%

2004* 890,635 3,597 359 894,591 1,982,843 45.12%

2001* 1,013,152 2,389 303 1,015,844 1,902,906 53.38%

1997 945,713 2,379 246 948,338 1,764,128 53.75%

1993 989,025 2,206 241 991,472 1,646,729 60.21%

1989 829,189 2,051 - 831,240 1,550,867 53.60%

1986 713,654 1,722 - 715,376 1,514,182 47.25%

1982 944,936 2,708 - 947,644 1,435,752 66.00%

1979 710,963 2,691 - 713,654 1,215,490 58.71%

1975 590,170 2,184 - 592,354 994,158 59.60%

1971 639,862 4,685 - 644,547 895,442 72.00%

Historically, the largest voter turnout was 81.8%, which occurred at the General Election of August 22, 1935. The smallest turnout was 40.6% on March 3, 2008. Declined ballots were not recorded until the 1993 General Election.

*Voter Turnout is calculated based on the elector count on the post-polling day Lists of Electors. These lists include the number of names on the Lists of Electors, with the addition of elector information from the revision period, online registrations, and polling day declarations. Names of duplicated, relocated, or deceased electors have been removed to provide a more accurate number of the names on the Lists of Electors.

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ELECTORAL SUMMARY 1905 – 2019

The number of provincial electoral divisions has increased from 25 at the first general election in 1905 to the current 87 electoral divisions. Electoral division boundaries are reviewed by an independent commission in accordance with the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act. The following is a summary of the changes:

Legislative Assembly

Election Date

Number of Electoral Divisions

Number of Members

Elected

Distribution of Seats by Political Affiliation

30 2019 Tuesday, April 16

87 87 UCP 63 NDP 24

29 2015 Tuesday, May 5

87 87 NDP 54 WRP 21

PC 10 AP 1 LIB 1

28 2012 Monday, April 23

87 87 PC 61 WAP 17

LIB 5 NDP 4

27 2008 Monday, March 3

83 83 PC 72 LIB 9

NDP 2 26 2004 Monday,

November 22 83 83 PC 62

LIB 16 NDP 4

AA 1 25 2001 Monday,

March 12 83 83 PC 74

LIB 7 NDP 2

24 1997 Tuesday, March 11

83 83 PC 63 LIB 18 NDP 2

23 1993 Tuesday, June 15

83 83 PC 51 LIB 32


83 83 PC 59 NDP 16

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Election Date


Number of Members

Elected


21 1986 Thursday, May 8

83 83 PC 61 NDP 16

LIB 4 RPA 2

20 1982 Tuesday, November 2

79 79 PC 75 NDP 2

Independent 2 19 1979 Wednesday,

March 14 79 79 PC 74

SC 4 NDP 1

18 1975 Wednesday, March 26

75 75 PC 69 SC 4

NDP 1 Independent 1

17 1971 Monday, August 30

75 75 PC 49 SC 25

NDP 1 16 1967 Tuesday,

May 23 65 65 SC 55

PC 6 Liberal 3

Independent 1 15 1963 Monday,

June 17 63 63 SC 60

Liberal 2 Coalition 1

14 1959 Thursday, June 18

65 65 SC 61 Liberal 1

PC 1 Independent SC 1

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June 29 50 61 – Edmonton

had 7 members & Calgary had 6 members

SC 37 Liberal 15

Conservative 3 CCF 2

Liberal Conservative 1

Independent SC 1 Independent 1

Coalition 1

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Election Date


Number of Members

Elected


12 1952 Tuesday, August 5

50 60 – Edmonton & Calgary had 6 members each

SC 53 Liberal 3

Independent SC 1 CCF 1

Conservative 1 PC 1

11 1948 Tuesday, August 17


SC 51 Liberal 2

CCF 2 Independent SC 1

Independent 1 10 1944 Tuesday,

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Calgary had 5 members each

SC 51 Independent 3

CCF 2 Veterans Party 1

9 1940 Thursday, March 21


SC 36 Independent 19

Liberal 1 Labour 1

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SC 56 Liberal 5

Conservative 2 7 1930 Thursday,

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Calgary had 6 members each

United Farmers 39 Liberal 11

Conservative 6 Labour 4

Independent 3 6 1926 Monday,

June 28 52 61 – Edmonton &

Calgary each had 5 members & Medicine Hat had 2

United Farmers 43 Liberal 7 Labour 5

Conservative 5 Independent

Labour 1 5 1921 Monday,

July 18 52 61 – Edmonton &

Calgary each had 5 members & Medicine Hat had 2

United Farmers 38 Liberal 15 Labour 4

Independent 4

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Election Date


Number of Members

Elected


4 1917 Thursday, June 7

56 58 – 2 military elected at large

Liberal 34 Conservative 19

Independent 2 Labour 1

3 1913 Thursday, April 17

55 56 – Edmonton had 2 members



39 41 – Calgary & Edmonton had 2 members each


Socialist 1 Independent Liberal 1

Independent 1 1 1905 Thursday,

November 9 25 25 Liberal 22

Conservative 3

Note: AA - Alberta Alliance Party AP - Alberta Party CCF - Cooperative Commonwealth Federation LIB - Alberta Liberal Party

NDP - New Democratic Party PC - Progressive Conservative RPA - Representative Party of Alberta SC - Social Credit UCP - United Conservative Party WAP - Wildrose Alliance Party WRP - Wildrose Party

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NUMBER OF VOTES BY VOTING OPPORTUNITY

The trend of more votes being cast per general election has continued into 2019, resulting in the highest number of ballots ever cast in an Alberta Provincial General Election at 1,906,366 ballots.

PERCENT OF VOTES BY VOTING OPPORTUNITY

Advance polls have continued to increase in popularity now that there are no restrictions on the eligibility to vote at an advance poll; and, now that vote anywhere has been introduced. Electors are now provided five additional days in which to vote.

1979 1986 1989 1993 1997 2001 2004 2008 2012 2015 2019Regular 690,114 686,286 788,889 931,486 888,532 939,543 820,831 854,062 1,073,591 1,217,758 1,152,545Advance 13,625 16,621 26,208 37,119 34,284 45,796 44,807 64,332 179,820 235,407 700,476Special 695 3,239 5,650 7,657 9,066 11,100 7,358 12,101 16,169 12,565 28,863Mobile 6,529 7,418 8,442 12,763 13,831 16,713 17,639 19,868 20,772 22,518 24,482

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1979 1986 1989 1993 1997 2001 2004 2008 2012 2015 2019Regular 97.07% 96.18% 95.14% 94.18% 93.95% 92.73% 92.16% 89.87% 83.20% 81.82% 60.46%Advance 1.92% 2.33% 3.16% 3.75% 3.63% 4.52% 5.03% 6.77% 13.94% 15.82% 36.74%Special 0.10% 0.45% 0.68% 0.77% 0.96% 1.10% 0.83% 1.27% 1.25% 0.84% 1.51%Mobile 0.92% 1.04% 1.02% 1.29% 1.46% 1.65% 1.98% 2.09% 1.61% 1.51% 1.28%

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VOTER TRENDS AT ADVANCE POLLS With the use of electronic poll books at the advance polls for the first time, Elections Alberta had access to data showing when and where electors voted. This information provides enormous value for the planning of future elections. The following statistics relate only to the advance and special mobile polls.

TURNOUT BY ADVANCE POLL LOCATION TYPE

Location Number of Locations Ballots Cast

Malls 21 135,145

Community Centres and Halls 48 131,948

Churches 22 85,236

Recreation Centres 28 53,120

Campuses 21 33,667

International Airports 2 4,307

Libraries 2 2,783

Work Camps 5 1,987

The three busiest locations in the province were malls and were processing on average 850-880 electors an hour throughout the advance poll period. These included Westbrook Mall in Calgary, Sherwood Park Mall and Parkland Mall in Red Deer.

ADVANCE POLLING VOLUMES BY HOUR AND DAY

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9 AM 10 AM 11 AM 12 PM 1 PM 2 PM 3 PM 4 PM 5 PM 6 PM 7 PM 8 PM

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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ADVANCE POLLING VOLUMES BY HOUR AND AGE

AGE OF VOTERS AT ADVANCE POLLS

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84 | Statistics

VOTER SURVEY RESULTS Following the General Election, between April 24 and May 4, 2019, an online survey was completed by 1,200 eligible voters to provide feedback on the event. Many of the questions mirrored what was asked in a survey following the 2008 Provincial General Election, providing the ability to compare some results.

Knowledge of Elections Alberta Survey Year 2008 2019

Awareness of Elections Alberta as the organization responsible for polling stations, where-to-vote cards, voter registration and advance polling

25% 57%

Elections Alberta rating as a credible source of information 69% 73%

Advertising

Survey Year 2008 2019

Electors who recalled hearing or seeing advertisements encouraging people to vote

Television

Radio

Online

Newspaper

81%

65%

27%

2%

46%

72%

59%

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31%

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Of those who recalled seeing or hearing the advertisements, those indicating that the ad made them more likely to vote

18% 33%

Electors who recalled receiving a where-to-vote card 64% 82%

Of those who recalled receiving a where-to-vote card, those indicating that the information on it was correct

54% 91%

Electors who recalled seeing newspaper ads with polling place information

46% 27%

Registering to Vote


Electors who stated their name is on the List of Electors 81% 85%

Electors aware that they can register at the polls by showing authorized identification

79% 75%

Electors aware that they can register online on Voterlink 16% 41%

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Voting Behaviour


Electors who reported voting in the General Election 73% 82%

Electors who reported voting in the advance polls 8% 46%

Electors who reported voting on Election Day 90% 52%

Elector was aware that they could vote anywhere at the advance polls N/A 84%

Electors reporting that they may not have voted without the vote anywhere feature being available

N/A 31%

Voting Experience


Electors found the poll staff to be helpful 88% 86%

Electors found the polling locations to be convenient 89% 85%

Electors were satisfied with the time it took to vote 86% 84%

Electors were satisfied with the availability of information at the polls 66% 78%

Overall elector satisfaction with the voting process 79% 84%

Feedback on Recommendations for Legislative Change


Electors support the use of technology in the polls N/A 75%

Electors support a fixed-date election N/A 68%

Electors support requiring identification to vote N/A 86%

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VOTER DEMOGRAPHICS

GENDER STATISTICS

The overall gender statistics, shown above, maintain statistical consistency between voting years and between voting regions. However, in the 2019 election, slightly more males voted and slightly fewer females voted than in the previous year. Additionally, the margin between male and female voters closed by 1.56%, seeing stronger parity than in 2015. There has also been a significant reduction in the number of persons who do not wish to disclose their gender; and, a general increase in the number of persons who identify with a third gender.

GENDER SPLITS BY ELECTORAL DIVISION

Electoral Division Male Female X Not Stated

01 - Calgary-Acadia 48.32% 51.34% 0.01% 0.34%

02 - Calgary-Beddington 48.47% 51.20% 0.04% 0.33% 03 - Calgary-Bow 47.67% 51.79% 0.01% 0.54%

04 - Calgary-Buffalo 51.68% 47.38% 0.06% 0.95%

05 - Calgary-Cross 49.31% 49.74% 0.01% 0.95%

06 - Calgary-Currie 47.77% 51.60% 0.05% 0.63%

07 - Calgary-East 50.23% 48.98% 0.03% 0.79%

08 - Calgary-Edgemont 48.63% 50.99% 0.02% 0.38% 09 - Calgary-Elbow 47.86% 51.74% 0.01% 0.41%

10 - Calgary-Falconridge 49.83% 49.14% 0.04% 1.03%

2015 PGE 2019 PGE 2015 PGE 2019 PGE 2015 PGE 2019 PGE 2015 PGE 2019 PGEEdmonton Calgary Other AB Total

Male 47.41% 48.29% 48.13% 48.66% 47.88% 49.30% 47.85% 48.90%Female 51.15% 51.06% 50.71% 50.77% 51.36% 50.32% 51.12% 50.61%X 0.00% 0.04% 0.00% 0.03% 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% 0.02%Not Stated 1.45% 0.62% 1.16% 0.54% 0.76% 0.37% 1.03% 0.47%

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11 - Calgary-Fish Creek 48.53% 51.20% 0.02% 0.27%

12 - Calgary-Foothills 48.37% 51.03% 0.03% 0.60% 13 - Calgary-Glenmore 47.92% 51.63% 0.01% 0.45%

14 - Calgary-Hays 48.94% 50.56% 0.01% 0.51%

15 - Calgary-Klein 49.07% 50.56% 0.04% 0.37%

16 - Calgary-Lougheed 47.64% 51.77% 0.01% 0.60%

17 - Calgary-McCall 49.79% 48.38% 0.01% 1.83%

18 - Calgary-Mountain View 48.15% 51.44% 0.05% 0.41% 19 - Calgary-North 48.92% 50.32% 0.01% 0.76%

20 - Calgary-North East 49.28% 50.09% 0.07% 0.63%

21 - Calgary-North West 48.22% 51.18% 0.04% 0.60%

22 - Calgary-Peigan 49.30% 50.23% 0.01% 0.47%

23 - Calgary-Shaw 48.59% 50.93% 0.03% 0.48%

24 - Calgary-South East 48.80% 50.78% 0.03% 0.41% 25 - Calgary-Varsity 48.14% 51.56% 0.03% 0.31%

26 - Calgary-West 48.31% 51.42% 0.02% 0.27%

27 - Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview 47.81% 51.71% 0.02% 0.48%

28 - Edmonton-Castle Downs 48.15% 51.35% 0.03% 0.50%

29 - Edmonton-City Centre 51.20% 48.04% 0.12% 0.76%

30 - Edmonton-Decore 48.26% 50.63% 0.01% 1.11% 31 - Edmonton-Ellerslie 49.25% 49.87% 0.03% 0.88%

32 - Edmonton-Glenora 47.81% 51.64% 0.02% 0.55%

33 - Edmonton-Gold Bar 48.26% 51.32% 0.02% 0.42%

34 - Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood 49.71% 49.53% 0.05% 0.76%

35 - Edmonton-Manning 47.98% 51.32% 0.04% 0.70%

36 - Edmonton-McClung 47.51% 51.95% 0.02% 0.53% 37 - Edmonton-Meadows 49.02% 50.18% 0.01% 0.80%

38 - Edmonton-Mill Woods 47.29% 52.18% 0.03% 0.53%

39 - Edmonton-North West 47.59% 51.81% 0.02% 0.60%

40 - Edmonton-Riverview 48.09% 51.38% 0.06% 0.53%

41 - Edmonton-Rutherford 47.86% 51.72% 0.05% 0.42%

42 - Edmonton-South 48.71% 50.73% 0.02% 0.56% 43 - Edmonton-South West 48.31% 50.86% 0.00% 0.82%

44 - Edmonton-Strathcona 48.40% 50.95% 0.12% 0.66%

45 - Edmonton-West Henday 48.22% 51.10% 0.03% 0.69%

46 - Edmonton-Whitemud 47.75% 51.95% 0.03% 0.30%

47 - Airdrie-Cochrane 48.72% 50.98% 0.01% 0.31%

48 - Airdrie-East 48.94% 50.58% 0.02% 0.48% 49 - Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock 50.11% 49.65% 0.01% 0.24%

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50 - Banff-Kananaskis 49.96% 49.80% 0.01% 0.23%

51 - Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul 50.43% 49.12% 0.02% 0.45% 52 - Brooks-Medicine Hat 49.73% 49.84% 0.01% 0.43%

53 - Camrose 48.64% 51.18% 0.00% 0.18%

54 - Cardston-Siksika 49.12% 50.68% 0.01% 0.20%

55 - Central Peace-Notley 50.94% 48.62% 0.01% 0.45%

56 - Chestermere-Strathmore 49.52% 50.11% 0.02% 0.37%

57 - Cypress-Medicine Hat 47.96% 51.78% 0.02% 0.26% 58 - Drayton Valley-Devon 50.43% 49.22% 0.02% 0.34%

59 - Drumheller-Stettler 50.21% 49.64% 0.00% 0.14%

60 - Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche 53.13% 46.43% 0.01% 0.43%

61 - Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo 53.96% 45.70% 0.01% 0.34%

62 - Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville 49.66% 49.98% 0.02% 0.36%

63 - Grande Prairie 49.81% 49.57% 0.02% 0.62% 64 - Grande Prairie-Wapiti 50.22% 49.16% 0.01% 0.62%

65 - Highwood 48.71% 50.87% 0.04% 0.42%

66 - Innisfail-Sylvan Lake 48.95% 50.55% 0.00% 0.50%

67 - Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland 51.11% 48.67% 0.00% 0.23%

68 - Lacombe-Ponoka 48.77% 50.62% 0.01% 0.61%

69 - Leduc-Beaumont 48.46% 51.11% 0.02% 0.43% 70 - Lesser Slave Lake 49.55% 49.56% 0.01% 0.88%

71 - Lethbridge-East 47.68% 51.97% 0.01% 0.35%

72 - Lethbridge-West 47.85% 51.73% 0.06% 0.42%

73 - Livingstone-Macleod 48.31% 51.35% 0.00% 0.34%

74 - Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin 49.59% 50.25% 0.01% 0.16%

75 - Morinville-St. Albert 48.99% 50.68% 0.00% 0.33% 76 - Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills 49.67% 50.02% 0.01% 0.31%

77 - Peace River 50.21% 48.93% 0.02% 0.87%

78 - Red Deer-North 48.24% 51.37% 0.01% 0.39%

79 - Red Deer-South 47.56% 52.04% 0.03% 0.40%

80 - Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre 49.77% 49.92% 0.00% 0.31%

81 - Sherwood Park 47.73% 51.83% 0.02% 0.43% 82 - Spruce Grove-Stony Plain 47.81% 51.93% 0.01% 0.26%

83 - St. Albert 47.58% 52.16% 0.02% 0.26%

84 - Strathcona-Sherwood Park 49.54% 49.99% 0.02% 0.46%

85 - Taber-Warner 49.99% 49.78% 0.00% 0.23%

86 - Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright 49.88% 49.92% 0.01% 0.20%

87 - West Yellowhead 50.95% 48.75% 0.01% 0.31%

TOTAL 49.00% 50.50% 0.02% 43.48%

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AGE STATISTICS

The percentage of voters by age is also similar between voting years. However, the most notable change is found in the 35- to 44-year-old age group. While some variances can be explained by individuals transitioning between age cohorts, this pattern does not fully explain the percentile shifts experienced. Thus, it is more likely that, in this instance, more persons within this age demographic voted than in previous years.

AGE RANGE BY ELECTORAL DIVISION

Electoral Division 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Unknown 01 - Calgary-Acadia 5.17% 12.01% 13.45% 14.96% 19.31% 23.37% 0.30%

02 - Calgary-Beddington 7.85% 12.52% 14.13% 18.10% 22.58% 19.59% 0.12%

03 - Calgary-Bow 5.50% 11.71% 19.76% 20.44% 18.07% 16.93% 0.36%

04 - Calgary-Buffalo 4.13% 30.64% 16.04% 10.28% 11.34% 13.30% 0.32%

05 - Calgary-Cross 7.31% 10.44% 12.78% 16.35% 20.67% 24.73% 0.42%

06 - Calgary-Currie 5.23% 20.58% 18.44% 14.61% 15.87% 14.79% 0.47% 07 - Calgary-East 6.55% 12.65% 14.12% 17.53% 23.33% 18.28% 0.48%

08 - Calgary-Edgemont 8.04% 10.67% 12.07% 16.47% 23.40% 24.05% 0.25%

09 - Calgary-Elbow 4.75% 15.77% 16.98% 17.05% 16.94% 16.93% 0.24%

10 - Calgary-Falconridge 8.29% 12.35% 16.09% 16.93% 20.40% 19.02% 0.36%

11 - Calgary-Fish Creek 6.93% 10.77% 14.26% 15.96% 22.85% 24.44% 0.15%

12 - Calgary-Foothills 8.01% 15.98% 20.88% 20.55% 14.97% 12.24% 0.34% 13 - Calgary-Glenmore 5.79% 10.60% 13.25% 14.80% 21.75% 27.40% 0.22%

2015 2019 2015 2019 2015 2019 2015 2019Edmonton Calgary Other AB Total

18-24 8.14% 8.10% 6.99% 7.10% 6.62% 6.70% 7.08% 7.12%25-34 17.40% 17.11% 15.90% 15.53% 13.12% 14.25% 14.92% 15.24%35-44 15.83% 18.34% 17.80% 19.29% 15.43% 17.74% 16.22% 18.33%45-54 18.36% 17.08% 20.07% 19.46% 19.14% 17.63% 19.23% 18.06%55-64 18.98% 19.04% 19.53% 19.55% 21.19% 20.78% 20.19% 20.04%65+ 19.78% 19.95% 18.36% 18.77% 23.23% 22.64% 21.01% 20.92%Unknown 1.51% 0.38% 1.35% 0.31% 1.28% 0.26% 1.35% 0.30%

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Electoral Division 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Unknown

14 - Calgary-Hays 6.18% 18.42% 26.59% 19.01% 13.62% 9.64% 0.19%

15 - Calgary-Klein 4.90% 14.86% 15.12% 14.51% 18.14% 17.92% 0.20% 16 - Calgary-Lougheed 7.07% 10.78% 18.29% 22.29% 18.65% 16.75% 0.24%

17 - Calgary-McCall 10.23% 11.34% 22.99% 22.67% 13.20% 9.31% 1.10%

18 - Calgary-Mountain View 5.17% 20.43% 19.41% 15.48% 15.75% 13.27% 0.24%

19 - Calgary-North 7.61% 13.89% 25.93% 23.01% 13.01% 8.68% 0.29%

20 - Calgary-North East 7.20% 14.30% 21.59% 19.53% 12.42% 10.47% 0.66%

21 - Calgary-North West 7.62% 10.26% 20.32% 24.03% 17.30% 14.96% 0.11% 22 - Calgary-Peigan 7.20% 12.62% 14.43% 18.63% 23.32% 18.71% 0.11%

23 - Calgary-Shaw 8.01% 14.69% 19.78% 21.96% 16.38% 12.21% 0.29%

24 - Calgary-South East 4.26% 19.47% 30.04% 18.06% 10.59% 8.46% 0.13%

25 - Calgary-Varsity 6.13% 10.25% 12.15% 13.11% 17.62% 24.24% 0.26%

26 - Calgary-West 7.40% 8.46% 16.19% 22.86% 20.69% 18.42% 0.14%

27 - Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview 6.71% 14.63% 14.94% 15.27% 19.74% 21.27% 0.24% 28 - Edmonton-Castle Downs 8.13% 15.58% 17.42% 15.96% 17.62% 17.73% 0.20%

29 - Edmonton-City Centre 4.54% 19.50% 11.46% 8.53% 11.10% 13.80% 0.65%

30 - Edmonton-Decore 7.75% 12.41% 11.55% 15.74% 18.94% 22.43% 0.28%

31 - Edmonton-Ellerslie 5.72% 17.53% 23.26% 14.83% 10.34% 6.62% 0.31%

32 - Edmonton-Glenora 4.77% 12.06% 13.87% 14.43% 18.40% 19.20% 0.34%

33 - Edmonton-Gold Bar 4.96% 12.91% 13.89% 13.10% 17.76% 20.48% 0.32% 34 - Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood 5.87% 15.22% 15.04% 14.99% 19.69% 18.99% 0.53%

35 - Edmonton-Manning 8.65% 17.03% 18.52% 16.74% 17.03% 15.05% 0.51%

36 - Edmonton-McClung 7.82% 12.57% 12.91% 15.06% 21.92% 23.10% 0.18%

37 - Edmonton-Meadows 9.92% 15.93% 18.92% 17.96% 17.77% 13.13% 0.22%

38 - Edmonton-Mill Woods 7.59% 13.25% 14.95% 14.28% 19.34% 24.21% 0.25%

39 - Edmonton-North West 7.64% 15.61% 18.15% 16.50% 16.66% 17.13% 0.31% 40 - Edmonton-Riverview 8.23% 12.15% 13.47% 13.87% 18.85% 22.29% 0.26%

41 - Edmonton-Rutherford 8.76% 12.46% 12.68% 15.14% 19.12% 25.86% 0.26%

42 - Edmonton-South 6.96% 18.05% 22.56% 17.61% 12.00% 10.91% 0.27%

43 - Edmonton-South West 7.60% 19.63% 26.06% 18.85% 15.23% 10.23% 0.64%

44 - Edmonton-Strathcona 7.64% 20.41% 12.94% 11.27% 13.09% 14.88% 0.53%

45 - Edmonton-West Henday 6.49% 16.82% 17.85% 16.22% 18.02% 17.96% 0.28% 46 - Edmonton-Whitemud 8.56% 11.98% 16.26% 18.40% 18.59% 20.96% 0.17%

47 - Airdrie-Cochrane 5.68% 14.02% 20.36% 17.31% 17.02% 17.02% 0.15%

48 - Airdrie-East 5.78% 15.72% 22.36% 17.26% 16.82% 14.07% 0.27%

49 - Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock 4.70% 9.99% 11.90% 14.61% 20.56% 27.92% 0.11%

50 - Banff-Kananaskis 3.57% 6.10% 11.50% 16.59% 22.11% 19.72% 0.42%

51 - Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul 4.59% 14.52% 16.20% 15.25% 18.45% 17.55% 0.22% 52 - Brooks-Medicine Hat 4.40% 9.59% 14.57% 14.90% 18.05% 20.74% 0.22%

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Electoral Division 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Unknown

53 - Camrose 4.63% 10.20% 12.23% 13.82% 18.77% 27.15% 0.08%

54 - Cardston-Siksika 6.74% 12.12% 13.62% 14.05% 19.03% 25.68% 0.18% 55 - Central Peace-Notley 5.54% 10.57% 13.14% 15.68% 19.45% 23.47% 0.17%

56 - Chestermere-Strathmore 6.17% 11.51% 19.32% 19.15% 18.06% 16.74% 0.28%

57 - Cypress-Medicine Hat 5.88% 12.05% 15.63% 15.10% 20.05% 26.35% 0.27%

58 - Drayton Valley-Devon 6.34% 12.50% 15.52% 16.84% 20.85% 19.55% 0.26%

59 - Drumheller-Stettler 5.37% 11.54% 13.04% 15.29% 20.78% 25.35% 0.16%

60 - Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche 5.55% 15.69% 18.00% 19.23% 19.46% 11.41% 0.20% 61 - Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo 3.89% 18.16% 22.29% 17.48% 12.22% 2.95% 0.26%

62 - Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville 6.11% 14.07% 15.37% 15.27% 18.78% 23.01% 0.13%

63 - Grande Prairie 7.21% 20.78% 19.61% 15.51% 15.59% 12.69% 0.35%

64 - Grande Prairie-Wapiti 6.24% 16.76% 20.53% 15.53% 16.04% 12.62% 0.28%

65 - Highwood 5.84% 9.38% 16.80% 18.94% 20.24% 20.50% 0.45%

66 - Innisfail-Sylvan Lake 6.06% 13.91% 16.05% 15.50% 19.25% 20.12% 0.32% 67 - Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland 5.72% 9.62% 13.86% 17.12% 21.83% 22.08% 0.07%

68 - Lacombe-Ponoka 6.05% 14.76% 16.15% 15.04% 17.96% 19.10% 0.17%

69 - Leduc-Beaumont 6.22% 15.48% 20.87% 15.72% 15.42% 15.50% 0.37%

70 - Lesser Slave Lake 5.22% 11.66% 14.24% 16.07% 18.49% 17.97% 0.64%

71 - Lethbridge-East 6.12% 11.74% 12.66% 12.87% 18.15% 28.39% 0.25%

72 - Lethbridge-West 10.77% 17.15% 15.77% 13.11% 14.86% 18.06% 0.50% 73 - Livingstone-Macleod 4.25% 9.09% 11.12% 13.09% 20.21% 30.91% 0.57%

74 - Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin 5.21% 10.60% 14.19% 14.70% 20.21% 23.16% 0.27%

75 - Morinville-St. Albert 7.06% 11.13% 16.18% 17.50% 19.73% 18.76% 0.19%

76 - Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills 5.29% 11.33% 14.08% 15.34% 19.85% 24.61% 0.23%

77 - Peace River 6.41% 13.78% 15.54% 16.05% 16.92% 15.84% 0.27%

78 - Red Deer-North 6.50% 16.60% 17.31% 14.57% 18.60% 19.48% 0.16% 79 - Red Deer-South 7.28% 14.48% 17.34% 16.29% 18.16% 18.94% 0.18%

80 - Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre 4.69% 11.04% 12.90% 14.65% 21.05% 24.44% 0.12%

81 - Sherwood Park 7.32% 12.92% 15.74% 15.44% 17.82% 23.71% 0.14%

82 - Spruce Grove-Stony Plain 7.00% 15.86% 17.66% 15.34% 15.84% 19.53% 0.09%

83 - St. Albert 8.07% 12.11% 15.42% 16.79% 19.47% 23.34% 0.23%

84 - Strathcona-Sherwood Park 8.62% 10.88% 16.44% 20.86% 20.44% 17.41% 0.18% 85 - Taber-Warner 5.56% 11.42% 14.09% 13.42% 18.44% 21.99% 0.13%

86 - Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright 4.69% 11.13% 14.82% 14.10% 16.49% 17.15% 0.12%

87 - West Yellowhead 5.59% 13.85% 16.29% 16.57% 20.15% 16.94% 0.13%

TOTAL 6.45% 13.77% 16.58% 16.34% 17.99% 18.58% 0.28%

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AGE & GENDER STATISTICS

In aggregate, the previous chart shows the percentage of each age range and gender split that applies within the tracked region. Each region and gender demographic are tracked independently across the span of age demographics.

Male Female X Not Stated18-24 7.36% 7.83% 32.58% 7.33%25-34 15.96% 16.11% 37.12% 20.04%35-44 17.39% 17.08% 12.12% 18.06%45-54 16.29% 15.82% 8.33% 15.92%55-64 17.99% 17.88% 2.27% 11.49%65+ 24.70% 24.95% 6.82% 12.08%Unknown 0.30% 0.33% 0.76% 15.07%

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Age and Gender - Combined Total

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CENSUS COMPARISON

The information captured above references the 2016 Census of Canada and the Alberta Treasury Board and Finance population estimates. These are contrasted against the information captured in January 2020 Alberta Register of Electors. The percentages shown indicate how well the register reflects the number of eligible and future electors in the province at this moment in time.

Source: Alberta Provincial Electoral Division Profiles - 2016 (2019 Boundaries) https://open.alberta.ca/ publications/alberta-provincial-electoral-division-profiles-2016-2019-boundaries

Register of Electors (2020) Statistics Canada (2016) Male Female X/NS Total Male Female Total 15-24 134,934 131,966 2,105 269,005 233,040 217,605 450,645 25-34 233,413 238,076 4,940 476,429 273,795 265,665 539,460 35-44 256,983 258,678 4,567 520,228 249,915 246,520 496,435 45-54 241,613 238,951 2,952 483,516 252,040 251,475 503,515 55-64 252,547 251,916 2,122 506,585 237,370 235,890 473,260 65+ 254,803 285,162 2,499 542,464 208,030 227,000 435,030

1,374,297 1,404,750 19,185 2,798,227 1,454,190 1,444,155 2,898,345

Source: Statistics Canada - Catalogue Number: 98-400-X2016001 and 98-400-X2016184, cross-referenced.

Note: Electors of unknown age are not included in the data sets presented on this page.

16-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+Census 90,605 347,953 577,155 559,118 509,886 516,410 542,053Register 49,863 219,142 476,429 520,228 483,516 506,585 542,464% Registered 55.03% 62.98% 82.55% 93.04% 94.83% 98.10% 100.08%

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8 RECOMMENDATIONS Following every electoral event, there is an opportunity to assess what worked well and what can be improved. Increasing efficiency at the polls, finding opportunities for cost savings, and responding to feedback from electors were all considered in developing recommendations for changes to the legislation. The following recommendations represent the top eight areas for legislative change that would have the most impact, with specific line-by-line recommendations for each section of the Election Act contained in Appendix A.

Additionally, there is an overall need to modernize and simplify the electoral legislation. The Election Act has been amended seventeen times in the last twenty years, while the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act has been amended twelve times. This has resulted in legislation that is disjointed, contradictory, and not in alignment. Electoral legislation must be followed by registered political parties, constituency associations, candidates, nomination contestants, leadership contestants, third party advertisers, contributors, returning officers, election officers and the electorate. It is therefore vital that the legislation is written in plain language, is easily understandable, and makes electoral rules clear.

A general clean-up of both pieces of electoral legislation is necessary to:

• Combine the Election Act and Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act into one Act;

• Modernize the language;

• Write in plain language;

• Align linked procedures; and

• Organize the sections logically.

FIXED DATE ELECTIONS The Election Act currently provides for an election period, resulting in a General Election held between March 1 and May 31, four years following the last General Election. It also establishes the commencement of the campaign period, in which candidate nominations can be accepted, as February 1 of the same year. This creates numerous challenges with planning the event, as a specific Election date is necessary before we can hire and train staff, sign rental contracts to book polling places and sign contracts to book and schedule advertising. The fixed date to start the campaign period requires returning offices to be open and available to candidates.

In the 2019 General Election, all returning offices were established on February 1, allowing for returning officers to accept candidate nominations and to be ready should the election call come on that day. As the writ was not issued until March 19, 2019, an additional month of office rent was incurred at a cost of over $500,000.

Establishing a fixed-date election would have a significant impact on planning and delivering a successful election event, allowing for the following to occur:

• Polling locations would be identified in the year prior to the event. This will allow more opportunity to secure locations electors are familiar with, and that meet the accessibility requirements. Early choice would also allow those facilities to schedule their regular activities around the election date.

• Community schools are the most common location used as a polling place; over 40% of Election Day polls are established in schools. School boards, principals, teachers, and parents have all expressed student safety concerns with the use of schools as polling places during instructional time.

• Together with a fixed date, requiring Election Day to be a non-instructional day would ensure student safety, while providing accessible, convenient polling locations for electors.

• Where-to-vote cards and newspaper advertisements could be prepared and finalized in advance of the issuance of the writ of election. This would eliminate the staff time currently required post-writ to secure all polling places and confirm all address and location details, in order to start generating these materials. The additional time is crucial in ensuring that advertising reaches rural Alberta before the advance polls commence.

Budget Impact:

• Cost savings on office leases and furniture rentals

• Cost savings on tendered contracts using a fixed delivery date

Event Impact:

• Improved access to polling places

• Improved timeliness of elector communication

• Improved recruitment efforts

• Improved Special Ballot access

Impact on Election Act:

• s. 1(1)(b.1): Campaign period

• s. 38.1: Election period • s. 39(d): Election Day • New: Non-instructional

day

Elector feedback:

• 68% of electors surveyed were supportive of a fixed election day

• 57% indicated a preference for a weekday election

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• The returning office staff recruitment would reach a larger selection of people. Qualified individuals who normally do not apply for the positions, due to employment or family status, would be able to compete for these positions, knowing the dates on which they would need to make alternate arrangements for their work and family commitments.

• Election officer recruitment and training could be started earlier in the process, allowing potential election officers to know if they are available to work on voting days.

• Electors would know their availability on voting days, allowing them to send in requests for Special Ballots early. Without knowing a date, most electors who were away from the country waited for the writ to be issued to determine if they were available to vote in person or not.

• Returning office staff training could be planned to occur right before the writ of election, allowing staff to apply what they learn in a timely manner.

• Returning offices would be leased for a two-month period, two weeks prior to the writ for set-up and for two weeks after Election Day for clean up. This would be beneficial in securing leases, as returning officers would be able to commit to a timeframe when looking for space. Also, lease extensions would not need to be negotiated during the election period.

PARAMETERS FOR DETERMINING ELECTION DATES

The following parameters should be considered in determining what day is best for a fixed date election.

Length of Election Calendar

Alberta operates on a 28-day election calendar. This is the shortest timeframe in Canada, and various timelines are affected by the day of the week for which the election is called. For instance, a Monday Election Day results in only one day between the close of advance polls and Election Day, a timeframe that is too small to successfully generate poll books and deliver them province-wide. It is recommended that if Election Day is a Sunday or Monday that a 35-day election calendar be utilized, and advance polls be held the Tuesday through Saturday, ending at least five days before Election Day.

Effect of Statutory Holidays

When a statutory holiday falls within the election period it can have an impact on the time available to complete tasks, on availability of polling places, and on voter turnout. The biggest effect in the current election period is related to Easter, which can take place in March or April. It is undesirable for any voting days to be located on the weekend of Good Friday and Easter due to the unavailability of churches to be used as polling locations, and the potential for lower voter turnout over this period.

Municipal and Federal Fixed Date Elections

Both municipal and federal elections occur on a fixed-date schedule, with both elections scheduled in October. To avoid potential overlap with these elections, October should be considered for a fixed date only if there is a legislated provision to move the Provincial General Election to the following spring should it coincide with another election.


Other Elections that may occur with the General Election

Legislation that allows for an additional election, such as the Senate Election Act or the Constitutional Referendum Act, to be held in conjunction with the General Election leads to additional timing challenges in delivering concurrent events. Legislation should provide for additional time, such as a 35-day election calendar, to allow for the successful delivery of the events when run concurrently.

Office Rental Timeframes

Office space is generally leased on a month-by-month basis, with leases commencing on the first of the month. Providing a minimum of two weeks to prepare the office space in advance of the writ being issued is necessary to ensure that offices are fully functional for the full election period. Timing the issuance of the writ to allow for this timeframe ensures that offices are only required for a two-month period, resulting in significant cost savings.

SUGGESTED FIXED ELECTION DATES

The following two options for fixed election dates represent the ideal timeframes in consideration of the parameters for determining election dates. They both follow the traditional 28-day calendar, are not greatly affected by holidays, do not coincide with municipal or federal elections, and require only a two-month office rental.

Fixed Date Election: Third Wednesday in March

Year Writ

Issued Nomination

Day Advance Polling

Election Day

Announcement of Official Results

2023 February 15 February 25 March 7 - 11 March 15 March 25

2027 February 17 February 27 March 9 - 13 March 17 March 27

2031 February 19 March 1 March 11 - 15 March 19 March 29

Returning office rentals would be limited to a two-month period (February 1 – March 31)

Fixed Date Election: Third Wednesday in May

Year Writ

Issued Nomination

Day Advance Polling

Election Day

Announcement of Official Results

2023 April 19 April 29 May 9 - 13 May 17 May 27

2027 April 21 May 1 May 11 - 15 May 19 May 29

2031 April 23 May 3 May 13 - 17 May 21 May 31

Returning office rentals would be limited to a two-month period (April 1 – May 31)


MANDATORY IDENTIFICATION Currently, electors listed in the poll book at their current address can receive a ballot after verbally providing their name and address to the election officer. Only electors who need to register at the polls are required to provide identification to prove their name and address before voting.

This has led to concerns from electors that it is too easy for a person to impersonate an elector and receive a ballot in their name. The information contained on where-to-vote cards is enough to obtain a ballot at the polls. The where-to-vote cards, however, are the most important tool available to Elections Alberta to communicate with electors about when and where to vote.

Providing identification at the polls is required for municipal elections, federal elections and in eight other provincial and territorial elections. Only Alberta, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Yukon and Nunavut do not have a mandatory identification requirement in legislation. Electors have become accustomed to providing identification at the polls; many contacted Elections Alberta during the election to report their concerns that they had not been asked for identification at the polls.

Requiring identification can create a barrier to voting for individuals who have challenges in obtaining identification. Legislative provisions already exist to assist these groups, including:

• Mobile polls can be established in treatment centres, supportive living facilities, emergency shelters and community support centres. Identification is not required for these individuals, as they are deemed resident in the facility by the facility operator.

• Vouching is an acceptable form of identification, in which an elector residing in the same polling subdivision, may vouch for an elector without identification. There is no limit on the number of electors that can be vouched for.

The Chief Electoral Officer provides a listing of acceptable identification that can be provided at the polls to register to vote. The list currently includes over sixty different pieces of identification and is reviewed regularly to ensure that it is a comprehensive list.

Budget Impact:

• Additional outreach will be required to communicate this change

Event Impact:

• Improves compliance with the legislation

• Assists election officers to identify the correct person in the poll book to mark as voted

• Aligns our processes with municipal and federal elections

• Improves voter confidence in the system


• s. 95: Requirements of voters

• New: s.100.1 – 100.5 to outline the process of voting

Elector Feedback:

• 86% of electors surveyed were supportive of identification being required at the polls

• Over 650 electors expressed concern during the election that identification was not mandatory

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FLEXIBLE STAFFING PROVISIONS The Election Act provides direction on staffing in the polls in two ways, by:

• Limiting the size of polling subdivisions to 450 electors. Each polling subdivision has an established polling station on Election Day. A deputy returning officer and poll clerk must be assigned to each polling station.

• Outlining the specific function performed by each election officer, including the supervisory deputy returning officer, information officer, registration officer, deputy returning officer and poll clerk.

Combined, this prescription on polling subdivision size and staffing has resulted in staffing levels and costs that increase with each election as the population grows. In the 2019 General Election, 17,285 election officers were hired to staff the Election Day polls. This is an increase of 1,708 election officers from the 2015 General Election, even though fewer electors voted on Election Day in 2019.

Election Day Staffing by Volume Experienced

Year Election Officers Hired

Ballots Cast on Election Day

Electors per Election Officer

2019 17,285 1,152,545 68 2015 15,577 1,217,758 78

In contrast, after modifications to the advance poll staffing model for 2019, election officers were able to serve a significantly larger number of electors, while providing more flexibility, polling locations and voting opportunities.

Advance Poll Staffing by Volume Experienced

Year Election Officers Hired

Ballots Cast at Advance Polls

Electors per Election Officer

2019 1,552 700,476 451 2015 997 234,659 235

Budget Impact:

• Cost savings on staff fees and training costs

Event Impact:

• Improves ability to manage volumes in the polls

• Increases capacity to establish workable polling subdivisions

• Improves ability to provide staffing in alignment with the needs of the area

• Improves process for electors that need to register at the polls


• s. 14: Polling subdivision size

• s. 111: Close of poll procedures

• New: s. 45.1 for staffing roles

• Repeal: s. 47.1, 54, 71-75, 75.1, 76-77, 77.1, 78, 80, 85, 90, 94, 95, 100, 111, 112, 118, 124

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Polling Subdivision Size

The basic function of a polling subdivision is to achieve an orderly, evenly distributed population of electors at any given polling station. Flexibility for the returning officer to determine the number of polling stations required in their electoral division based on geographical, historical, and population growth factors would allow them to be more responsive to the needs of the electorate, while maintaining appropriate staffing levels.

When the maximum polling subdivision size of 450 electors was established in 1980, there were fewer voting opportunities available to electors, consisting of:

• 3 days of advance polling restricted to electors that were disabled, absent on Election Day or who were election officers, candidates, official agents or scrutineers;

• Special Ballots for electors who were physically incapacitated or absent from the electoral division; and

• Election Day voting at their assigned polling station.

The number of electors voting on Election Day has decreased with every election since, moving from a high of 97.07% in 1979 to a low of 60.87% in 2019. The increase of advance polling days and the opening of advance poll voting opportunities to any elector has contributed most significantly to this change. Eliminating the threshold size on polling subdivisions would allow Elections Alberta to respond to these changing volumes being experienced on Election Day.

Alternate Staffing Models

Alternate staffing models for Election Day would focus on increasing the ability for election officers to respond to volumes of electors at specific polling stations while maintaining a paper process. Electors are currently assigned to a specific polling station held at the polling location, often resulting in long line-ups at one station, while other stations may be less busy. This may be alleviated by distributing the electors for the polling location alphabetically, rather than by polling station. This distribution could consider the number of electors who have already voted at the advance polls and provided a more even distribution of electors for the election officers.

As in the advance polls, it would also be advantageous for electors who need to register at the polls to be served by one election officer rather than having to go to two different stations. Allowing the election officer who is completing registrations of new electors to also issue the ballot would improve efficiency in serving these electors and reduce the current duplication of work.

To further increase the flow of electors through the polls, a single ballot box location on the way out of the poll would allow one election officer to assist electors with depositing their ballots. This process was successfully used in the advance polls to increase efficiency and traffic flow. To facilitate this change, results reporting would be completed by polling location rather than polling subdivision.

ENABLE FLEXIBILITY FOR ADVANCE VOTING The changes implemented for advance polling in the 2019 General Election were very successful, and electors continue to demonstrate their interest in having this alternate voting opportunity. The legislation should enable more flexibility in how advance voting is delivered, aligning more with the practices utilized in the election.

Scrutineer Appointments

The legislation currently requires scrutineers to be appointed to a polling station and an Oath of Secrecy to be taken at each polling station. No clarity is provided in legislation for how many scrutineers can be appointed on advance polling days.

To simplify the appointment process, scrutineers should be appointed to a polling place, allowing them to take the Oath of Secrecy once with the supervisor of the poll. Candidates should be able to appoint the designated number of scrutineers for each voting day, providing an equal process whether for advance voting or Election Day.

This will simplify the process for election officers in the polls, and for candidates and their scrutineers.

Advance and Special Mobile Polls

While advance and special mobile polls operate on the same days, they have different criteria regarding when they are to operate and are covered in different sections of the Election Act. The terminology of ‘special mobile poll’ was found to be very confusing by returning office staff, election officers and scrutineers.

Combined, the features of advance and special mobile polls provided ample voting opportunities for electors. In several rural electoral divisions, the flexibility of special mobile polls was utilized to provide five small communities with one-day advance polls, rather than the poll being set in one location for all five days, requiring more people to travel to that location.

Merging the flexibility of the special mobile polls with the requirements for advance polls would provide a simplified requirement for these polls. Features that are important to include are:

Budget Impact:

• Increase in advance poll rental fees where more polls are established

Event Impact:

• Improves process of scrutineer appointments

• Increases opportunity for advance polling

• Increases flexibility for holding a mobile poll

• Reduces confusion between advance polls and special mobile polls


• s. 79: Scrutineer appointments

• s. 98: Advance polls • s. 120: Mobile polls • s. 125.1 – 125.3: Special

mobile polls

Elector Feedback:

• 84% of electors surveyed were aware that they could vote anywhere in the advance polls

• 31% of electors surveyed that voted in advance reported that they may not have voted without the vote anywhere feature being available

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• Five days of advance polling, the Tuesday through Saturday in the week preceding Election Day.

• Electors can receive the ballot for their electoral division at advance polls (vote anywhere feature), unless determined by the Chief Electoral Officer (for remote areas).

• At least one advance poll in each electoral division must operate for the full five days from 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

• Additional advance polls can be established on any of the advance poll days, for the time established between the returning officer and the Chief Electoral Officer.

• No elector shall travel more than 100 kilometers to access a polling location operating during the advance poll period.

Mobile Poll Voting Day Options

Mobile polls are offered to hospitals, treatment centres, supportive living facilities, long-term care facilities, shelters and community support centres with more than ten resident electors. These polls can be held on Election Day or on both Election Day and on any advanced voting day. The legislation does not allow for the mobile poll to be held only on an advance voting day. The facility operator and the returning officer work together to establish the day and time the poll will operate. In some cases, due to prior bookings, a facility operator may not consent to an Election Day poll. Allowing flexibility in the legislation for the mobile poll to be held on any of the voting days, would provide more opportunity for mobile polling.

Vote Anywhere for Mobile Polls held on Advance Voting Days

Electors voting at a mobile poll are deemed resident of the facility and receive a ballot based on the facility’s address. For individuals receiving treatment at a hospital or treatment centre, this does not allow them to vote for the candidates in their home electoral division. For mobile polls held during advance voting days, the ability to issue a vote anywhere ballot could be facilitated using the technology already deployed for the advance polls.

ENABLE USE OF TECHNOLOGY Technology can be successfully used to increase election officer efficiency, improve processes for voters and increase the speed at which tasks are completed. Without the use of electronic poll books, the vote anywhere feature offered in the advance polls would not have been possible. While the voting procedure used for advance polling was efficient, the count procedure was not. Vote tabulation equipment was not permitted in the advance polls, requiring an alternate process to be developed to complete the count of the vote anywhere ballots. This resulted in unofficial results for these ballots being delayed by 72 hours.

Allowing the use of vote tabulation equipment within the advance polls would allow for all ballots cast to be tabulated quickly after 8 p.m. on Election Day. As ballots are cast, vote tabulators record the vote cast, but do not report the results until required to do so at the close of polls. This is usually done by turning a key and entering a code and can be done by returning office staff. This results in significant benefits:

• Election officers working the advance polls can work on Election Day, as they are no longer required to come in to complete the advance poll count. This will reduce the number of election officers that need to be hired and trained, while increasing the number of experienced election officers available to work on Election Day.

• A single ballot style can be issued at the advance polls, resulting in less confusion for election officers and electors. This would allow for use of only one set of instructions for marking the ballot, and one voter template for vision impaired voters.

• Ballots would not need to be collected and securely transported to Elections Alberta for the count.

• Results for the advance polls would be available within minutes rather than days.

The acquisition and deployment of tabulators does, however, require additional money and staff. These additional election costs can be mitigated by contracting with other electoral agencies that have already invested in the technology, renting their equipment at a significantly reduced rate. For reference, all laptops deployed for the advance polls were rented from Elections Ontario at a cost savings of $750,000 compared with the cost of purchase.

Budget Impact:

• Increase in technology costs to support use of tabulators in advance polls

• Cost savings in election officer training

• Cost savings for staff fees to conduct the unofficial count of advance poll ballots

Event Impact:

• Allows for all unofficial results to be reported election night

• Allows for the use of one ballot style and process at the advance polls


• s. 4.1(1): Testing equipment

• s. 4.11: Directives • s. 4.12: Voting

equipment • s. 92: Persons entitled

to remain in the poll

Elector Feedback:

• 75% of electors surveyed supported the use of technology in the polls

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INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF SPECIAL BALLOT Electors who request a Special Ballot to be mailed to them have a very limited amount of time to receive, complete and mail back their package. While Special Ballots could be requested on January 1, 2019, the package could not be mailed until the writ was issued, resulting in 28 days for the entire process. This timeframe does not accommodate voters who request their packages to be mailed outside of Canada; the first delivery alone may exceed the time available. Several options are available to improve the accessibility of Special Ballots for electors requesting a ballot by mail:

OPTION 1: SEND ALL PACKAGES BY EXPEDITED MAIL

Currently, only Special Ballots mailed in Canada are sent by Priority Post. International mailings are sent by standard mail. All return postage costs are the responsibility of the elector for both local and international Special Ballot packages.

Priority postage has a significantly higher cost per package but would allow for the package to make it to the elector in time for them to complete and mail it back, provided they are also willing to pay for the priority return rates.

This option does not change the process for the elector to request a package but does have an increased cost to implement. Based on the number of packages mailed internationally in the 2019 General Election, changing to Priority Post would increase cost of postage by an estimated $140,000.

Estimated Shipping Rates

Location Standard

Rate Priority

Rate Increase in

Mailing Cost

USA $10.90 $42.59 $99,569.98

International $21.80 $89.00 $40,723.20

Budget Impact:

• Potential for increase in mailing costs

Event Impact:

• Improves the ability for electors to successfully receive and return a Special Ballot package


• s. 116 - 118: Special Ballots

Elector Feedback:

• Electors requesting Special Ballots from international locations were very concerned with the timeframe to receive and return a Special Ballot package

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OPTION 2: EARLIER MAILING OF PACKAGES

Electors can request a Special Ballot as early as January 1 in a General Election year, but it does not provide them with a significant benefit, as the package cannot be mailed until the writ is issued. In the 2019 General Election, only 431 Special Ballots (1.5% of the total requested) were requested before the writ was issued, as electors did not know the date of the election, and so would not know if they required a Special Ballot.

Combined with a fixed election date, allowing international requests to be made and fulfilled in the month prior to the writ being issued would allow time for mailing, even when using standard mailing options. This option does not impact on the cost of delivering Special Ballots but does impact the process for voters. Voters would need to be aware that:

• Requests for international Special Ballot packages can be made and delivered prior to the election being called;

• Special Ballot packages cannot be completed until the Writ of Election is issued; and

• Packages that have been return mailed prior to the writ being issued will be rejected.

OPTION 3: TELEPHONE VOTING OPTIONS

Introducing a telephone voting option for completing a Special Ballot would reduce the dependency on mail delivery timeframes. Special Ballot packages would still be mailed to the elector, but would include a PIN number that could be used to complete a vote by phone, if the mail delivery timeframes or expense of mailing would not otherwise allow the elector to have their Special Ballot package received at the returning office prior to 8 p.m. on Election Day. This retains the option for the elector to have their Special Ballot sent by return postage.

The telephone voting process would be conducted by the Elections Alberta call centre and consist of a verification process, in which the identity of the elector would be confirmed by:

• Name and Address;

• Unique PIN number; and

• Alberta Driver’s Licence or Identification Card Number.

Once authenticated, the elector would be transferred to another call-centre representative with no knowledge of their identity, for the vote to be taken on the paper ballot for their electoral division. Elections British Columbia utilizes a similar telephone voting process to ensure the secrecy of the ballot for electors with vision loss or with a disability that restricts their ability to vote independently at other voting opportunities.

This process would have minimal cost implications, as Special Ballot packages would continue being sent in the current manner. The process change for the elector would have a minimal impact, as package requests would continue in the current manner. The Special Ballot package mailed to the elector would provide information on the telephone voting option and would continue to offer the mail return option that electors are already familiar with.


IMPROVE COLLECTION, USE AND PROTECTION OF ELECTOR DATA The 2018 Enumeration Report included three recommendations to improve the collection, use and protection of elector data:

1. Include the ability for alternative contact information, such as email addresses, to be contained in the Register of Electors.

2. Remove elector contact information from the List of Electors.

3. Require registered political parties and candidates to submit a privacy policy, following guidelines established by the Chief Electoral Officer, prior to receiving the List of Electors.

In addition to these recommendations, the following recommendations would improve how list data is utilized.

Improve Data Sharing

Through the collection of data for the Register of Electors and preparing for the General Election, Elections Alberta collects and utilizes significant mapping, addressing and geospatial information. This information could also be utilized by other public bodies, such as 911 services, should the Election Act be amended to allow for this information to be shared. Where agreements for data sharing exist, allowing the Chief Electoral Officer to share details related to addressing, mapping and geospatial information would improve other agencies data sets, and reduce duplicate data collection and processing efforts.

List Products for Registered Political Parties and Candidates

Registered political parties and candidates are entitled to receive the List of Electors, Additions to the List of Electors, Record of Electors who have requested a Special Ballot, Record of Electors who have Voted, and a copy of the Poll Books following the election. The requirements governing how this data can be accessed are not consistent and create a need for additional resources to prepare the requested items. The following recommendations will provide consistency in access to list products.

Budget Impact:

• Cost savings to move to electronic

Event Impact:

• Allows other public agencies to benefit from address, mapping, and geospatial information

• Improves consistency of processes for registered political parties and candidate access


• s. 13(2): Register of Electors

• s. 13(2.1): Mandatory elements

• s. 13.2(3.1): Data sharing

• s. 13.3(1): Removed from the register

• s. 17: List of Electors’ data elements

• s. 18: Additions to the list

• s. 19: Privacy policy • s. 98(6.3): Sequence

numbers • s. 152: Poll book data

Elector Feedback:

• Concerns were reported about the use of personal information and about receiving unsolicited phone calls and text messages

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• Additions to the List: Allow Additions to the List of Electors to be provided to registered political parties and candidates in the same form and manner as the original List of Electors. This would allow the Additions to the List to be distributed centrally from Elections Alberta, rather than every individual returning office, using either electronic or paper lists.

• Record of Electors who Voted at Advance Polls: Allow the use of the elector’s unique ID as the method of identifying electors who have voted at the advance polls rather than sequence numbers. Removing the use of sequence numbers at the advance polls, would allow for these to be issued after advance polls close. This would facilitate the integration of all additions to the list to be produced alphabetically in the Election Day poll book, increasing efficiency for electoral division election officers.

• Poll Books: Provide the option for registered political parties and candidates to request either a copy of the poll books or an electronic subset of the data contained within them, such as the Record of Electors who have Voted. Scanning the 7,216 poll books following the election requires significant resources and would only be undertaken after a request for copies was made. Full costs incurred to make the copies would then be the responsibility of the requestor(s).


ESTABLISH A THRESHOLD FOR COMPLETING THE OFFICIAL COUNT At the close of polls on Election Day, over 14,000 Deputy Returning Officers and Poll Clerks completed the unofficial count of the 1,906,366 ballots cast. These results were posted to the Elections Alberta website as the counts were completed. Following Election Day, the Returning Officer, Election Clerk and support staff completed a full manual recount of all ballots cast in their electoral division for the Official Results that were released ten days following Election Day. This official count was completed regardless of whether the difference between the first and second candidate is 50 votes or 5000 votes. Following both the unofficial and official counts, candidates could also make application to the Court of Queen’s Bench for a judicial recount.

It is rare for the results from the official count to change the unofficial results by more than a couple of ballots. The second count is in most cases not a valuable use of resources. Changing the requirement to perform the official count from all contests, to those where the difference between the two leading candidates is 100 votes or less would allow for a more appropriate use of resources.

This is also consistent with other electoral legislation, as a full official count is completed in only one other province, Saskatchewan. All other provinces and territories, as well as elections at the federal and municipal level no longer require an automatic full recount of ballots for all contests.

Budget Impact:

• Cost savings for staff fees to complete the official count

Event Impact:

• Reduces the post-event requirements to prepare the official results

• Allows returning officers to focus on election officer payments in the post-election days


• s. 137: Official count

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ferre

d to

in s

ectio

n 14

(b);

1(1)

(a) “

adva

nce

voti

ng” m

eans

a v

otin

g da

y ta

ken

in a

dvan

ce o

f ele

ctio

n da

y;

1(1)

(w) “

elec

tion

day”

mea

ns th

e da

y fix

ed fo

r vo

ting

at a

n el

ectio

n;

1(1)

(v) “

votin

g re

cord

” mea

ns a

vot

ing

reco

rd re

ferre

d to

in s

ectio

n 10

0(1)

, whi

ch

may

be

in e

lect

roni

c fo

rm;

(x) “

votin

g pl

ace”

mea

ns a

pla

ce w

here

one

or

mor

e vo

ting

stat

ions

are

pro

vided

for t

he

purp

ose

of v

otin

g at

an

elec

tion;

1(

1)(y

) “vo

ting

stat

ion”

mea

ns a

pla

ce w

here

an

elec

tor i

n a

voti

ng a

rea

cast

s th

e el

ecto

r’s v

ote;

1(

1)(z

) “vo

ting

area

” mea

ns a

vot

ing

area

re

ferre

d to

in s

ectio

n 14

(b);

Ad

ditio

nal a

men

dmen

ts w

ill be

requ

ired

to

upda

te th

e te

rmin

olog

y th

roug

hout

the

Act.

This

will

mod

erni

ze th

e te

rmin

olog

y, b

y us

ing

the

mor

e co

mm

on te

rm “v

ote”

rath

er th

an “p

oll”.

• “p

oll”

to “v

ote”

•

“pol

ling

plac

e” to

“vot

ing

plac

e”

• “p

ollin

g st

atio

n” to

“vot

ing

stat

ion”

•

“pol

ling

subd

ivisi

on” t

o “v

otin

g ar

ea”

• “p

oll b

ook”

to “v

otin

g re

cord

” Th

e te

rm “e

lect

ion

day”

is re

com

men

ded

rath

er

than

“vot

ing

day”

for t

he d

ay fi

xed

for v

otin

g, a

s “e

lect

ion

day”

is a

sin

gle

day.

Vot

ing

days

wou

ld

not b

e a

defin

ed te

rm a

nd in

clude

s al

l vot

ing

days

(inc

ludi

ng S

pecia

l Bal

lot a

nd a

dvan

ce v

otin

g op

portu

nitie

s).

2.

1(1)

(b.1

) “ca

mpa

ign

perio

d” m

eans

(i) in

the

case

of a

gen

eral

ele

ctio

n he

ld

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith s

ectio

n 38

.1(2

), th

e pe

riod

com

men

cing

on F

ebru

ary

1 in

the

year

in w

hich

the

elec

tion

is he

ld a

nd

endi

ng 2

mon

ths

afte

r pol

ling

day,

…

(ii

i)

in th

e ca

se o

f an

elec

tion

unde

r th

e Al

berta

Sen

ate

Elec

tion

Act h

eld

in

conj

unct

ion

with

a g

ener

al e

lect

ion

held

in

acc

orda

nce

with

sec

tion

38.1

(2),

the

perio

d co

mm

encin

g on

Feb

ruar

y 1

in th

e ye

ar in

whi

ch th

e el

ectio

n is

held

and

en

ding

2 m

onth

s af

ter p

ollin

g da

y,

The

esta

blish

men

t of a

fixe

d da

te e

lect

ion

may

im

pact

the

date

iden

tifie

d as

the

star

t of t

he

cam

paig

n pe

riod.

The

esta

blish

men

t of a

fixe

d da

te e

lect

ion

may

im

pact

the

date

iden

tifie

d as

the

star

t of t

he

cam

paig

n pe

riod.

The

cam

paig

n pe

riod

may

co

mm

ence

eith

er o

n th

e da

te th

at th

e w

rit is

iss

ued,

or o

n th

e fir

st o

f the

mon

th in

whi

ch th

e w

rit is

issu

ed.

The

cam

paig

n pe

riod

star

ting

on th

e da

te th

e w

rit is

issu

ed w

ill re

quire

an

amen

dmen

t to

this

sect

ion.

Th

e ca

mpa

ign

perio

d st

artin

g on

the

first

of t

he

mon

th fo

r a G

ener

al E

lect

ion

held

on

the

third

Th

ursd

ay in

Mar

ch w

ould

be

Febr

uary

1,

requ

iring

no

amen

dmen

t to

this

sect

ion.

Th

e ca

mpa

ign

perio

d st

artin

g on

the

first

of t

he

mon

th fo

r a G

ener

al E

lect

ion

held

on

the

third

APPE

NDI

X A:

LIN

E-BY

-LIN

E PR

OPO

SED

LEG

ISLA

TIVE

AM

ENDM

ENTS


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

Tues

day

in M

ay w

ould

be

April

1, r

equi

ring

an

amen

dmen

t to

this

sect

ion.

3.

RELO

CATE

D FR

OM 2

1(8)

AD

D:

1(1)

(f.1)

“c

ounc

il” m

eans

the

“cou

ncil

of th

e ba

nd” w

ithin

the

mea

ning

of t

he In

dian

Act

(C

anad

a);

1(1)

(n.1

) “

Indi

an b

and”

mea

ns a

ban

d w

ithin

th

e m

eani

ng o

f the

Indi

an A

ct (C

anad

a);

1(1)

(ff.1

) “

settl

emen

t adm

inist

rato

r” m

eans

th

e pe

rson

app

oint

ed b

y th

e se

ttlem

ent c

ounc

il as

the

seni

or a

dmin

istra

tive

offic

er o

f the

se

ttlem

ent,

with

in th

e m

eani

ng o

f the

Met

is Se

ttlem

ents

Act

;

1(1)

(ff.2

) “

settl

emen

t cou

ncil”

mea

ns th

e co

uncil

of a

Met

is se

ttlem

ent w

ithin

the

mea

ning

of

the

Met

is Se

ttlem

ents

Act

.

Relo

cate

the

defin

ition

s fro

m 2

1(8)

so

that

they

ar

e co

ntai

ned

in o

ne p

lace

.

4.

1(1)

(i)

“ele

ctio

n of

ficer

” mea

ns a

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, ele

ctio

n cle

rk, a

dmin

istra

tive

assis

tant

, su

perv

isory

dep

uty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, reg

istra

tion

offic

er, d

eput

y re

turn

ing

offic

er, p

oll c

lerk

, in

form

atio

n of

ficer

or a

ny o

ther

per

son

appo

inte

d un

der s

ectio

n 4(

3)(c

);

(i) “e

lect

ion

offic

er” m

eans

an

indi

vidu

al

appo

inte

d un

der s

ectio

n 45

.1;

Addi

tiona

l am

endm

ents

will

be re

quire

d to

up

date

the

term

inol

ogy

thro

ugho

ut th

e Ac

t.

Indi

vidua

l titl

es a

nd a

ssoc

iate

d du

ties

and

resp

onsib

ilitie

s ar

e no

w to

be

subs

umed

in

adm

inist

rativ

e as

signm

ents

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er (s

ee th

e pr

opos

ed s

ectio

n 45

.1).

Re

turn

ing

offic

ers

and

elec

tion

clerk

s ar

e st

ill to

be

def

ined

sep

arat

ely

(and

are

not

allo

wed

to b

e un

der 1

8 ye

ars

of a

ge).

Elec

tion

offic

ers

can

now

be

16

or 1

7 ye

ars

old.

5.

NEW

AD

D:

(z.2

) “re

cord

” mea

ns a

reco

rd o

f inf

orm

atio

n in

an

y fo

rm a

nd in

clude

s no

tes,

imag

es, a

udio

visua

l re

cord

ings

, x-ra

ys, b

ooks

, doc

umen

ts, m

aps,

dr

awin

gs, p

hoto

grap

hs, l

ette

rs, v

ouch

ers

and

pape

rs a

nd a

ny o

ther

info

rmat

ion

that

is w

ritte

n,

phot

ogra

phed

, rec

orde

d or

sto

red

in a

ny

man

ner,

but d

oes

not i

nclu

de s

oftw

are

or a

ny

mec

hani

sm th

at p

rodu

ces

reco

rds;

The

prop

osed

am

endm

ent w

ill up

date

the

lang

uage

from

“boo

ks o

r doc

umen

ts” (

whi

ch h

as

been

in p

lace

sin

ce 1

978)

to “r

ecor

ds,”

in s

ectio

n 4.

2(2)

and

153

.09.

Th

e pr

opos

ed d

efin

ition

is b

orro

wed

from

Fr

eedo

m o

f Inf

orm

atio

n an

d Pr

otec

tion

of P

rivac

y Ac

t (Al

berta

).


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

6.

NEW

AD

D:

1(1.

1) F

or th

e pu

rpos

es o

f thi

s Ac

t, a

docu

men

t th

at is

requ

ired

to b

e fil

ed

(a)

with

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r is

filed

w

hen

it is

actu

ally

rece

ived

by

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r; an

d

(b)

with

a re

turn

ing

offic

er is

file

d w

hen

it is

actu

ally

rece

ived

by

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

.

The

purp

ose

of th

is am

endm

ent i

s to

cla

rify

the

mea

ning

of “

filed

”. A

sim

ilar s

ectio

n ex

ists

in th

e EF

CDA.

7.

3(3)

The

app

oint

men

t of t

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er e

xpire

s 12

mon

ths

afte

r pol

ling

day

for a

ge

nera

l ele

ctio

n un

less

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r is

reap

poin

ted

by th

e Lie

uten

ant G

over

nor i

n Co

uncil

prio

r to

that

dat

e on

the

reco

mm

enda

tion

of th

e St

andi

ng C

omm

ittee

.

3(3)

The

app

oint

men

t of t

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er e

xpire

s 12

mon

ths

afte

r vot

ing

day

of

the

seco

nd g

ener

al e

lect

ion

held

sin

ce th

e da

te o

f app

oint

men

t of

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er u

nder

sub

sect

ion

(1),

unle

ss th

e Ch

ief

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer i

s re

appo

inte

d by

the

Lieut

enan

t Go

vern

or in

Cou

ncil

prio

r to

that

dat

e on

the

reco

mm

enda

tion

of th

e St

andi

ng C

omm

ittee

.

A lo

nger

tenu

re p

rote

cts

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er fr

om b

ecom

ing

a po

litica

l pos

ition

and

pr

otec

ts th

e in

depe

nden

ce a

nd im

parti

ality

of t

he

posit

ion

from

pol

itica

l inf

luen

ces.

It a

lso

enha

nces

inst

itutio

nal m

emor

y an

d co

nsist

ency

. Be

twee

n ap

poin

tmen

ts, t

he D

eput

y w

ould

ste

p in

. Cu

rrent

ly, A

lber

ta h

as th

e sh

orte

st te

rm.

Fact

ually

, the

leng

ths

of te

rm fo

r eac

h Al

berta

Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer i

n th

e pa

st d

ecad

e or

so

have

bee

n sh

orte

r tha

n fo

ur y

ears

. A

two-

elec

tion

term

is a

low

bar

com

pare

d to

ot

her C

anad

ian

juris

dict

ions

. For

exa

mpl

e:

• Te

nure

: Ont

ario

, PEI

and

Yuk

on

• 10

-yea

r ter

m: C

anad

a, N

ova

Scot

ia a

nd

New

Bru

nsw

ick

• 7-

year

term

: Que

bec

and

Nuna

vut

• 1

year

afte

r the

sec

ond

gene

ral e

lect

ion:

Sa

skat

chew

an a

nd B

C A

two-

elec

tion

term

is a

lso m

ore

in li

ne w

ith th

e te

rms

of o

ther

inde

pend

ent o

ffice

rs o

f the

Le

gisla

ture

in A

lber

ta:

• Au

dito

r Gen

eral

– 8

yea

rs (s

. 2 A

udito

r Ge

nera

l Act

) •

Ombu

dsm

an –

5 y

ears

(s. 4

Om

buds

man

Ac

t) •

Ethi

cs C

omm

issio

ner –

5 y

ears

(s. 3

4 Co

nflic

ts o

f Int

eres

t Act

)


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

• In

fo. &

Priv

acy

Com

miss

ione

r – 5

yea

rs (s

. 46

FOI

PPA)

•

Child

& Y

outh

Adv

ocat

e –

5 ye

ars

(s. 3

Ch

ild &

You

th A

dvoc

ate

Act)

8.

4.1(

1) W

here

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r wish

es

to te

st a

t a b

y-el

ectio

n th

e us

e of

ele

ctio

n pr

oced

ures

and

equ

ipm

ent t

hat a

re d

iffer

ent

from

wha

t thi

s Ac

t req

uire

s, th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

sha

ll su

bmit

a w

ritte

n pr

opos

al to

the

Stan

ding

Com

mitt

ee d

escr

ibin

g in

det

ail t

he

elec

tion

proc

edur

es a

nd e

quip

men

t pro

pose

d to

be

test

ed.

…

(4)

A by

-ele

ctio

n he

ld in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

deta

ils p

rovid

ed in

the

appr

oved

pro

posa

l is

not

inva

lid b

y re

ason

of a

ny n

on-c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith th

is Ac

t.

(5)

To th

e ex

tent

of a

ny c

onfli

ct b

etw

een

the

appr

oved

pro

posa

l and

this

Act o

r a re

gula

tion

unde

r thi

s Ac

t, th

e ap

prov

ed p

ropo

sal p

reva

ils

and

has

the

forc

e of

law

with

resp

ect t

o th

e by

-ele

ctio

n.

4.1(

1) W

here

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r wish

es

to te

st a

t an

elec

tion

the

use

of e

lect

ion

proc

edur

es a

nd e

quip

men

t tha

t are

diff

eren

t fro

m w

hat t

his

Act r

equi

res,

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er s

hall

subm

it a

writ

ten

prop

osal

to th

e St

andi

ng C

omm

ittee

des

crib

ing

in d

etai

l the

el

ectio

n pr

oced

ures

and

equ

ipm

ent p

ropo

sed

to

be te

sted

. …

(4)

An e

lect

ion

held

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e de

tails

pro

vided

in th

e ap

prov

ed p

ropo

sal i

s no

t in

valid

by

reas

on o

f any

non

-com

plia

nce

with

this

Act.

(5)

To th

e ex

tent

of a

ny c

onfli

ct b

etw

een

the

appr

oved

pro

posa

l and

this

Act o

r a re

gula

tion

unde

r thi

s Ac

t, th

e ap

prov

ed p

ropo

sal p

reva

ils

and

has

the

forc

e of

law

with

resp

ect t

o th

e el

ectio

n.

Prop

ose

chan

ging

“by-

elec

tion”

to “e

lect

ion”

in

4.1(

1), (

4) &

(5).

Whe

n so

met

hing

has

bee

n te

sted

at a

by-

elec

tion,

the

next

pha

se is

to u

se it

at a

gen

eral

el

ectio

n. C

urre

ntly

ther

e is

no a

utho

rity

to

actu

ally

use

succ

essf

ully

test

ed n

ew e

quip

men

t be

fore

legi

slativ

e am

endm

ent.

Ele

ctio

ns A

lber

ta

wou

ld li

ke to

be

able

to u

se n

ew e

quip

men

t at a

ge

nera

l ele

ctio

n if,

for i

nsta

nce,

the

new

eq

uipm

ent h

as b

een

succ

essf

ul in

a b

y-el

ectio

n bu

t is

still

diffe

rent

from

wha

t the

Act

requ

ires.

Th

e pr

opos

ed c

hang

e do

es n

ot n

egat

e a

rest

ricte

d ap

plica

tion

of n

ew e

quip

men

t tes

ting.

El

ectio

ns A

lber

ta m

ay u

se it

onl

y at

adv

ance

vo

ting,

or i

n ce

rtain

ele

ctor

al d

ivisio

ns.

Any

equi

pmen

t tes

ting

cont

inue

s to

be

subj

ect t

o ap

prov

al b

y th

e St

andi

ng C

omm

ittee

, and

pu

blica

tion.

9.

4.11

(2) T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r, w

ith re

spec

t to

vot

ing

at a

n ad

vanc

e po

ll or

spe

cial m

obile

pol

l by

ele

ctor

s w

ho re

side

in a

n el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n ot

her t

han

in th

e el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n fo

r whi

ch th

e ad

vanc

e po

ll or

spe

cial m

obile

pol

l is

esta

blish

ed,

(a)

may

mak

e a

dire

ctive

(i)

des

crib

ing

the

proc

edur

es to

be

used

fo

r vot

ing

at th

e ad

vanc

e po

ll or

spe

cial

mob

ile p

oll,

inclu

ding

(A)

pro

vidin

g fo

r the

form

and

pr

intin

g of

bal

lots

for u

se a

t the

ad

vanc

e po

ll or

spe

cial m

obile

pol

l,

4.11

(2) <

DELE

TE>

Subs

ectio

n (1

) and

(3) a

llow

for s

uffic

ient

di

rect

ive m

akin

g ca

pacit

y, c

ombi

ned

with

am

endm

ents

to 4

.12.

Sub

sect

ion

(2) c

an b

e re

peal

ed.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(B)

pro

vidin

g fo

r the

del

iver

y of

vot

es

to th

e lo

catio

n w

here

they

are

to b

e co

unte

d, a

nd

(C)

pro

vidin

g fo

r the

cou

ntin

g of

vo

tes,

(ii)

des

crib

ing

in d

etai

l how

the

Act w

ill be

mod

ified

for t

he p

urpo

ses

of th

is su

bsec

tion,

and

(iii)

re

ferri

ng to

the

prov

ision

s of

this

Act t

hat w

ill no

t be

com

plie

d w

ith a

nd

spec

ifyin

g th

e na

ture

and

ext

ent o

f no

n‑co

mpl

ianc

e in

eac

h ca

se, a

nd

(b)

if a

dire

ctive

is m

ade,

sha

ll

(i)

pro

vide

copi

es o

f the

dire

ctive

to th

e le

ader

of e

ach

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

arty

, to

any

mem

ber o

f the

Leg

islat

ive A

ssem

bly

who

is n

ot a

mem

ber o

f a re

gist

ered

po

litica

l par

ty a

nd to

any

inde

pend

ent

cand

idat

e, a

nd

(ii)

pub

lish

the

dire

ctiv

e on

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r’s w

ebsit

e.

10.

Acce

ssib

le v

otin

g eq

uipm

ent

4.12

(1) T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r may

issu

e a

dire

ctive

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith s

ectio

n 4.

11

auth

orizi

ng th

e us

e of

acc

essib

le v

otin

g eq

uipm

ent d

urin

g an

ele

ctio

n.

(2)

The

follo

win

g re

stric

tions

app

ly w

ith re

spec

t to

the

use

of a

cces

sible

vot

ing

equi

pmen

t:

(a)

the

equ

ipm

ent m

ust a

llow

the

elec

tor t

o vo

te p

rivat

ely

and

inde

pend

ently

; (b

) t

he e

quip

men

t mus

t not

be

part

of o

r co

nnec

ted

to a

n el

ectro

nic

netw

ork,

exc

ept

that

the

equi

pmen

t may

be

secu

rely

Acce

ssib

le v

otin

g eq

uipm

ent

4.12

(1) T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r may

issu

e a

dire

ctive

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith s

ectio

n 4.

11

auth

orizi

ng th

e us

e of

acc

essi

ble

votin

g eq

uipm

ent d

urin

g an

ele

ctio

n.

(2)

The

follo

win

g re

stric

tions

app

ly w

ith re

spec

t to

the

use

of a

cces

sibl

e vo

ting

equi

pmen

t:

(a)

the

equ

ipm

ent m

ust a

llow

the

elec

tor t

o vo

te p

rivat

ely

and

inde

pend

ently

; (b

) t

he e

quip

men

t mus

t not

be

part

of o

r co

nnec

ted

to a

n el

ectro

nic

netw

ork,

exc

ept

that

the

equi

pmen

t may

be

secu

rely

con

nect

ed

Appl

ying

this

sect

ion

mor

e br

oadl

y to

vot

ing

equi

pmen

t wou

ld a

llow

for b

oth

acce

ssib

le v

otin

g eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ote

coun

ting

equi

pmen

t. Ut

ilizin

g vo

te c

ount

ing

equi

pmen

t for

the

adva

nce

polls

wou

ld a

llow

for a

sin

gle

ballo

t sty

le

to b

e us

ed fo

r all

adva

nce

poll

vote

rs a

nd a

llow

fo

r the

gen

erat

ion

of re

sults

for a

ll ad

vanc

e ba

llots

, inc

ludi

ng th

e vo

te a

nyw

here

bal

lots

, on

elec

tion

nigh

t Ac

cess

ible

vot

ing

equi

pmen

t can

onl

y be

use

d in

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith ta

bula

tors

and

can

stil

l be

depl

oyed

with

thes

e am

endm

ents

.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

conn

ecte

d to

a n

etw

ork

afte

r the

clo

se o

f pol

ls fo

r the

pur

pose

of t

rans

mitt

ing

info

rmat

ion

to

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r;

…

(3)

Acce

ssib

le v

otin

g eq

uipm

ent s

hall

not b

e us

ed u

nles

s an

ent

ity th

at th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

con

sider

s to

be

an e

stab

lishe

d in

depe

nden

t aut

horit

y on

the

subj

ect o

f vot

ing

equi

pmen

t has

cer

tifie

d th

at th

e eq

uipm

ent

mee

ts a

ccep

tabl

e se

curit

y an

d in

tegr

ity

stan

dard

s.

(4)

In th

is se

ctio

n, “a

cces

sible

vot

ing

equi

pmen

t” m

eans

vot

ing

equi

pmen

t and

rela

ted

vote

-cou

ntin

g eq

uipm

ent t

hat e

nabl

es e

lect

ors

requ

iring

ass

istan

ce to

vot

e in

depe

nden

tly.

to a

net

wor

k af

ter t

he c

lose

of v

otin

g fo

r the

pu

rpos

e of

tran

smitt

ing

info

rmat

ion

to th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer;

…

(3)

Acce

ssib

le v

otin

g eq

uipm

ent s

hall

not b

e us

ed u

nles

s an

ent

ity th

at th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

con

sider

s to

be

an e

stab

lishe

d in

depe

nden

t aut

horit

y on

the

subj

ect o

f vot

ing

equi

pmen

t has

cer

tifie

d th

at th

e eq

uipm

ent

mee

ts a

ccep

tabl

e se

curit

y an

d in

tegr

ity

stan

dard

s.

(4)

<DE

LETE

>

11.

4.2(

2) F

or th

e pu

rpos

e of

car

ryin

g ou

t an

inqu

iry

unde

r thi

s Ac

t, a

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r, on

pro

duct

ion

of th

e re

pres

enta

tive’

s au

thor

izatio

n fro

m th

e Ch

ief

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer,

may

at a

ny re

ason

able

tim

e en

ter a

ny p

rem

ises

refe

rred

to in

the

auth

oriza

tion

in w

hich

boo

ks o

r doc

umen

ts o

f a

polit

ical p

arty

, con

stitu

ency

ass

ocia

tion

or

cand

idat

e re

leva

nt to

the

subj

ect-m

atte

r of t

he

inqu

iry a

re k

ept a

nd m

ay e

xam

ine

and

mak

e co

pies

of t

he b

ooks

or d

ocum

ents

or r

emov

e th

em te

mpo

raril

y fo

r the

pur

pose

of m

akin

g co

pies

.

4.2(

2) F

or th

e pu

rpos

e of

car

ryin

g ou

t an

inqu

iry

or u

nder

this

Act,

a re

pres

enta

tive

of th

e Ch

ief

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer,

on p

rodu

ctio

n of

the

repr

esen

tativ

e’s

auth

oriza

tion

from

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r, m

ay a

t any

reas

onab

le ti

me

ente

r any

pre

mise

s re

ferre

d to

in th

e au

thor

izatio

n in

whi

ch r

ecor

ds o

f a r

egis

tere

d po

litica

l par

ty, c

onst

ituen

cy a

ssoc

iatio

n or

ca

ndid

ate

rele

vant

to th

e su

bjec

t-mat

ter o

f the

in

quiry

are

kep

t and

may

exa

min

e an

d m

ake

copi

es o

f the

rec

ords

or r

emov

e th

em

tem

pora

rily

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f mak

ing

copi

es.

Prop

ose

chan

ging

“boo

ks o

r doc

umen

ts” t

o “r

ecor

ds.”

W

orkin

g w

ith th

e pr

opos

ed d

efin

ition

for “

reco

rd”

(See

pro

pose

d ne

w d

efin

ition

of “

reco

rds”

at

sect

ion

1(1)

(z.2

) abo

ve),

this

amen

dmen

t will

help

mod

erni

ze th

e la

ngua

ge a

nd b

e co

nsist

ent

with

info

rmat

ion

acce

ss a

nd p

rivac

y le

gisla

tion.

12.

5.1(

1) N

o pr

ocee

ding

s lie

aga

inst

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r, or

aga

inst

a p

erso

n ac

ting

for o

r un

der t

he d

irect

ion

of th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer,

for a

nyth

ing

done

, or o

mitt

ed to

be

done

, in

good

faith

in th

e ex

ercis

e or

per

form

ance

or t

he

inte

nded

exe

rcise

or p

erfo

rman

ce o

f a p

ower

, du

ty o

r fun

ctio

n un

der t

his

Act,

the

Elec

tion

Finan

ces a

nd C

ontri

butio

ns D

isclo

sure

Act

or t

he

Albe

rta S

enat

e El

ectio

n Ac

t.

5.1(

1) F

or th

e pu

rpos

es o

f thi

s se

ctio

n,

“ele

ctio

n of

ficer

” in

clud

es a

ret

urni

ng

offic

er a

nd e

lect

ion

cler

k.

(2)

No p

roce

edin

gs li

e ag

ains

t the

Chi

ef

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer,

an e

lect

ion

offic

er o

r aga

inst

a

pers

on a

ctin

g fo

r or u

nder

the

dire

ctio

n of

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r or

an e

lect

ion

offic

er,

for a

nyth

ing

done

, or o

mitt

ed to

be

done

, in

good

faith

in th

e ex

ercis

e or

per

form

ance

or t

he

Imm

unity

sho

uld

cove

r ret

urni

ng o

ffice

rs a

nd a

ll st

aff a

ctin

g in

goo

d fa

ith.

The

amen

dmen

t use

s th

e te

rm “e

lect

ion

offic

er”

base

d on

the

prop

osed

def

initi

on a

bove

. If

the

prop

osed

def

initi

on fo

r ele

ctio

n of

ficer

is n

ot

acce

pted

, thi

s se

ctio

n sh

ould

stil

l be

amen

ded

to

inclu

de a

ll el

ectio

n of

ficia

ls.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

in

tend

ed e

xerc

ise o

r per

form

ance

of a

pow

er,

duty

or f

unct

ion

unde

r thi

s Ac

t, th

e El

ectio

n Fin

ance

s and

Con

tribu

tions

Disc

losu

re A

ct o

r the

Al

berta

Sen

ate

Elec

tion

Act.

13.

NEW

AD

D:

5.2(

1) E

xcep

t as

othe

rwise

exp

ress

ly pr

ovid

ed, a

de

cisio

n, a

ct o

r om

issio

n by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er is

fina

l and

bin

ding

on

the

parti

es in

re

spec

t of w

hom

the

decis

ion

is m

ade

and

shal

l no

t be

ques

tione

d, re

view

ed o

r res

train

ed b

y an

y pr

ocee

ding

in th

e na

ture

of a

n ap

plica

tion

for

judi

cial r

evie

w o

r oth

erw

ise in

any

cou

rt.

(2) T

he s

tand

ard

of re

view

of a

cou

nt o

r rec

ount

of

bal

lots

(a

) by

a re

turn

ing

offic

er u

nder

sec

tion

137;

(b

) by

the

Cour

t of Q

ueen

’s Be

nch

unde

r se

ctio

n 14

6; a

nd

(c) b

y th

e Co

urt o

f App

eal u

nder

sec

tion

148

is co

rrect

ness

.

This

is a

priva

tive

claus

e, w

hich

sig

nals

to a

re

view

ing

cour

t to

be d

efer

entia

l to

decis

ions

of

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r on

revie

w o

r app

eal.

The

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r has

far g

reat

er

expe

rtise

in e

lect

oral

mat

ters

, a v

ery

spec

ializ

ed

area

, tha

n th

e co

urt.

The

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r is

also

a n

onpa

rtisa

n of

ficer

of t

he L

egisl

atur

e.

This

prop

osed

am

endm

ent i

s co

nsist

ent w

ith th

e co

mm

on la

w.

How

ever

, in

(2),

reco

mm

end

that

dec

ision

s be

re

view

ed o

n a

stan

dard

of c

orre

ctne

ss fo

r re

coun

ts.

This

will

rem

ove

ambi

guity

in c

ourts

. Th

e iss

ue o

f sta

ndar

d of

revie

w is

men

tione

d bu

t no

t det

erm

ined

in th

e Lu

kasz

uk ju

dicia

l rec

ount

ca

se (A

BCA)

. Dec

idin

g w

heth

er a

bal

lot s

houl

d be

cou

nted

or n

ot is

a m

atte

r tha

t sho

uld

be

done

ane

w b

y th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er, o

r by

a ju

dge.

14.

12 N

o pe

rson

who

has

bee

n ap

poin

ted

or is

ac

ting

as a

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, ele

ctio

n cle

rk o

r ad

min

istra

tive

assis

tant

may

(a) e

ngag

e in

pol

itica

l act

ivity

on

beha

lf of

any

po

litica

l par

ty, c

andi

date

or c

onst

ituen

cy

asso

ciatio

n, o

r (b

) mak

e a

cont

ribut

ion

unde

r the

Elec

tion

Finan

ces a

nd C

ontri

butio

ns D

isclo

sure

Act

, w

hile

the

pers

on is

so

appo

inte

d or

act

ing.

12 N

o el

ectio

n of

ficer

may

(a) e

ngag

e in

pol

itica

l act

ivity

on

beha

lf of

any

po

litica

l par

ty, c

andi

date

or c

onst

ituen

cy

asso

ciatio

n, o

r (b

) mak

e a

cont

ribut

ion

unde

r the

Elec

tion

Finan

ces a

nd C

ontri

butio

ns D

isclo

sure

Act

, w

hile

the

indi

vidu

al is

so

appo

inte

d or

act

ing.

Neut

ralit

y pr

incip

le is

impo

rtant

but

sho

uld

be

cons

isten

tly a

pplie

d to

all

elec

tion

wor

kers

, in

cludi

ng, p

oll c

lerk

, dep

uty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, in

form

atio

n of

ficer

, and

any

oth

er a

ppoi

ntee

(tr

aine

rs, I

T su

ppor

t). A

nyon

e re

quire

d to

pr

ovid

e el

ectio

n se

rvice

s sh

ould

be

requ

ired

to

do s

o in

a n

on-p

artis

an m

anne

r.

This

prop

osed

am

endm

ent r

elie

s on

the

prop

osed

new

def

initi

on o

f “el

ectio

n of

ficer

s”.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

15.

13(2

) The

regi

ster

of e

lect

ors

may

onl

y co

ntai

n th

e fo

llow

ing

info

rmat

ion

abou

t per

sons

or

dina

rily

resid

ent i

n Al

berta

who

are

ele

ctor

s or

w

ill be

elig

ible

to b

e el

ecto

rs:

… (c

) t

he te

leph

one

num

ber o

f the

per

son,

13(2

) The

regi

ster

of e

lect

ors

may

onl

y co

ntai

n th

e fo

llow

ing

info

rmat

ion

abou

t per

sons

or

dina

rily

resid

ent i

n Al

berta

who

are

ele

ctor

s or

w

ill be

elig

ible

to b

e el

ecto

rs:

… (c

) t

he c

onta

ct in

form

atio

n of

the

pers

on,

Upda

te te

leph

one

num

ber t

o co

ntac

t inf

orm

atio

n to

allo

w fo

r fle

xibilit

y in

wha

t ele

ctor

con

tact

in

form

atio

n is

colle

cted

. Thi

s w

ould

allo

w fo

r the

co

llect

ion

of e

-mai

l add

ress

es, t

hat c

ould

be

used

to

com

mun

icate

vot

ing

info

rmat

ion,

suc

h as

w

here

-to-v

ote

card

s w

ith e

lect

ors.

16.

NEW

AD

D:

13(2

.1) F

or a

n el

ecto

r or a

n in

divid

ual w

ho w

ill be

elig

ible

to b

e an

ele

ctor

to b

e in

clude

d in

the

regi

ster

, the

info

rmat

ion

refe

rred

to in

sub

sect

ion

(2)(

a), (

b), (

e) a

nd (f

) mus

t be

prov

ided

.

This

info

rmat

ion

will

aid

in c

ompl

eten

ess,

cu

rrenc

y an

d ac

cura

cy o

f the

regi

ster

of e

lect

ors.

Th

ese

data

ele

men

ts a

re re

quire

d to

con

firm

el

igib

ility

(nam

e, re

siden

tial a

ddre

ss, d

ate

of b

irth

and

citize

nshi

p).

The

date

of b

irth

will

also

ass

ist in

upd

atin

g th

e re

gist

er u

nder

sec

tion

13.1

(2)

17.

13.1

(2) T

he re

gist

er m

ay b

e re

vised

by

any

or a

ll of

the

follo

win

g m

etho

ds:

(a

) con

duct

ing

a do

or-to

-doo

r enu

mer

atio

n in

ac

cord

ance

with

Div

ision

3 o

f all

or s

ome

of

the

elec

tora

l divi

sions

, or p

ortio

ns o

f any

of

them

, as

dete

rmin

ed b

y th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

;

13.1

(2) T

he re

gist

er m

ay b

e re

vised

by

any

or a

ll of

the

follo

win

g m

etho

ds:

(a

) co

nduc

ting

an e

num

erat

ion

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith D

ivisi

on 3

of a

ll or

som

e of

th

e el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

ns, o

r por

tions

of a

ny o

f th

em, a

s de

term

ined

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er;

Amen

ding

“doo

r-to-

door

” enu

mer

atio

n to

sim

ply

“an

enum

erat

ion”

allo

ws

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er fl

exib

ility

in d

eter

min

ing

how

an

enum

erat

ion

is m

ost e

ffect

ivel

y an

d ef

ficie

ntly

do

ne. T

his

wou

ld b

e pa

rticu

larly

impo

rtant

in

area

s su

ch a

s hi

gh m

obilit

y an

d ne

w g

row

th

area

s.

18.

13.1

(2.1

) If i

nfor

mat

ion

has

been

col

lect

ed u

nder

th

e Al

berta

Per

sona

l Inc

ome

Tax

Act w

ith th

e co

nsen

t of t

he ta

xpay

ers

to w

hom

the

info

rmat

ion

rela

tes

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f upd

atin

g th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors,

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r m

ust u

se th

at in

form

atio

n to

revis

e th

e re

gist

er.

13.1

(2.1

) If i

nfor

mat

ion

has

been

col

lect

ed u

nder

th

e Al

berta

Per

sona

l Inc

ome

Tax

Act w

ith th

e co

nsen

t of t

he ta

xpay

ers

to w

hom

the

info

rmat

ion

rela

tes

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f upd

atin

g th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors,

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r m

ay u

se th

at in

form

atio

n to

revis

e th

e re

gist

er.

Chan

ge “m

ust”

to a

“may

”. T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er m

ay n

ot re

quire

use

of t

he ta

xpay

er

info

rmat

ion

if he

can

get

the

info

rmat

ion

in o

ther

w

ays

or h

as a

cces

s to

info

rmat

ion

that

may

re

flect

a m

ore

rece

nt u

pdat

e of

info

rmat

ion.

19.

13.2

(1) T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r may

ent

er in

to

an a

gree

men

t with

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r of

Cana

da u

nder

the

Cana

da E

lectio

ns A

ct (C

anad

a)

(a

) t

o re

ceive

from

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er o

f Can

ada

info

rmat

ion

that

will

assis

t th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer o

f Alb

erta

in

revis

ing

the

regi

ster

, and

13.2

(1) T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r may

ent

er in

to

an a

gree

men

t with

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r of

Cana

da u

nder

the

Cana

da E

lectio

ns A

ct (C

anad

a)

(a

) t

o re

ceive

from

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r of

Can

ada,

fede

ral,

prov

inci

al a

nd

terr

itori

al in

form

atio

n th

at w

ill as

sist t

he

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r of A

lber

ta in

revis

ing

the

regi

ster

, and

Broa

den

the

scop

e to

allo

w fo

r sha

ring

info

rmat

ion

betw

een

fede

ral a

nd

prov

incia

l/ter

ritor

ies.

Thi

s w

ould

allo

w fo

r in

form

atio

n to

be

shar

ed a

bout

ele

ctor

s th

at

have

mov

ed b

etw

een

juris

dict

ions

. Th

is w

ould

facil

itate

the

crea

tion

of a

nat

iona

l re

gist

er re

ducin

g du

plica

tion

of e

fforts

for e

ach

elec

tion

man

agem

ent b

ody.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(b)

to

prov

ide

to th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer

of C

anad

a in

form

atio

n th

at w

ill as

sist t

he

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r of C

anad

a in

pre

parin

g or

revis

ing

that

Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Offi

cer’s

in

form

atio

n fo

r the

pur

pose

of c

ompi

ling

or

revis

ing

lists

of e

lect

ors

unde

r the

Can

ada

Elec

tions

Act

(Can

ada)

.

(b)

to

prov

ide

to th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer

of C

anad

a in

form

atio

n th

at w

ill as

sist t

he C

hief

El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r of C

anad

a, in

pre

parin

g or

re

visin

g th

at C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r’s

info

rmat

ion

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f com

pilin

g or

re

visin

g lis

ts o

f ele

ctor

s un

der t

he C

anad

a El

ectio

ns A

ct (C

anad

a).

ADD

: (c

) To

prov

ide

to th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer o

f Ca

nada

info

rmat

ion

that

will

assis

t the

Chi

ef

Elec

tora

l Offi

cers

of o

ther

pro

vince

s an

d te

rrito

ries

in p

repa

ring

or re

visin

g th

at C

hief

El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r’s in

form

atio

n fo

r the

pur

pose

of

com

pilin

g or

revis

ing

lists

of e

lect

ors.

20.

13.2

(3) T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r may

ent

er

into

agr

eem

ents

with

any

per

son

for t

he p

urpo

se

of o

btai

ning

add

ress

, map

ping

, dem

ogra

phic

or

geog

raph

ic in

form

atio

n, in

cludi

ng g

eosp

atia

l in

form

atio

n.

13.2

(3) T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r may

ent

er

into

agr

eem

ents

with

any

per

son

for t

he

purp

ose

of e

xcha

ngin

g ad

dres

s, m

appi

ng,

dem

ogra

phic

or g

eogr

aphi

c in

form

atio

n,

inclu

ding

geo

spat

ial i

nfor

mat

ion.

The

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r mus

t be

able

to m

ake

agre

emen

ts w

ith d

epar

tmen

ts, a

genc

ies,

and

ot

her g

over

nmen

ts, i

nclu

ding

mun

icipa

litie

s.

Agre

emen

ts u

nder

this

sect

ion

will

rem

ain

subj

ect t

o co

nfid

entia

lity.

The

lim

iting

wor

ds in

se

ctio

n 13

.2(3

) are

that

the

agre

emen

ts a

re o

nly

“for t

he p

urpo

se o

f exc

hang

ing

…in

form

atio

n.”

The

obje

ctiv

e is

to a

llow

a re

cipro

cal e

xcha

nge

of

geos

patia

l inf

orm

atio

n (w

hich

is N

OT p

erso

nally

id

entif

iabl

e in

form

atio

n) in

ord

er to

impr

ove

the

accu

racy

of m

appi

ng u

sed

by e

mer

genc

y se

rvice

s (9

11, a

ir am

bula

nce)

.

21.

13.3

(1) A

per

son

or th

e pe

rson

’s ag

ent m

ay, o

n re

ques

t and

in th

e m

anne

r det

erm

ined

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r,

(a) h

ave

acce

ss to

info

rmat

ion

in th

e re

gist

er

abou

t the

per

son

to d

eter

min

e w

heth

er th

e in

form

atio

n is

corre

ct, a

nd

(b) h

ave

his

or h

er p

erso

nal i

nfor

mat

ion

rem

oved

from

or n

ot in

clude

d in

the

regi

ster

.

13.3

(1) A

per

son

or th

e pe

rson

’s ag

ent m

ay, o

n re

ques

t and

in th

e m

anne

r det

erm

ined

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r,

(a) h

ave

acce

ss to

info

rmat

ion

in th

e re

gist

er

abou

t the

per

son

to d

eter

min

e w

heth

er th

e in

form

atio

n is

corre

ct, a

nd

(b) h

ave

his

or h

er p

erso

nal i

nfor

mat

ion

rem

oved

from

or

not

a no

tatio

n m

ade

in

the

regi

ster

that

the

pers

on d

oes

not

Prac

tical

ly: W

hen

Elec

tions

Alb

erta

take

s a

nam

e of

f the

regi

ster

, the

pre

fera

ble

rout

e is

not t

o re

mov

e th

eir e

ntry

ent

irely

, but

rath

er to

mak

e a

nota

tion

in th

at e

ntry

that

the

pers

on d

oes

not

wan

t to

be o

n th

e re

gist

er.

Rem

ovin

g th

e en

try

runs

the

risk

that

it w

ill be

rest

ored

to th

e re

gist

er in

a s

ubse

quen

t upd

ate.

El

ecto

rs w

ho h

ave

requ

este

d to

be

rem

oved

are

no

t inc

lude

d in

a li

st o

f ele

ctor

s di

sclo

sed

to

parti

es.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(2) W

here

a re

ques

t is

mad

e un

der s

ubse

ctio

n (1

)(b)

, the

Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Offi

cer m

ust r

emov

e th

e pe

rson

’s pe

rson

al in

form

atio

n fro

m th

e re

gist

er o

r not

inclu

de th

e pe

rson

’s pe

rson

al

info

rmat

ion

in th

e re

gist

er.

(3) A

ny p

erso

n re

ques

ting

acce

ss to

info

rmat

ion

for t

he p

urpo

se s

et o

ut in

sub

sect

ion

(2) s

hall

com

plet

e an

d sig

n a

decla

ratio

n.

wan

t to

have

thei

r in

form

atio

n in

clude

d in

th

e re

gist

er.

(2) <

DELE

TE>

(3

) Any

per

son

or th

e pe

rson

’s a

gent

re

ques

ting

or p

rovi

ded

acce

ss to

info

rmat

ion

in

the

regi

ster

und

er th

is A

ct s

hall

com

plet

e an

d sig

n a

decla

ratio

n.

Requ

ests

of t

his

type

are

ofte

n m

ade

for s

ecur

ity

and

priva

cy re

ason

s (e

xam

ple

unde

rcov

er la

w

enfo

rcem

ent,

judi

ciary

, cel

ebrit

y, v

ictim

of

unla

wfu

l act

ivity

).

22.

14 T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r sha

ll, fr

om ti

me

to

time,

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er fo

r ea

ch e

lect

oral

divi

sion,

(a) r

evie

w th

e bo

unda

ry o

f and

the

num

ber o

f el

ecto

rs in

eac

h su

bdivi

sion,

and

(b

) if n

eces

sary

, sub

divi

de th

e en

tire

elec

tora

l di

visio

n fo

r whi

ch th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er w

as

appo

inte

d in

to a

s m

any

sequ

entia

lly

num

bere

d su

bdivi

sions

as

cons

ider

ed

nece

ssar

y fo

r use

as

pollin

g su

bdivi

sions

in

any

gene

ral e

lect

ion,

by-

elec

tion,

refe

rend

um

or p

lebi

scite

an

d sh

all a

ttem

pt to

ens

ure,

as

far a

s po

ssib

le,

that

no

subd

ivisio

n co

ntai

ns m

ore

than

450

el

ecto

rs.

14 T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r sha

ll, fr

om ti

me

to

time,

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er fo

r ea

ch e

lect

oral

divi

sion,

(a) r

evie

w th

e bo

unda

ry o

f and

the

num

ber o

f el

ecto

rs in

eac

h su

bdivi

sion,

and

(b

) if n

eces

sary

, sub

divi

de th

e en

tire

elec

tora

l di

visio

n fo

r whi

ch th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er w

as

appo

inte

d in

to a

s m

any

sequ

entia

lly n

umbe

red

area

s as

con

sider

ed n

eces

sary

for u

se a

s vo

ting

area

s in

any

gen

eral

ele

ctio

n, b

y-el

ectio

n, re

fere

ndum

or p

lebi

scite

. an

d sh

all a

ttem

pt to

ens

ure,

as

far a

s po

ssib

le, t

hat n

o su

bdiv

isio

n co

ntai

ns m

ore

than

450

ele

ctor

s.

Effic

ient

ope

ratio

n of

ele

ctio

ns re

quire

s gr

eate

r fle

xibilit

y in

def

inin

g vo

ting

area

s (p

revio

usly

ca

lled

subd

ivisi

ons)

. 45

0 is

not a

uni

vers

ally

desir

able

num

ber a

nd h

as n

ot b

een

mod

ified

sin

ce 1

980.

Th

e vo

ting

area

s sh

ould

be

dete

rmin

ed o

n th

e ba

sis o

f wor

kabi

lity,

not

by

a nu

mbe

r. In

crea

sed

use

of a

dvan

ce v

otin

g ha

s re

sulte

d in

redu

ced

num

bers

of e

lect

ors

appe

arin

g to

vot

e on

ele

ctio

n da

y.

This

cap

is a

max

, doe

sn’t

drive

dec

ision

s ar

ound

siz

e of

vot

ing

area

s in

rura

l are

as, a

s ru

ral v

otin

g ar

eas

are

dete

rmin

ed b

y di

stan

ce, g

eogr

aphy

(r

oads

), ac

cess

ibilit

y an

d av

aila

bilit

y of

vot

ing

plac

es.

In o

ther

wor

ds, t

his

cap

has

no im

pact

on

det

erm

inin

g ru

ral v

otin

g ar

eas.

In

urb

an a

reas

, the

cap

driv

es in

effic

ienc

ies.

The

pr

opos

ed a

men

dmen

t will

enab

le fl

exib

ility

and

will

redu

ce s

taffi

ng c

osts

. If

it is

dete

rmin

ed th

at a

cap

is n

eces

sary

, the

re

shou

ld b

e a

diffe

rent

cap

for u

rban

and

rura

l ar

eas.

23.

17

Subj

ect t

o se

ctio

n 18

(7),

only

the

first

na

mes

, mid

dle

nam

es a

nd s

urna

mes

, the

ad

dres

ses,

inclu

ding

pos

tal c

odes

, the

tele

phon

e nu

mbe

rs a

nd th

e un

ique

iden

tifie

r num

bers

of

elec

tors

may

be

cont

aine

d in

the

list o

f ele

ctor

s.

17

Subj

ect t

o se

ctio

n 18

(7),

only

the

first

na

mes

, mid

dle

nam

es a

nd s

urna

mes

, the

ad

dres

ses,

inclu

ding

pos

tal c

odes

, the

te

leph

one

num

bers

and

the

uniq

ue id

entif

ier

num

bers

of e

lect

ors

may

be

cont

aine

d in

the

list

of e

lect

ors.

Elec

tor c

onta

ct in

form

atio

n sh

ould

not

be

shar

ed

in th

e Li

st o

f Ele

ctor

s. E

lect

ors

have

repo

rted

conc

erns

with

this

data

bei

ng s

hare

d w

ith

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

artie

s an

d ca

ndid

ates

, whi

ch

has

resu

lted

in fe

wer

ele

ctor

s be

ing

willi

ng to

sh

are

cont

act i

nfor

mat

ion.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

24.

18 (2

) The

info

rmat

ion

to b

e fu

rnish

ed u

nder

su

bsec

tion

(1) i

s as

follo

ws:

(a

) t

o a

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

arty

, (i)

2 m

aps

show

ing

the

pollin

g su

bdivi

sions

in e

ach

elec

tora

l divi

sion,

and

(i

i)

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e po

litica

l pa

rty’s

requ

est,

one

prin

ted

copy

or o

ne

copy

in e

lect

roni

c fo

rm, o

r bot

h, o

f the

list

of

ele

ctor

s fo

r eac

h po

lling

subd

ivisio

n in

ea

ch e

lect

oral

divi

sion,

(3

) Th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

hall,

as

soon

as

poss

ible

afte

r a w

rit h

as b

een

issue

d fo

r a

gene

ral e

lect

ion,

furn

ish fr

ee o

f cha

rge

to e

ach

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

arty

,

(a)

2 m

aps

show

ing

the

pollin

g su

bdivi

sions

in

eac

h el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n, a

nd

(b)

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith th

e po

litica

l par

ty’s

requ

est,

one

prin

ted

copy

or o

ne c

opy

in

elec

troni

c fo

rm, o

r bot

h, o

f the

list

of e

lect

ors

for e

ach

pollin

g su

bdiv

ision

in e

ach

elec

tora

l di

visio

n.

18 (2

) The

info

rmat

ion

to b

e fu

rnish

ed u

nder

su

bsec

tion

(1) i

s as

follo

ws:

(a

) t

o a

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

arty

,

(i)

2 m

aps

show

ing

the

votin

g ar

eas

in

each

ele

ctor

al d

ivisio

n, a

nd

(ii)

in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

regi

ster

ed

polit

ical p

arty

’s re

ques

t, on

e pr

inte

d co

py

or o

ne c

opy

in e

lect

roni

c fo

rm, o

r bot

h, o

f th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors

for e

ach

votin

g ar

ea in

ea

ch e

lect

oral

divi

sion,

(3

) Th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

hall,

as

soon

as

poss

ible

afte

r a w

rit h

as b

een

issue

d fo

r a

gene

ral e

lect

ion,

furn

ish fr

ee o

f cha

rge

to e

ach

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

arty

,

(a)

2 m

aps

show

ing

the

votin

g ar

eas

in

each

ele

ctor

al d

ivisio

n, a

nd

(b)

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith th

e re

gist

ered

po

litica

l par

ty’s

requ

est,

one

prin

ted

copy

or

one

copy

in e

lect

roni

c fo

rm, o

r bot

h, o

f the

list

of

ele

ctor

s fo

r eac

h vo

ting

area

in e

ach

elec

tora

l divi

sion.

To e

nsur

e co

nsist

ency

in la

ngua

ge a

nd

appl

icatio

n of

def

initi

ons.

25.

NEW

AD

D:

18(3

.1) T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r sha

ll,

follo

win

g th

e clo

se o

f rev

ision

s, fu

rnish

free

of

char

ge to

eac

h re

gist

ered

pol

itica

l par

ty a

nd e

ach

nom

inat

ed c

andi

date

, in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith th

e re

gist

ered

pol

itica

l par

ty’s

or n

omin

ated

ca

ndid

ate’

s re

ques

t, on

e pr

inte

d co

py o

r one

co

py in

ele

ctro

nic

form

, or b

oth,

of t

he a

dditi

ons

to th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors

for e

ach

votin

g ar

ea in

eac

h el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n.

18(3

.2) T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r sha

ll,

follo

win

g th

e clo

se o

f adv

ance

vot

ing,

furn

ish

free

of c

harg

e to

eac

h re

gist

ered

pol

itica

l par

ty

and

each

nom

inat

ed c

andi

date

, in

acco

rdan

ce

The

prop

osed

cha

nge

is in

tend

ed to

ena

ble

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r to

prov

ide

elec

troni

c co

pies

of t

he li

st o

f ele

ctor

s (o

r a s

ubse

t) to

re

gist

ered

pol

itica

l par

ties

as w

ell a

s no

min

ated

ca

ndid

ates

. Fo

llow

ing

the

revis

ion

perio

d, th

e ad

ditio

ns to

the

list c

an b

e m

ade

avai

labl

e el

ectro

nica

lly to

the

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

artie

s.

Follo

win

g ad

vanc

e vo

ting,

the

revis

ed li

st o

f el

ecto

rs w

ould

inclu

de th

e el

ecto

rs th

at w

ere

adde

d to

the

list t

hrou

gh th

e de

clara

tion

of

elec

tor p

roce

ss a

nd w

ould

inclu

de a

reco

rd o

f the

el

ecto

rs w

ho h

ave

vote

d.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

with

the

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

arty

’s or

nom

inat

ed

cand

idat

e’s

requ

est,

one

copy

in e

lect

roni

c fo

rm,

of th

e re

vise

d lis

t of e

lect

ors

for e

ach

votin

g ar

ea

in e

ach

elec

tora

l divi

sion.

This

chan

ge is

rela

ted

to th

e pr

opos

al b

elow

to

dele

te s

ectio

n 51

(3).

26.

NEW

AD

D:

19.0

1(1)

The

Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

hall

issue

gu

idel

ines

(a)

requ

iring

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

artie

s,

nom

inat

ed c

andi

date

s an

d m

embe

rs o

f the

Le

gisla

tive

Asse

mbl

y to

est

ablis

h a

polic

y go

vern

ing

the

care

, cus

tody

and

use

of

info

rmat

ion

furn

ished

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er u

nder

sec

tion

18 o

r sec

tion

19, a

nd

(b)

setti

ng o

ut re

quire

d co

nten

t and

en

forc

emen

t of t

he p

olicy

, an

d sh

all p

ublis

h th

ose

guid

elin

es.

(2) T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r is

not o

blig

ed to

fu

rnish

info

rmat

ion

unde

r sec

tion

18 o

r sec

tion

19 to

a re

gist

ered

pol

itica

l par

ty, n

omin

ated

ca

ndid

ate

or to

a m

embe

r of t

he L

egisl

ative

As

sem

bly

until

the

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

arty

, no

min

ated

can

dida

te o

r mem

ber o

f the

Le

gisla

tive

Asse

mbl

y ha

s pr

ovid

ed to

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r a c

opy

of a

pol

icy s

ettin

g ou

t re

quire

men

ts o

f car

e, c

usto

dy a

nd u

se o

f the

in

form

atio

n th

at m

eets

the

guid

elin

es is

sued

and

pu

blish

ed b

y th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer.

The

list o

f ele

ctor

s co

ntai

ns s

igni

fican

t per

sona

l in

form

atio

n th

at re

quire

s pr

otec

tion.

Th

e in

tent

is to

requ

ire p

artie

s an

d ot

her p

erso

ns

to p

rovid

e th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer w

ith a

cop

y of

thei

r pol

icy re

latin

g to

car

e, c

usto

dy a

nd u

se

of th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors

befo

re th

ey a

re g

iven

the

list.

27.

19(1

) The

Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

hall,

forth

with

af

ter p

ollin

g da

y fo

r a g

ener

al e

lect

ion,

pre

pare

a

post

-pol

ling-

day

list o

f ele

ctor

s fo

r eac

h po

lling

subd

ivisio

n in

eac

h el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n.

(2) T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r sha

ll fu

rnish

free

of

cha

rge

(a

) to

each

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

arty

, one

pr

inte

d co

py o

r one

cop

y in

ele

ctro

nic

form

, or

both

, in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith th

e po

litica

l par

ty’s

19(1

) The

Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

hall,

fo

rthw

ith w

ithin

a re

ason

able

tim

e af

ter

elec

tion

day

for a

gen

eral

ele

ctio

n, p

repa

re a

po

st-e

lect

ion-

day

list o

f ele

ctor

s fo

r eac

h vo

ting

area

in e

ach

elec

tora

l divi

sion.

(2

) The

Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

hall

furn

ish fr

ee

of c

harg

e

(a) t

o ea

ch re

gist

ered

pol

itica

l par

ty, o

ne

prin

ted

copy

or o

ne c

opy

in e

lect

roni

c fo

rm,

The

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r rec

ogni

zes

the

utilit

y of

the

upda

ted

list f

or M

LAs

in th

eir c

onst

ituen

cy.

How

ever

, “fo

rthw

ith” i

s an

unc

erta

in te

rm a

nd

lead

s to

an

expe

ctat

ion

for u

pdat

ed li

sts

that

is

not r

ealis

tic o

r pos

sible

. Th

e id

ea is

to c

aptu

re

the

upda

ted

info

rmat

ion

prov

ided

on

votin

g da

ys.

Upda

ting

the

lists

acc

urat

ely

take

s sig

nific

ant

time;

upd

ates

mus

t be

chec

ked

agai

nst t

he

decla

ratio

ns. T

he in

tent

of t

he s

ectio

n is

to

furn

ish li

sts

as s

oon

as th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

requ

est,

of th

e po

st-p

ollin

g-da

y lis

t of e

lect

ors

for e

ach

pollin

g su

bdiv

ision

in e

ach

elec

tora

l di

visio

n, a

nd

(b) t

o ea

ch m

embe

r of t

he L

egisl

ative

As

sem

bly,

one

prin

ted

copy

or o

ne c

opy

in

elec

troni

c fo

rm, o

r bot

h, in

acc

orda

nce

with

ea

ch m

embe

r’s re

ques

t, of

the

post

-pol

ling-

day

list o

f ele

ctor

s fo

r eac

h po

lling

subd

ivisio

n in

the

elec

tora

l div

ision

that

the

mem

ber

repr

esen

ts.

or b

oth,

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e re

gist

ered

po

litica

l par

ty’s

requ

est,

of th

e po

st-

elec

tion-

day

list o

f ele

ctor

s fo

r eac

h vo

ting

area

in e

ach

elec

tora

l divi

sion,

and

(b

) to

each

mem

ber o

f the

Leg

islat

ive

Asse

mbl

y, o

ne p

rinte

d co

py o

r one

cop

y in

el

ectro

nic

form

, or b

oth,

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

each

mem

ber’s

requ

est,

of th

e po

st-

elec

tion-

day

list o

f ele

ctor

s fo

r eac

h vo

ting

area

in th

e el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n th

at th

e m

embe

r rep

rese

nts.

has

had

a re

ason

able

am

ount

of t

ime

to u

pdat

e an

d ch

eck

for a

ccur

acy.

28.

19.1

(1) A

per

son

or re

gist

ered

pol

itica

l par

ty to

w

hom

a c

opy

of a

list

of e

lect

ors

has

been

fu

rnish

ed u

nder

this

Act s

hall

take

all

reas

onab

le

step

s to

pro

tect

the

list a

nd th

e in

form

atio

n co

ntai

ned

in it

from

loss

and

una

utho

rized

use

.

(2)

A pe

rson

or r

egist

ered

pol

itica

l par

ty to

w

hom

a c

opy

of a

list

of e

lect

ors

has

been

fu

rnish

ed u

nder

this

Act s

hall

imm

edia

tely

notif

y th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer i

f the

list

or

info

rmat

ion

cont

aine

d in

the

list h

as b

een

lost

.

(3)

On b

eing

not

ified

und

er s

ubse

ctio

n (2

), th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

hall

dire

ct th

e pe

rson

or

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

arty

to ta

ke a

ny a

ctio

n th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer c

onsid

ers

appr

opria

te.

ADD

:

19.1

(3.1

) A p

erso

n or

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

arty

ce

ases

to h

ave

prop

erty

of a

list

of e

lect

ors

whe

n th

e pu

rpos

e fo

r whi

ch th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors

was

fu

rnish

ed to

them

und

er th

is Ac

t exp

ires,

and

the

list o

f ele

ctor

s be

long

s ag

ain

to th

e Ch

ief

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer.

(3.2

) Upo

n a

pers

on o

r reg

ister

ed p

oliti

cal p

arty

ce

asin

g to

hav

e pr

oper

ty o

f a li

st o

f ele

ctor

s fu

rnish

ed to

them

, the

list

of e

lect

ors

shal

l be

secu

rely

dest

roye

d as

acc

ordi

ng to

pol

icy, a

nd

that

per

son

or re

gist

ered

pol

itica

l par

ty s

hall

be

in a

pos

ition

to p

rovid

e pr

oof o

f des

truct

ion.

Reco

mm

end

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r ret

ain

prop

erty

in th

e lis

ts o

f ele

ctor

s. T

he p

erso

ns a

nd

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

artie

s ha

ve o

nly

licen

ces

to

use

the

lists

for p

urpo

ses

auth

orize

d un

der t

his

Act.

The

coro

llary

is th

at th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

will

take

ext

raor

dina

ry s

teps

to re

cove

r lis

ts o

f ele

ctor

s.

29.

20(1

) In

this

sect

ion,

“ele

ctor

” inc

lude

s a

pers

on

who

is e

ligib

le to

vot

e at

a p

lebi

scite

or

refe

rend

um c

ondu

cted

und

er th

is Ac

t or u

nder

an

Act

to w

hich

this

Act a

pplie

s.

20(1

) In

this

sect

ion,

“ele

ctor

” inc

lude

s a

pers

on

who

is e

ligib

le to

vot

e at

an

elec

tion

held

un

der t

he A

lber

ta S

enat

e El

ectio

n Ac

t, an

el

ectio

n, p

lebi

scite

or r

efer

endu

m c

ondu

cted

un

der t

his

Act,

or u

nder

an

Act t

o w

hich

this

Act

appl

ies.

To b

road

en th

e de

finiti

on o

f ele

ctor

to in

clude

th

ose

elig

ible

to v

ote

in a

n el

ectio

n un

der t

he

Elec

tion

Act o

r Alb

erta

Sen

ate

Elec

tion

Act.

30.

21(1

) Prio

r to

the

gene

ral e

lect

ion

to b

e he

ld

follo

win

g th

e 20

15 g

ener

al e

lect

ion,

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r sha

ll co

nduc

t a d

oor-

to-d

oor

enum

erat

ion

of e

very

ele

ctor

al d

ivisio

n, in

cludi

ng

an e

num

erat

ion

of In

dian

rese

rves

and

Met

is se

ttlem

ents

.

21(1

) <DE

LETE

>

ADD

: (1

.1) T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r may

con

duct

an

enum

erat

ion

by a

ny m

eans

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er d

eter

min

es to

be

suffi

cient

to m

eet t

he

purp

oses

of a

n en

umer

atio

n.

Enum

erat

ion

is im

porta

nt to

facil

itate

the

parti

cipat

ion

of e

lect

ors

in a

n el

ectio

n.

This

prop

osed

cha

nge

allo

ws

enum

erat

ions

by

othe

r mea

ns in

add

ition

to th

e tra

ditio

nal d

oor-

to-d

oor e

num

erat

ion,

whi

ch c

an b

e ve

ry c

ostly

an

d is

effe

ctive

onl

y w

hen

peop

le a

nsw

er th

eir

door

s. T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r may

dev

elop


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(2) T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r sha

ll gi

ve

reas

onab

le n

otice

in w

ritin

g to

the

coun

cil o

f ea

ch In

dian

ban

d an

d to

the

settl

emen

t cou

ncil

and

settl

emen

t adm

inist

rato

r of e

ach

Met

is se

ttlem

ent p

rior t

o an

enu

mer

atio

n of

the

elec

tors

on

the

Indi

an re

serv

e or

on

the

Met

is se

ttlem

ent,

resp

ectiv

ely,

pro

vidin

g no

tice

that

en

umer

ator

s w

ill be

con

duct

ing

an e

num

erat

ion

in th

e ar

ea.

(3)

The

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r sha

ll co

nsul

t with

th

e co

uncil

of e

ach

Indi

an b

and

and

with

the

coun

cil a

nd s

ettle

men

t adm

inist

rato

r of e

ach

Met

is se

ttlem

ent w

ith re

spec

t to

the

man

ner i

n w

hich

the

enum

erat

ion

can

mos

t effe

ctive

ly b

e co

nduc

ted.

(4

) Fo

llow

ing

the

enum

erat

ion

refe

rred

to in

su

bsec

tion

(1),

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r sha

ll ta

ble

a re

port

with

the

Stan

ding

Com

mitt

ee th

at

inclu

des

the

follo

win

g in

form

atio

n:

(a

) t

he n

umbe

r of r

esid

ence

s co

ntac

ted

durin

g an

enu

mer

atio

n;

(b)

the

per

cent

age

of p

erso

ns w

ho

resp

onde

d to

the

enum

erat

ion;

(c

) t

he n

umbe

r of I

ndia

n re

serv

es a

nd M

etis

settl

emen

ts c

onta

cted

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er fo

r the

pur

pose

s of

con

duct

ing

an

enum

erat

ion;

(d)

the

num

ber o

f Ind

ian

rese

rves

and

Met

is se

ttlem

ents

that

par

ticip

ated

in th

e en

umer

atio

n;

(e)

any

cha

lleng

es e

ncou

nter

ed in

hiri

ng

pers

ons

to c

ondu

ct d

oor‑t

o‑do

or

enum

erat

ions

and

the

impa

ct o

f doo

r‑to‑

door

en

umer

atio

ns o

n ot

her e

lect

ion

offic

ers;

(2) <

DELE

TE>

(3

) Th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

hall

cons

ult w

ith

the

coun

cil o

f eac

h In

dian

ban

d an

d w

ith th

e co

uncil

and

set

tlem

ent a

dmin

istra

tor o

f eac

h M

etis

settl

emen

t with

resp

ect t

o th

e m

anne

r in

whi

ch th

e en

umer

atio

n ca

n m

ost e

ffect

ively

be

cond

ucte

d.

(4) <

DELE

TE>

(5

) <DE

LETE

>

(6) <

DELE

TE>

(7

) <DE

LETE

>

(8) <

MOV

E>

mor

e ef

ficie

nt m

etho

ds o

f obt

aini

ng e

lect

or

info

rmat

ion,

suc

h as

pro

vinc

ial m

ailo

uts,

a

prov

incia

l con

tact

cen

tre, t

arge

ted

enum

erat

ion,

or

a c

ombi

natio

n of

met

hods

sui

ted

to th

e cir

cum

stan

ces.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(f)

the

cost

of c

ondu

ctin

g th

e en

umer

atio

n;

(g)

any

oth

er m

atte

r the

Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

con

sider

s ap

prop

riate

. (5

) Th

e St

andi

ng C

omm

ittee

sha

ll la

y th

e re

port

befo

re th

e Le

gisla

tive

Asse

mbl

y if

it is

then

sit

ting

or, i

f it i

s no

t the

n sit

ting,

not

mor

e th

an

15 d

ays

afte

r the

com

men

cem

ent o

f the

nex

t sit

ting

of th

e As

sem

bly.

(6)

The

Lieut

enan

t Gov

erno

r in

Coun

cil m

ay

mak

e re

gula

tions

resp

ectin

g th

e m

anne

r in

whi

ch

an e

num

erat

ion,

if a

ny, m

ay b

e co

nduc

ted

follo

win

g th

e en

umer

atio

n re

ferre

d to

in

subs

ectio

n (1

).

(7)

Notw

ithst

andi

ng a

nyth

ing

in th

is se

ctio

n, th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer m

ay, a

t any

tim

e th

e Ch

ief

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer c

onsid

ers

it ad

visab

le, c

ondu

ct

an e

num

erat

ion

of a

ll or

som

e of

the

elec

tora

l di

visio

ns, o

r with

in a

n el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n.

(8)

In th

is se

ctio

n an

d se

ctio

n 52

.1,

(a)

“co

uncil

” mea

ns th

e “c

ounc

il of

the

band

” with

in th

e m

eani

ng o

f the

Indi

an A

ct

(Can

ada)

;

(b)

“In

dian

ban

d” m

eans

a b

and

with

in th

e m

eani

ng o

f the

Indi

an A

ct (C

anad

a);

(c)

“se

ttlem

ent a

dmin

istra

tor”

mea

ns th

e pe

rson

app

oint

ed b

y th

e se

ttlem

ent c

ounc

il as

th

e se

nior

adm

inist

rativ

e of

ficer

of t

he

settl

emen

t, w

ithin

the

mea

ning

of t

he M

etis

Settl

emen

ts A

ct;

(d)

“se

ttlem

ent c

ounc

il” m

eans

the

coun

cil

of a

Met

is se

ttlem

ent w

ithin

the

mea

ning

of

the

Met

is Se

ttlem

ents

Act

.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

31.

22(1

) In

cond

uctin

g an

enu

mer

atio

n, th

e Ch

ief

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer s

hall

prov

ide

map

s sh

owin

g su

bdivi

sion

boun

darie

s fo

r use

by

the

enum

erat

ors.

(2

) The

Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

hall

prov

ide

each

re

turn

ing

offic

er w

ith s

uffic

ient

qua

ntiti

es o

f all

nece

ssar

y fo

rms

and

mat

eria

ls, in

cludi

ng

enum

erat

or id

entif

icatio

n do

cum

ents

, to

enab

le

the

effic

ient

con

duct

of t

he re

quire

d en

umer

atio

n.

23 E

ach

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll, in

acc

orda

nce

with

dire

ctio

ns is

sued

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er, a

ppoi

nt s

uffic

ient

enu

mer

ator

s fo

r the

ef

ficie

nt c

ondu

ct o

f the

enu

mer

atio

n w

ithin

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

’s el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n.

REPL

ACE

ss 2

2 an

d 23

with

: 22

An

enum

erat

ion

may

be

cond

ucte

d by

: (a

) th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer,

or

(b)

a re

turn

ing

offic

er o

r ret

urni

ng o

ffice

rs, i

f th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

o di

rect

s.

23 (1

) The

Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

hall

appo

int,

or d

irect

that

a re

turn

ing

offic

er a

ppoi

nt,

suffi

cient

enu

mer

ator

s fo

r the

con

duct

of t

he

enum

erat

ion.

(2

) The

Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

hall

prov

ide

all

mat

eria

ls an

d di

rect

ions

as

requ

ired

for t

he

cond

uct o

f the

enu

mer

atio

n, a

nd m

ay is

sue

guid

elin

es o

r rul

es fo

r enu

mer

atio

ns in

cludi

ng

guid

elin

es o

r rul

es re

spec

ting:

(a)

form

s co

mpl

eted

und

er s

ectio

n 30

(2) f

or

each

vot

ing

area

, (b

) co

pies

of a

map

of t

he e

lect

oral

divi

sion

clear

ly in

dica

ting

the

sequ

entia

lly n

umbe

red

votin

g ar

eas,

(c

) ex

pens

e cla

ims,

(d

) un

used

enu

mer

atio

n m

ater

ials,

(e

) en

umer

ator

iden

tifica

tion

docu

men

ts,

and

(f)

info

rmat

ion

to b

e in

clude

d in

the

regi

ster

of

ele

ctor

s pr

epar

ed in

a m

anne

r pre

scrib

ed b

y th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer.

Thes

e pr

opos

ed c

hang

es a

llow

flex

ibilit

y in

eith

er

(a) t

he re

turn

ing

offic

er ru

nnin

g an

enu

mer

atio

n in

the

case

of t

radi

tiona

l ful

l or t

arge

ted

enum

erat

ions

, or (

b) th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer

runn

ing

an e

num

erat

ion,

in c

ases

whe

re it

is

mor

e ef

ficie

nt to

con

duct

it c

entra

lly.

The

wor

ding

in p

ropo

sed

sect

ion

23(2

) is

borro

wed

from

the

exist

ing

sect

ion

38.

32.

25(1

) Eac

h re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e di

rect

ions

of t

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r ap

poin

t, as

an

enum

erat

or fo

r eac

h su

bdiv

ision

in

the

elec

tora

l divi

sion.

(2

) The

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

may

, with

the

appr

oval

of

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r, ap

poin

t a 2

nd

enum

erat

or fo

r sub

divis

ion

if th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er

cons

ider

s it

nece

ssar

y fo

r the

com

plet

ion

of th

e en

umer

atio

n of

the

secu

rity

of th

e en

umer

ator

.

25 <

DELE

TE>

26

<DE

LETE

>

27 <

DELE

TE>

In p

lace

of t

his

very

pre

scrip

tive

proc

ess,

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r will

enac

t a s

et o

f rul

es fo

r en

umer

atio

n. T

hose

rule

s w

ill in

clude

the

occu

patio

nal h

ealth

and

saf

ety

cont

ent (

not

wor

king

alon

e, e

nsur

ing

peop

le k

now

whe

n an

d w

here

they

are

goi

ng),

iden

tifica

tion

docu

men

ts,

etc.

to b

ette

r ens

ure

staf

f saf

ety.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(3) R

epea

led

2012

c5

s10.

(4

) Whe

n 2

enum

erat

ors

are

appo

inte

d fo

r a

subd

ivisio

n, th

ey s

hall

(a

) act

join

tly a

nd n

ot in

divi

dual

ly in

eac

h st

ep

of th

e pr

epar

atio

n of

the

list o

f ele

ctor

s,

(b) b

oth

sign

any

docu

men

t tha

t is

requ

ired

to

be s

igne

d by

an

enum

erat

or in

resp

ect o

f an

enum

erat

ion,

and

(c

) rep

ort i

mm

edia

tely

to th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er

for t

he e

lect

oral

divi

sion

the

fact

s an

d de

tails

of

any

disa

gree

men

t bet

wee

n th

em.

(5) T

he re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

decid

e an

y m

atte

r un

der d

isagr

eem

ent r

efer

red

to th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er u

nder

sub

sect

ion

(4)(

c) a

nd im

med

iate

ly co

mm

unica

te th

at d

ecisi

on to

the

enum

erat

ors.

(6

) A q

ualif

ied

enum

erat

or m

ay, a

t the

disc

retio

n of

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, be

appo

inte

d as

an

enum

erat

or fo

r mor

e th

an o

ne s

ubdi

visio

n.

(7) r

epea

led

2017

c29

s18

26

The

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll pr

ovid

e al

l ne

cess

ary

form

s an

d m

ater

ials,

inclu

ding

id

entif

icatio

n do

cum

ents

, to

each

enu

mer

ator

in

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

’s el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n.

27(1

) If a

n en

umer

ator

is u

nabl

e or

unw

illing

to

act o

r neg

lect

s th

e en

umer

ator

’s du

ties,

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

may

app

oint

ano

ther

en

umer

ator

in th

e en

umer

ator

’s pl

ace.

(2

) An

enum

erat

or re

plac

ed u

nder

this

sect

ion

shal

l, on

rece

ipt o

f a w

ritte

n re

ques

t sig

ned

by

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, del

iver o

r give

up

to th

e en

umer

ator

’s su

cces

sor o

r any

oth

er a

utho

rized

pe

rson

the

enum

erat

or’s

iden

tifica

tion

docu

men

ts


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

and

any

enum

erat

ion

docu

men

ts a

nd w

ritte

n in

form

atio

n th

e en

umer

ator

has

obt

aine

d re

spec

ting

the

enum

erat

ion.

33.

30(2

) Sub

ject

to s

ubse

ctio

n (1

0), e

ach

enum

erat

or s

hall

cont

act,

eith

er in

per

son,

by

tele

phon

e or

by

mai

l, as

dire

cted

by

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, eac

h as

signe

d re

siden

ce in

the

subd

ivisio

n to

det

erm

ine

whi

ch p

erso

ns re

sidin

g in

the

assig

ned

resid

ence

(a) a

re C

anad

ian

citize

ns,

(b) a

re a

t lea

st 1

8 ye

ars

of a

ge,

(c) r

epea

led

2017

c29

s19

, (d

) are

ord

inar

ily re

siden

t in

the

elec

tora

l di

visio

n an

d su

bdivi

sion

for w

hich

thos

e pe

rson

s ar

e to

hav

e th

eir n

ames

inclu

ded

on

the

list o

f ele

ctor

s,

as o

f a d

ate

dete

rmin

ed b

y th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

, and

sha

ll re

cord

on

the

form

pro

vided

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r the

info

rmat

ion

refe

rred

to in

sec

tion

13(2

)(a)

to (f

) with

resp

ect

to th

ose

pers

ons.

30(2

) Sub

ject

to s

ubse

ctio

n (1

0), e

ach

enum

erat

or s

hall

cont

act,

as p

er th

e m

eans

di

rect

ed b

y th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Off

icer

or

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, eac

h as

signe

d re

siden

ce in

the

subd

ivisio

n to

det

erm

ine

whi

ch in

divi

dual

s re

sidin

g in

the

assig

ned

resid

ence

(a) a

re C

anad

ian

citize

ns,

(b) a

re a

t lea

st 1

8 ye

ars

of a

ge,

(c) r

epea

led

2017

c29

s19

, (d

) are

ord

inar

ily re

siden

t in

the

elec

tora

l di

visio

n an

d su

bdivi

sion

for w

hich

thos

e in

divi

dual

s ar

e to

hav

e th

eir n

ames

inclu

ded

on th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors,

as

of a

dat

e de

term

ined

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er, a

nd s

hall

reco

rd o

n th

e fo

rm p

rovid

ed b

y th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer t

he in

form

atio

n re

ferre

d to

in s

ectio

n 13

(2)(

a) to

(f) w

ith re

spec

t to

thos

e in

divi

dual

s.

Thes

e pr

opos

ed c

hang

es a

llow

flex

ibilit

y to

mak

e co

ntac

t in

pers

on, b

y te

leph

one

or b

y m

ail,

or

such

oth

er m

eans

as

may

be

dire

cted

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r.

34.

30(3

) The

enu

mer

ator

sha

ll le

ave

at e

ach

assig

ned

resid

ence

con

tact

ed u

nder

sub

sect

ion

(2) a

not

ice th

at e

lect

or in

form

atio

n re

latin

g to

th

e pe

rson

s liv

ing

in th

at re

siden

ce h

as b

een

colle

cted

.

30(3

) <DE

LETE

>

It is

not n

eces

sary

to le

ave

a pa

per n

otice

afte

r co

llect

ing

info

rmat

ion

in p

erso

n. T

his

proc

ess

was

repl

aced

with

the

whe

re-to

-vot

e ca

rd.

35.

30(4

) An

enum

erat

or is

not

to v

isit o

r con

tact

tre

atm

ent c

entre

s, s

tude

nts’

resid

ence

s op

erat

ed

by a

n ed

ucat

iona

l ins

titut

ion

and

exem

pted

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r, te

mpo

rary

wor

k ca

mps

, pen

itent

iarie

s, c

orre

ctio

nal i

nstit

utio

ns,

rem

and

cent

res,

det

entio

n ce

ntre

s, e

mer

genc

y sh

elte

rs o

r any

sim

ilar i

nstit

utio

ns u

nles

s th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er o

r the

Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Offi

cer i

s

30(4

) <DE

LETE

>

Rem

oves

the

pres

crip

tive

requ

irem

ents

. The

re

turn

ing

offic

er is

dire

cted

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er w

here

enu

mer

atio

n is

to o

ccur

.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

of th

e op

inio

n th

at th

ere

are

a su

fficie

nt n

umbe

r of

ele

ctor

s w

ho a

re re

sidin

g in

the

inst

itutio

n.

36.

(6)

Each

enu

mer

ator

, in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith th

e di

rect

ions

of t

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r, sh

all v

isit

ever

y as

signe

d re

siden

ce in

the

enum

erat

or’s

subd

ivisio

n at

leas

t onc

e du

ring

the

enum

erat

ion

perio

d, a

nd if

the

enum

erat

or h

as v

isite

d an

as

signe

d re

siden

ce a

nd fo

und

no re

spon

sible

pe

rson

ther

e, th

e en

umer

ator

sha

ll co

ntac

t the

re

siden

ce o

n at

leas

t 2 m

ore

occa

sions

. (8

) If

an e

num

erat

or h

as v

isite

d an

ass

igne

d re

siden

ce a

nd fo

und

no re

spon

sible

per

son

ther

e,

the

enum

erat

or s

hall

leav

e a

form

pro

vide

d by

th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer a

t the

resid

ence

so

that

any

qua

lifie

d el

ecto

r res

idin

g at

the

resid

ence

may

be

adde

d to

the

list o

f ele

ctor

s.

(9)

Prio

r to

the

date

det

erm

ined

by

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r, a

form

left

unde

r sub

sect

ion

(8)

may

be

retu

rned

as

stat

ed in

the

form

. (1

0) T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r may

dire

ct a

re

turn

ing

offic

er fo

r an

elec

tora

l divi

sion

that

as

signe

d re

siden

ces

be c

onta

cted

with

in th

at

elec

tora

l divi

sion

by m

eans

oth

er th

an th

ose

refe

rred

to in

sub

sect

ion

(2).

30(6

) <DE

LETE

>

30(8

) <DE

LETE

>

30(9

) <DE

LETE

>

30(1

0) <

DELE

TE>

Rem

oves

the

requ

irem

ent f

or d

oor-t

o-do

or v

isits

to

occ

ur, a

s ot

her m

eans

may

be

utiliz

ed.

37.

30(1

1) N

otw

ithst

andi

ng a

nyth

ing

in th

is se

ctio

n,

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r may

dire

ct a

n en

umer

ator

not

to v

isit a

n as

signe

d re

siden

ce if

, in

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r’s o

pini

on, t

he s

afet

y of

an

enum

erat

or m

ay b

e at

risk

.

30(1

1) N

otw

ithst

andi

ng a

nyth

ing

in th

is

sect

ion,

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r may

dire

ct a

n en

umer

ator

not

to v

isit a

n as

signe

d re

siden

ce if

, in

the

enum

erat

or’s

opi

nion

, the

ir s

afet

y of

an

enum

erat

or m

ay b

e at

risk

.

Enum

erat

ors

are

in a

bet

ter p

ositi

on to

de

term

ine

whe

ther

it is

saf

e to

enu

mer

ate

an

assig

ned

resid

ence

. Thi

s is

cons

isten

t with

Oc

cupa

tiona

l Hea

lth a

nd S

afet

y le

gisla

tion.

38.

31(1

) The

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

for a

n el

ecto

ral

divis

ion

may

, with

the

appr

oval

of t

he C

hief

El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r, de

signa

te a

ny a

rea

of th

e el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n as

a re

mot

e ar

ea.

(2)

An e

lect

or o

rdin

arily

resid

ent i

n a

desig

nate

d re

mot

e ar

ea is

elig

ible

to v

ote

by S

pecia

l Bal

lot.

31(1

) <M

ove

to 5

2.2(

1)>

31

(2) <

Mov

e to

52.

2 (2

)>

31(3

) <DE

LETE

>

31(4

) <M

ove

to 5

2.2(

3)>

The

rem

ote

area

des

igna

tion

is no

long

er

appl

icabl

e fo

r enu

mer

atio

n, a

s th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

or R

etur

ning

Offi

cer w

ill de

term

ine

the

assig

ned

resid

ence

s.

The

rem

ote

area

pro

visio

ns re

late

d to

es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f a v

otin

g lo

catio

n an

d av

aila

bilit

y of

Spe

cial B

allo

t is

mor

e ap

prop

riate

ly lo

cate

d in


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(3) N

otw

ithst

andi

ng s

ectio

n 30

, an

enum

erat

ion

in a

des

igna

ted

rem

ote

area

sha

ll, s

ubje

ct to

(a) t

he re

gula

tions

, and

(b

) any

dire

ctio

ns o

f the

Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

, be

con

duct

ed in

a w

ay th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er

cons

ider

s ap

prop

riate

. (4

) A

desig

nate

d re

mot

e ar

ea is

a p

ollin

g su

bdivi

sion

but n

o po

lling

plac

es m

ay b

e es

tabl

ished

in it

and

no

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er

or p

oll c

lerk

may

be

appo

inte

d fo

r it.

Part

3 as

it re

late

s to

Ele

ctio

ns, B

y-El

ectio

ns a

nd

Pleb

iscite

s.

39.

32(1

) On

or b

efor

e th

e da

te d

eter

min

ed b

y th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer,

the

enum

erat

or s

hall

subm

it to

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

the

form

s co

mpl

eted

und

er s

ectio

n 30

(2).

(2)

Repe

aled

200

4 c2

3 s1

9.

(3)

With

in 5

day

s af

ter t

he c

ompl

etio

n of

the

enum

erat

ion,

the

enum

erat

or s

hall

(a

) s

ubm

it al

l cop

ies

of th

e fo

rms

com

plet

ed

unde

r sec

tion

30(2

) and

any

form

s re

ceive

d un

der s

ectio

n 30

(9),

and

(b)

ret

urn

all e

num

erat

ion

mat

eria

ls,

inclu

ding

the

enum

erat

or’s

iden

tifica

tion

docu

men

ts, t

o th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er.

32 <

DELE

TE>

No

w c

over

ed in

23(

2).

40.

38(1

) Eac

h re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall,

with

resp

ect t

o th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er’s

elec

tora

l divi

sion,

sub

mit

to th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer n

ot la

ter t

han

the

date

det

erm

ined

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r,

(a) t

he fo

rms

com

plet

ed u

nder

sec

tion

30(2

) fo

r eac

h po

lling

subd

ivisi

on,

38 <

DELE

TE>

Sect

ion

38(1

) is

now

ach

ieve

d in

pro

pose

d se

ctio

n 23

(2),

whi

ch is

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er’s

gene

ral a

bilit

y to

dire

ct e

num

erat

ion.

Se

ctio

n 38

(2) i

s ac

hiev

ed in

pro

pose

d se

ctio

n 14

.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(b) o

ne c

opy

of a

map

of t

he e

lect

oral

divi

sion

clear

ly in

dica

ting

the

sequ

entia

lly n

umbe

red

pollin

g su

bdivi

sions

, (c

) all

expe

nse

claim

s,

(d) a

ll un

used

enu

mer

atio

n m

ater

ials,

(e

) all

enum

erat

or id

entif

icatio

n do

cum

ents

, w

ith a

sat

isfac

tory

acc

ount

ing

of a

ny

abse

nces

, and

(f)

info

rmat

ion

to b

e in

clude

d in

the

regi

ster

of

ele

ctor

s pr

epar

ed in

a m

anne

r pre

scrib

ed

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer.

(2) T

he re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

revie

w th

e bo

unda

ries

of a

nd th

e nu

mbe

r of e

lect

ors

in e

ach

subd

ivisio

n of

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

’s el

ecto

ral

divis

ion

and,

if th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er c

onsid

ers

it ne

cess

ary,

sha

ll, in

con

sulta

tion

with

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r, re

defin

e an

d, if

nec

essa

ry,

renu

mbe

r the

sub

divi

sions

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

sect

ion

14 fo

r use

as

pollin

g su

bdivi

sions

in a

ny

elec

tion,

by-

elec

tion,

refe

rend

um o

r ple

bisc

ite.

41.

38.1

(1) N

othi

ng in

this

sect

ion

affe

cts

the

pow

ers

of th

e Lie

uten

ant G

over

nor,

inclu

ding

the

pow

er

to d

issol

ve th

e Le

gisla

ture

, in

Her M

ajes

ty’s

nam

e, w

hen

the

Lieut

enan

t Gov

erno

r see

s fit

. (2

) Sub

ject

to s

ubse

ctio

n (1

), a

gene

ral e

lect

ion

shal

l be

held

with

in th

e 3-

mon

th p

erio

d be

ginn

ing

on M

arch

1 a

nd e

ndin

g on

May

31

in

the

4th

cale

ndar

yea

r fol

low

ing

pollin

g da

y in

the

mos

t rec

ent g

ener

al e

lect

ion.

38.1

(1) N

othi

ng in

this

sect

ion

affe

cts

the

pow

ers

of th

e Lie

uten

ant G

over

nor,

inclu

ding

the

pow

er

to d

issol

ve th

e Le

gisla

ture

, in

Her M

ajes

ty’s

nam

e, w

hen

the

Lieut

enan

t Gov

erno

r see

s fit

. (2

) Sub

ject

to s

ubse

ctio

n (1

), a

gene

ral e

lect

ion

shal

l be

held

on

the

thir

d W

edne

sday

in

Mar

ch, i

n th

e 4t

h ca

lend

ar y

ear f

ollo

win

g el

ectio

n da

y in

the

mos

t rec

ent g

ener

al

elec

tion.

or

(2

) Sub

ject

to s

ubse

ctio

n (1

), a

gene

ral e

lect

ion

shal

l be

held

on

the

thir

d W

edne

sday

in M

ay,

Reco

mm

end

keep

ing

the

over

ride

in s

ectio

n 38

.1(1

) as

ther

e is

cons

titut

iona

l arg

umen

t tha

t le

gisla

tion

cann

ot a

ffect

the

Crow

n pr

erog

ative

. Pr

opos

e a

fixed

ele

ctio

n da

te s

et o

ut in

sec

tion

38.1

(2).

A fi

xed

elec

tion

date

(sub

ject

to th

e Cr

own

prer

ogat

ive) b

ette

r ena

bles

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r and

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

s to

pr

epar

e fo

r and

con

duct

the

elec

tion.

Set

dat

es

wou

ld a

llow

for:

• Ea

rly id

entif

icatio

n of

vot

ing

plac

es,

incr

easin

g ac

cess

ibilit

y fo

r ele

ctor

s.

• Re

ducin

g co

sts

by a

llow

ing

for a

sho

rter

retu

rnin

g of

fice

rent

al p

erio

d.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

in th

e 4t

h ca

lend

ar y

ear f

ollo

win

g el

ectio

n da

y in

the

mos

t rec

ent g

ener

al e

lect

ion.

• In

crea

sing

the

time

avai

labl

e to

pre

pare

and

di

strib

ute

whe

re-to

-vot

e m

ater

ials,

inclu

ding

ne

wsp

aper

ads

and

mai

l-out

s.

• In

crea

sing

effic

ienc

y of

the

elec

tion

offic

er

recr

uitm

ent p

roce

ss.

• In

crea

sing

avai

labi

lity

of S

pecia

l Bal

lots

for

elec

tors

that

are

not

ava

ilabl

e on

vot

ing

days

. W

ithin

the

curre

nt e

lect

ion

perio

d, th

e id

eal

fixed

-dat

e op

tions

are

with

in th

e th

ird w

eek

of

Mar

ch o

r May

, eith

er o

n a

Tues

day,

Wed

nesd

ay

or T

hurs

day.

For

exa

mpl

e, th

e th

ird W

edne

sday

in

Mar

ch o

r May

. The

se d

ates

take

into

co

nsid

erat

ion

the

impa

cts

of s

tatu

tory

hol

iday

s,

keep

the

retu

rnin

g of

fice

rent

al p

erio

d to

two-

mon

ths,

and

wou

ld a

void

ove

rlap

with

fede

ral o

r m

unici

pal e

lect

ions

. A

fixed

dat

e on

a S

unda

y or

Mon

day

is no

t re

com

men

ded

with

in th

e cu

rrent

28-

day

cale

ndar

bu

t cou

ld b

e ac

com

mod

ated

with

in a

35-

day

cale

ndar

. Thi

s is

requ

ired

for t

he ti

me

betw

een

the

close

of a

dvan

ce v

otin

g an

d op

enin

g of

El

ectio

n Da

y to

be

enou

gh to

gen

erat

e an

d di

strib

ute

votin

g re

cord

s in

cludi

ng a

ll ne

w

decla

ratio

ns a

nd re

cord

s of

ele

ctor

s th

at h

ave

vote

d.

42.

NEW

AD

D:

38.1

(3) E

lect

ion

day

for a

n el

ectio

n un

der

subs

ectio

n (2

) is

a no

n-in

stru

ctio

nal s

choo

l day

.

Not h

avin

g sc

hool

s op

erat

ing

on a

n El

ectio

n Da

y le

ads

to m

ore

scho

ols

bein

g av

aila

ble

to b

e us

ed

as v

otin

g lo

catio

ns, e

limin

ates

the

safe

ty c

once

rn

for t

he s

tude

nts,

redu

ces

conf

licts

with

oth

er

sche

dule

d ev

ents

and

tour

nam

ents

, and

allo

ws

for b

ette

r par

king

for e

lect

ors.

Ex

ampl

e is

in s

ectio

n 30

6 Qu

ebec

Elec

tion

Act:

30

6 Po

lling

day

is a

holid

ay fo

r pup

ils in

eve

ry

scho

ol o

f a sc

hool

boa

rd si

tuat

ed in

an

elect

oral

divis

ion

in w

hich

an

elect

ion

is he

ld.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

Ever

y ed

ucat

iona

l ins

titut

ion

shall

, on

pollin

g da

y, g

rant

leav

e to

thos

e pu

pils

and

stud

ents

wh

o ar

e ele

ctor

s.

43.

NEW

AD

D:

45.1

(1) T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r sha

ll ap

poin

t, or

sha

ll pr

ovid

e fo

r the

app

oint

men

t by

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

s of

, all

elec

tion

offic

ers

to p

erfo

rm th

e fu

nctio

ns a

s se

t out

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er, i

nclu

ding

the

follo

win

g fu

nctio

ns:

(a)

erec

t sig

ns a

nd p

ost b

ulle

tins

at v

otin

g st

atio

ns a

nd v

otin

g pl

aces

; (b

) im

med

iate

ly be

fore

ope

ning

of v

otin

g,

(i) s

how

bal

lot b

oxes

to th

e in

divid

uals

pres

ent s

o th

at th

ey m

ay s

ee th

at it

is

empt

y,

(ii) s

eal t

he b

oxes

so

that

they

can

not b

e op

ened

with

out b

reak

ing

the

seal

, (ii

i) pl

ace

and

mai

ntai

n th

e ba

llot b

oxes

on

a d

esk,

tabl

e, c

ount

er o

r sim

ilar p

lace

so

that

it is

raise

d ab

ove

the

floor

and

co

nsta

ntly

in th

e vie

w o

f all

indi

vidua

ls pr

esen

t; (c

) ke

ep b

allo

t box

es s

eale

d an

d m

aint

ain

the

secu

rity

of b

allo

t box

es;

(d)

mai

ntai

n th

e vo

ting

reco

rd in

the

pres

crib

ed m

anne

r;

(e)

take

oat

hs a

nd d

ecla

ratio

ns a

s re

quire

d un

der t

his

Act,

inclu

ding

und

er s

ectio

n 10

0;

(f)

inst

ruct

, ass

ist a

nd re

spon

d to

que

stio

ns

from

ele

ctor

s;

(g)

assis

t ele

ctor

s w

ho a

re n

ot o

n th

e lis

t of

elec

tors

in th

e co

mpl

etio

n of

a d

ecla

ratio

n re

ferre

d to

in s

ectio

n 10

0;

(h)

mai

ntai

n pe

ace

and

orde

r in

votin

g st

atio

ns, v

otin

g pl

aces

and

on

the

prem

ises

on

whi

ch v

otin

g pl

aces

are

loca

ted;

(i)

ac

t as

just

ice o

f the

pea

ce w

here

ne

cess

ary

unde

r thi

s Ac

t; (j)

pe

rform

cou

nts,

or a

ssist

in c

ount

s, o

f un

used

bal

lots

, dec

lined

bal

lots

, spo

iled

ballo

ts, v

alid

bal

lots

, rej

ecte

d ba

llots

Hist

orica

lly, t

he E

lectio

n Ac

t was

the

user

man

ual

for r

etur

ning

offi

cers

. Th

ere

was

orig

inal

ly no

in

depe

nden

t Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Offi

cer,

and

no

cent

raliz

ed a

dmin

istra

tion.

Muc

h ha

s ch

ange

d an

d en

ablin

g le

gisla

tion

will

be m

uch

mor

e ef

fect

ive

to fu

rther

ing

fairn

ess

and

be m

uch

mor

e ef

ficie

nt a

s w

ell.

The

flexib

ility

is no

t so

muc

h ab

out w

hat i

s be

ing

done

, but

who

is d

oing

it. D

utie

s ar

e th

e sa

me;

th

e co

nten

t is

take

n fro

m s

ectio

ns 4

7.1,

54,

71-

75, 7

5.1,

76-

77, 7

7.1,

78,

90,

94,

95,

100

, 111

, 11

2, 1

18 a

nd 1

24.

Elec

tion

offic

ers

will

still

have

title

s to

del

inea

te

thei

r rol

es, b

ut th

e tit

les

and

role

s w

ill be

as

signe

d as

an

adm

inist

rativ

e fe

atur

e, n

ot a

le

gisla

tive

feat

ure,

to c

over

all

the

requ

ired

dutie

s un

der t

he A

ct a

nd a

ny o

ther

pra

ctica

l du

ties

and

resp

onsib

ilitie

s as

set

by

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r.

Reco

mm

end

keep

ing

appo

intm

ent o

f ret

urni

ng

offic

ers

(sec

tions

9-1

2) a

nd e

lect

ion

clerk

s (s

ectio

ns 4

7-48

) sep

arat

e. T

hese

two

posit

ions

ar

e ap

poin

ted

dire

ctly

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

, not

by

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

s. T

his

sepa

ratio

n al

low

s th

e re

quire

men

t for

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

s an

d el

ectio

n cle

rks

to b

e el

ecto

rs.

Note

: kee

p se

ctio

n 77

.2:

77.2

An

y ele

ctio

n of

ficer

who

is a

ppoi

nted

to

carry

out

dut

ies in

an

elect

oral

divis

ion

may

, at

the

requ

est o

f his

or h

er s

uper

visor

, be

requ

ired

to c

arry

out

the

dutie

s of a

ny o

ther

of

ficer

at a

ny p

ollin

g pl

ace

in th

e ele

ctor

al di

visio

n if

that

oth

er e

lectio

n of

ficer

is u

nabl

e to

ca

rry o

ut h

is or

her

own

dut

ies.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(i) in

adv

ance

vot

ing,

(ii

) on

elec

tion

day,

(ii

i) in

Spe

cial B

allo

t vot

es, a

nd

(iv) i

n m

obile

vot

es;

(k)

decid

e on

obj

ectio

ns to

bal

lots

mad

e by

in

divid

uals

atte

ndin

g co

unts

; (l)

co

mpl

ete

Stat

emen

ts o

f Vot

e;

(m)

prov

ide

over

all s

uper

visio

n w

here

ther

e ar

e m

ultip

le v

otin

g st

atio

ns in

a v

otin

g pl

ace,

(n

) ad

min

ister

oat

hs u

nder

aut

horit

y gi

ven

to th

em u

nder

sec

tion

4(3.

3);

(o)

appo

int,

in th

e pr

escr

ibed

form

, in

terp

rete

rs to

tran

slate

que

stio

ns a

nd a

nsw

ers

abou

t vot

ing

proc

edur

es fo

r ind

ividu

als

not

conv

ersa

nt in

the

Engl

ish la

ngua

ge;

(p)

dele

gate

dut

ies

to o

ther

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

s as

reas

onab

ly re

quire

d;

(q)

assis

t or a

ct in

pla

ce o

f ano

ther

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

to e

nsur

e th

e du

ties

of th

e ot

her

elec

tion

offic

er a

re p

erfo

rmed

; and

(r

) pe

rform

dut

ies

as re

quire

d un

der t

his

Act

or b

y th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer o

r ret

urni

ng

offic

er, a

s th

e ca

se m

ay b

e.

(2) T

he R

etur

ning

Offi

cer s

hall

ensu

re th

at

elec

tion

offic

ers

are

train

ed s

uffic

ient

ly in

ord

er

to p

erfo

rm th

eir f

unct

ions

und

er th

is Ac

t and

as

set o

ut b

y th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer.

(3) T

he R

etur

ning

Offi

cer s

hall

prov

ide

all

supp

lies

to e

lect

ion

offic

ers

in s

uffic

ient

tim

e to

en

able

eac

h of

them

to a

dequ

atel

y an

d ef

ficie

ntly

carry

out

thei

r dut

ies.

(3) a

nd (4

) are

bor

row

ed fr

om e

xistin

g se

ctio

ns

80 a

nd 8

5.

REPE

AL:

47.1

(AA)

71

-72

(DRO

) 73

-75

(PC)

75

.1 (I

O)

76-7

7 (S

DRO)

77

.1 (R

GO)

78 (i

nter

pret

er)

44.

44(1

) A p

erso

n w

ho is

oth

erw

ise e

ligib

le a

s an

el

ecto

r but

who

doe

s no

t mee

t the

resid

ence

re

quire

men

ts o

f sec

tion

16(c

) and

(d) b

ecau

se

the

pers

on’s

ordi

nary

pla

ce o

f res

iden

ce is

ou

tsid

e Al

berta

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f car

ryin

g ou

t th

e pe

rson

’s fu

nctio

n as

…

44(1

) A p

erso

n w

ho is

oth

erw

ise e

ligib

le a

s an

el

ecto

r but

who

doe

s no

t mee

t the

resid

ence

re

quire

men

ts o

f sec

tion

16(c

) an

d (d

) bec

ause

th

e pe

rson

’s or

dina

ry p

lace

of r

esid

ence

is

outs

ide

Albe

rta fo

r the

pur

pose

of c

arry

ing

out

the

pers

on’s

func

tion

as

…

Rem

ove

the

refe

renc

e to

16(

c), a

s it

has

been

re

peal

ed.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

45.

46(1

) The

follo

win

g pe

rson

s sh

all n

ot b

e ap

poin

ted

or a

ct a

s re

turn

ing

offic

ers

or e

lect

ion

clerk

s:

(a

) per

sons

who

are

not

ele

ctor

s;

(b) m

embe

rs o

f the

Par

liam

ent o

f Can

ada;

(c

) mem

bers

of t

he L

egisl

ative

Ass

embl

y;

(d) c

ounc

ilors

und

er th

e M

unici

pal

Gove

rnm

ent A

ct;

(e) t

rust

ees

of a

boa

rd o

f a s

choo

l divi

sion

unde

r the

Edu

catio

n Ac

t;

(f) c

andi

date

s;

(g) o

fficia

l age

nts;

(h

) jud

ges

of fe

dera

l or p

rovin

cial c

ourts

;

(i) p

erso

ns w

ho h

ave,

with

in th

e im

med

iate

ly pr

eced

ing

10 y

ears

, bee

n co

nvict

ed o

f an

indi

ctab

le o

ffenc

e w

here

the

pena

lty th

at m

ay

be im

pose

d fo

r tha

t offe

nce

is gr

eate

r tha

n 2

year

s’ im

priso

nmen

t.

(2)

The

pers

ons

liste

d in

cla

uses

(b) t

o (i)

sha

ll no

t be

appo

inte

d or

act

as

an e

lect

ion

offic

er

46(1

) The

follo

win

g pe

rson

s sh

all n

ot b

e ap

poin

ted

or a

ct a

s re

turn

ing

offic

ers

or e

lect

ion

clerk

s:

(a

) per

sons

who

are

not

ele

ctor

s;

(b) m

embe

rs o

f the

Par

liam

ent o

f Can

ada;

(c

) mem

bers

of t

he L

egisl

ative

Ass

embl

y;

(d) <

DELE

TE>

(e

) <DE

LETE

>

(f) c

andi

date

s;

(g) o

fficia

l age

nts;

(h

) jud

ges

of fe

dera

l or p

rovin

cial c

ourts

; (i)

per

sons

who

hav

e, w

ithin

the

imm

edia

tely

prec

edin

g 10

yea

rs, b

een

conv

icted

of a

n in

dict

able

offe

nce

whe

re th

e pe

nalty

that

may

be

impo

sed

for t

hat o

ffenc

e is

grea

ter t

han

2 ye

ars’

impr

isonm

ent.

(2

) Th

e pe

rson

s lis

ted

in c

laus

es (b

) to

(i) s

hall

not b

e ap

poin

ted

or a

ct a

s an

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

Rest

rictin

g m

unici

pal c

ounc

illors

and

sch

ool

boar

d tru

stee

s fro

m w

orki

ng a

s an

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

rule

s ou

t eng

aged

and

kno

wle

dgea

ble

peop

le in

are

as w

here

hiri

ng c

an b

e ch

alle

ngin

g an

d th

ere

is no

obv

ious

con

flict

in a

pro

vinc

ial

gene

ral e

lect

ion.

Also

, in

rura

l mun

icipa

litie

s be

ing

a co

uncil

lor i

s a

part-

time

job

and

shou

ld

not b

e a

barri

er to

wor

king

in a

pro

vinc

ial

elec

tion.

Th

is am

endm

ent i

s co

nsist

ent w

ith th

e qu

alifi

catio

ns fo

r enu

mer

ator

s in

sec

tion

24.

46.

51(3

) A c

andi

date

or t

he c

andi

date

’s of

ficia

l ag

ent m

ay in

spec

t the

list

of e

lect

ors

and

a se

para

te li

st o

f add

ition

s to

or r

evisi

on o

f the

list

of

ele

ctor

s fo

llow

ing

the

com

men

cem

ent o

f the

re

visio

n pe

riod

and

may

requ

est c

opie

s of

the

addi

tions

to th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors.

51(3

) <DE

LETE

>

Th

is se

ctio

n us

es o

utda

ted

lang

uage

and

wou

ld

no lo

nger

be

rele

vant

giv

en th

e pr

opos

ed

chan

ges

to s

ectio

n 18

. Th

ere

is no

long

er a

har

dcop

y lis

t to

“insp

ect”

.

47.

RELO

CATE

D FR

OM 3

1 AD

D:

52.2

(1) T

he re

turn

ing

offic

er fo

r an

elec

tora

l di

visio

n m

ay, w

ith th

e ap

prov

al o

f the

Chi

ef

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer,

desig

nate

any

are

a of

the

elec

tora

l divi

sion

as a

rem

ote

area

.

Relo

cate

d fro

m th

e en

umer

atio

n se

ctio

n, a

s it

appl

ies

to e

lect

ions

, by-

elec

tions

and

ple

bisc

ites.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(2)

An e

lect

or o

rdin

arily

resid

ent i

n a

desig

nate

d re

mot

e ar

ea is

elig

ible

to v

ote

by S

pecia

l Bal

lot.

(3)

A de

signa

ted

rem

ote

area

is a

vot

ing

area

bu

t no

votin

g pl

aces

may

be

esta

blish

ed in

it a

nd

no e

lect

ion

offic

ers

may

be

appo

inte

d fo

r it.

48.

59(4

) At a

ny o

ne ti

me,

a p

erso

n is

not e

ligib

le to

be

nom

inat

ed a

s a

cand

idat

e fo

r mor

e th

an o

ne

elec

tora

l divi

sion.

59(4

) At a

ny o

ne ti

me,

a p

erso

n is

not e

ligib

le to

be

nom

inat

ed a

s a

cand

idat

e fo

r mor

e th

an o

ne

elec

tora

l divi

sion

or fo

r m

ore

than

one

re

gist

ered

pol

itica

l par

ty.

To p

rovid

e cla

rity

that

ther

e ca

n be

onl

y:

• On

e EF

CDA

regi

stra

tion.

•

One

nom

inat

ion.

•

One

party

. •

One

nam

e on

bal

lot.

The

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r doe

s no

t reg

ulat

e pu

blic

com

mun

icatio

n of

end

orse

men

t, bu

t the

on

e-to

-one

rela

tions

hip

is ne

cess

ary

for

regu

latio

n un

der t

he E

lectio

n Ac

t and

und

er th

e EF

CDA.

49.

61(1

) A n

omin

atio

n pa

per i

s no

t val

id a

nd s

hall

not b

e ac

cept

ed fo

r filin

g by

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

un

less

the

orig

inal

nom

inat

ion

pape

r is

subm

itted

fo

r filin

g an

d …

(e) i

t is

acco

mpa

nied

with

a d

epos

it of

$50

0,

…

(3

) On

the

filin

g of

a v

alid

nom

inat

ion

pape

r, th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

give

a re

ceip

t in

the

pres

crib

ed fo

rm, w

hich

is p

roof

of r

ecei

pt o

f the

de

posit

and

of t

he fi

ling

of th

e no

min

atio

n pa

per.

(4)

The

depo

sit o

f $50

0 re

ferre

d to

in s

ubse

ctio

n (1

)(e)

may

be

mad

e du

ring

the

time

perio

d re

ferre

d to

in s

ectio

n 59

(1.0

1)(d

) no

twith

stan

ding

sec

tion

9(1.

1) o

f the

Elec

tion

Finan

ces a

nd C

ontri

butio

ns D

isclo

sure

Act

.

61(1

) A n

omin

atio

n pa

per i

s no

t val

id a

nd s

hall

not b

e ac

cept

ed fo

r filin

g by

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

un

less

the

orig

inal

nom

inat

ion

pape

r is

subm

itted

fo

r filin

g an

d …

(e) <

DELE

TE>

(3) O

n th

e fil

ing

of a

val

id n

omin

atio

n pa

per,

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll gi

ve a

rece

ipt i

n th

e pr

escr

ibed

form

, whi

ch is

pro

of o

f rec

eipt

of t

he

depo

sit a

nd o

f the

filin

g of

the

an a

ccep

ted

nom

inat

ion

pape

r. (4

) <DE

LETE

>

(1)(

e) D

elet

e th

e re

quire

men

t for

a $

500

depo

sit,

as th

is w

ill be

mov

ed u

nder

sec

tion

9(2.

2) o

f the

EF

CDA

and

the

depo

sit w

ill be

hel

d by

Ele

ctio

ns

Albe

rta u

ntil

all r

epor

ting

requ

irem

ents

hav

e be

en m

et.

Cons

eque

ntia

lly, n

o re

ceip

t wou

ld b

e re

quire

d un

der s

ubse

ctio

n (4

), w

hich

cou

ld a

lso b

e de

lete

d.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

50.

62(1

) The

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll no

t acc

ept a

de

posit

tend

ered

und

er s

ectio

n 61

(1)(

e) u

nles

s it

cons

ists

of

(a

) Ba

nk o

f Can

ada

note

s,

(b)

a ce

rtifie

d ch

eque

, (c

) a

bank

or p

osta

l mon

ey o

rder

, or

(d)

a co

mbi

natio

n of

any

of t

hose

form

s.

(2)

Repe

aled

201

0 c8

s24

. (2

.1)

The

depo

sit re

ceive

d un

der s

ectio

n 61

m

ust b

e re

fund

ed to

the

chie

f fin

ancia

l offi

cer o

f th

e ca

ndid

ate

if th

e re

quire

d re

turn

is fi

led

with

in

the

time

perio

d re

ferre

d to

in s

ectio

n 43

(2) o

f th

e El

ectio

n Fin

ance

s and

Con

tribu

tions

Di

sclo

sure

Act

. (3

) If

a ca

ndid

ate

dies

afte

r bei

ng n

omin

ated

an

d pr

ior t

o th

e clo

sing

of th

e po

lling

plac

es o

n po

lling

day,

the

depo

sit s

hall

be re

fund

ed to

the

cand

idat

e’s

chie

f fin

ancia

l offi

cer.

(4)

A de

posit

that

is n

ot re

fund

ed u

nder

this

sect

ion

shal

l be

trans

mitt

ed to

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er fo

r dep

osit

to th

e Ge

nera

l Rev

enue

Fun

d.

62 <

DELE

TE>

Th

e ca

ndid

ate

depo

sit is

pro

pose

d to

be

relo

cate

d to

sec

tion

9(2.

2) o

f the

EFC

DA.

51.

65(1

) At a

ny ti

me

afte

r the

filin

g of

the

cand

idat

e’s

nom

inat

ion

pape

r but

not

late

r tha

n 48

hou

rs b

efor

e th

e op

enin

g of

the

polls

on

pollin

g da

y, th

e ca

ndid

ate

may

with

draw

by

filin

g w

ith th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er a

dec

lara

tion

to th

at

effe

ct s

igne

d by

the

cand

idat

e an

d ha

ving

the

cand

idat

e’s

signa

ture

witn

esse

d.

65(1

) At a

ny ti

me

afte

r the

filin

g of

the

cand

idat

e’s

nom

inat

ion

pape

r but

not

late

r tha

n 48

hou

rs b

efor

e th

e op

enin

g of

vot

ing

for t

he

first

day

of a

dvan

ce v

otin

g, th

e ca

ndid

ate

may

with

draw

by

filin

g w

ith th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er

a de

clara

tion

to th

at e

ffect

with

an

orig

inal

si

gnat

ure

by th

e ca

ndid

ate

and

havin

g th

e ca

ndid

ate’

s sig

natu

re w

itnes

sed.

Curre

ntly

, 1(1

)(w

) “po

lling

day

(elec

tion

day)

” m

eans

the

day

fixed

for v

otin

g at

an

elect

ion;

Th

e cu

rrent

ver

sion

wor

ked

whe

n th

ere

was

a

singl

e vo

ting

day.

To

day,

48

hour

s or

mor

e be

fore

“ele

ctio

n da

y”

can

be in

the

mid

dle

of a

dvan

ce v

otin

g, w

hich

is

not c

onsis

tent

for a

with

draw

al.

This

may

not

be

adeq

uate

ly fi

xed

by 9

8(4)

:


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

98(4

) The

pro

visio

ns re

spec

ting

the

cond

uct

of a

n ele

ctio

n on

pol

ling

day

and

relat

ed

mat

ters

app

ly, w

ith a

ll ne

cess

ary

mod

ifica

tions

, to

the

hold

ing

of a

n ad

vanc

e po

ll.

Addi

ng th

e re

quire

men

t for

an

orig

inal

sig

natu

re

to w

ithdr

aw a

s a

cand

idat

e re

cogn

izes

that

w

ithdr

awal

has

a s

igni

fican

t im

pact

.

52.

67(1

.1) T

he re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

send

the

depo

sits

rece

ived

unde

r sec

tion

61 to

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r.

<DEL

ETE>

Th

e ca

ndid

ate

depo

sit is

pro

pose

d to

be

relo

cate

d to

sec

tion

9(2.

2) o

f the

EFC

DA.

53.

79(1

) Eac

h ca

ndid

ate

may

app

oint

in th

e pr

escr

ibed

form

not

mor

e th

an 4

ele

ctor

s as

sc

rutin

eers

(a) t

o re

pres

ent t

he c

andi

date

at e

ach

pollin

g st

atio

n,

(b) t

o be

pre

sent

at t

he p

lace

to w

hich

the

ballo

t box

is b

roug

ht u

nder

sec

tion

96(1

.1),

(c) t

o ob

serv

e th

e el

ectio

n pr

oced

ures

on

the

cand

idat

e’s

beha

lf, a

nd

(d) t

o be

pre

sent

at t

he re

gist

ratio

n of

ficer

’s st

atio

n w

hile

an

elec

tor i

s co

mpl

etin

g a

decla

ratio

n un

der s

ectio

n 95

.

79(1

) Sub

ject

to s

ubse

ctio

n (1

.1),

eac

h ca

ndid

ate

may

app

oint

in th

e pr

escr

ibed

form

no

t mor

e th

an 4

ele

ctor

s as

scr

utin

eers

(a) t

o re

pres

ent t

he c

andi

date

at e

ach

votin

g st

atio

n,

(b) t

o be

pre

sent

at t

he p

lace

to w

hich

the

ballo

t box

is b

roug

ht u

nder

sec

tion

96(1

.1),

(c) t

o ob

serv

e th

e el

ectio

n pr

oced

ures

on

the

cand

idat

e’s

beha

lf, a

nd

(d) t

o be

pre

sent

at t

he re

gist

ratio

n of

ficer

’s st

atio

n w

hile

an

elec

tor i

s co

mpl

etin

g a

decla

ratio

n un

der s

ectio

n 10

0.

ADD

: (1

.1) F

or th

e pu

rpos

es o

f sub

sect

ion

(1):

(a

) on

ly on

e sc

rutin

eer f

or a

can

dida

te m

ay

be p

rese

nt a

t a v

otin

g st

atio

n or

the

regi

stra

tion

stat

ion

at a

ny o

ne p

oint

in ti

me;

(b

) ea

ch c

andi

date

may

hav

e 4

scru

tinee

rs

for e

lect

ion

day,

and

4 s

crut

inee

rs fo

r eac

h ad

vanc

e vo

ting

day

This

sect

ion

has

been

inte

rpre

ted

in v

ario

us

way

s.

The

idea

is to

hav

e on

ly on

e sc

rutin

eer f

or a

ca

ndid

ate

pres

ent a

t a v

otin

g st

atio

n at

any

one

tim

e. T

he re

ason

is to

avo

id o

verw

helm

ing

the

votin

g st

atio

n w

ith s

crut

inee

rs.

Limiti

ng th

e nu

mbe

r of s

crut

inee

rs re

duce

s in

stan

ces

of

disr

uptio

n, in

timid

atio

n an

d di

senf

ranc

hise

men

t in

the

votin

g pr

oces

s.

The

inte

nt o

f the

am

endm

ent i

s to

mak

e cle

ar

that

: •

Ther

e m

ay b

e 1

scru

tinee

r per

can

dida

te a

t a

regi

stra

tion

desk

, and

1 a

t all

votin

g st

atio

ns –

this

com

es fr

om s

. 92(

1)(f)

and

(f.

1).

• A

cand

idat

e m

ay a

ppoi

nt 4

scr

utin

eers

per

vo

ting

stat

ion,

but

onl

y 1

can

be th

ere

at

any

give

n tim

e.

• A

cand

idat

e m

ay re

appo

int t

he in

divid

ual

for a

noth

er d

ay o

r ano

ther

vot

ing

stat

ion.

•

A ca

ndid

ate

may

hav

e 4

scru

tinee

rs p

er

votin

g st

atio

n fo

r eac

h da

y of

vot

ing.

Thi

s is

a ch

ange

from

the

curre

nt le

gisla

tion,

as

5 da

ys o

f adv

ance

vot

ing

are

a sin

gle

even

t fo

r the

app

oint

men

t of s

crut

inee

rs, r

athe

r th

an c

onsid

ered

5 s

epar

ate

days

.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

54.

79 (5

) A s

crut

inee

r sha

ll co

mpl

y w

ith th

e co

de o

f co

nduc

t, an

d a

scru

tinee

r may

be

rem

oved

from

th

e po

lling

plac

e if

in th

e op

inio

n of

the

supe

rviso

ry d

eput

y re

turn

ing

offic

er o

r dep

uty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

the

scru

tinee

r fai

ls to

com

ply

with

the

code

.

79 (5

) A s

crut

inee

r sha

ll co

mpl

y w

ith th

e co

de o

f co

nduc

t, an

d a

scru

tinee

r may

be

rem

oved

from

th

e vo

ting

plac

e if

in th

e op

inio

n of

an

elec

tion

offic

er th

e sc

rutin

eer f

ails

to c

ompl

y w

ith th

e co

de.

ADD

: (5

.1) I

n th

e ev

ent a

scr

utin

eer i

s re

mov

ed fr

om

the

votin

g pl

ace,

that

scr

utin

eer s

hall

not b

e re

plac

ed, a

nd s

hall

not b

e ap

poin

ted

or a

ct a

s a

scru

tinee

r in

any

elec

tora

l divi

sion.

Chan

ges

prop

osed

for s

ectio

n 79

(5) a

re

term

inol

ogy

upda

tes.

The

inte

ntio

n of

the

prop

osed

add

ition

of (

5.1)

is to

rem

ove

scru

tinee

rs w

ho d

o no

t com

ply

with

the

code

of

cond

uct f

rom

bei

ng re

appo

inte

d at

ano

ther

lo

catio

n.

55.

80 T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r sha

ll pr

ovid

e al

l su

pplie

s no

t pre

vious

ly d

eliv

ered

to th

e re

turn

ing

offic

ers

in s

uffic

ient

tim

e to

ena

ble

each

of t

hem

to

ade

quat

ely

and

effic

ient

ly c

arry

out

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

’s du

ties.

85

The

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll pr

ovid

e to

eac

h de

puty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

(a

) a c

opy

of th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors

for t

he d

eput

y re

turn

ing

offic

er’s

parti

cula

r pol

ling

subd

ivisio

n fo

r use

on

pollin

g da

y, a

nd

(b) a

suf

ficie

nt q

uant

ity o

f the

nec

essa

ry

form

s an

d m

ater

ials

to c

ondu

ct th

e po

ll.

80 <

DELE

TE>

85

<DE

LETE

>

Cont

ent r

eloc

ated

to s

ectio

n 45

.1(3

) and

(4).

Also

see

sec

tion

42.

56.

83(2

) Not

with

stan

ding

sub

sect

ion

(1)(

a), a

n ab

brev

iate

d fo

rm o

f the

nam

e of

the

regi

ster

ed

polit

ical p

arty

or r

ecog

niza

ble

initi

als

repr

esen

ting

that

par

ty a

s di

rect

ed b

y th

e le

ader

of t

he

polit

ical p

arty

und

er s

ectio

n 7(

1)(b

) of t

he

Elec

tion

Finan

ces a

nd C

ontri

butio

ns D

isclo

sure

Ac

t may

be

used

.

83(2

) No

twith

stan

ding

sub

sect

ion

(1)(

a), a

n ab

brev

iate

d fo

rm o

f the

nam

e of

the

regi

ster

ed

polit

ical p

arty

or r

ecog

niza

ble

initi

als

repr

esen

ting

that

reg

iste

red

polit

ical

par

ty a

s di

rect

ed b

y th

e le

ader

of t

he r

egis

tere

d po

litica

l par

ty u

nder

se

ctio

n 7(

1)(b

) of t

he E

lectio

n Fin

ance

s an

d Co

ntrib

utio

ns D

isclo

sure

Act

may

be

used

.

For c

onsis

tenc

y in

inte

rpre

tatio

n of

lang

uage

and

de

finiti

ons.

57.

87 W

hen

ther

e is

mor

e th

an o

ne p

ollin

g st

atio

n lo

cate

d in

a p

ollin

g pl

ace

and

no s

uper

viso

ry

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er h

as b

een

appo

inte

d, th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er m

ay d

esig

nate

a d

eput

y re

turn

ing

offic

er o

f one

of t

he p

ollin

g st

atio

ns to

m

aint

ain

orde

r with

in th

e po

lling

plac

e.

87 W

hen

ther

e is

mor

e th

an o

ne v

otin

g st

atio

n lo

cate

d in

a v

otin

g pl

ace

and

no s

uper

viso

ry

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er h

as b

een

appo

inte

d, th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er m

ay d

esig

nate

an

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

at

one

of th

e vo

ting

stat

ions

to m

aint

ain

orde

r with

in th

e vo

ting

plac

e.

Chan

ge la

ngua

ge to

refle

ct fl

exib

ility

in e

lect

ion

offic

ers

as p

er p

ropo

sed

sect

ion

45.1

.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

58.

88(1

) Sub

ject

to s

ubse

ctio

n (3

), po

lling

plac

es

shal

l be

open

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f vot

ing

durin

g th

e fo

llow

ing

hour

s on

ly:

(a

) a

t an

adva

nce

poll,

from

9 a

.m. t

o 8

p.m

.; (b

) a

t tre

atm

ent c

entre

s an

d su

ppor

tive

livin

g fa

ciliti

es w

here

mob

ile p

olls

are

held

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith s

ectio

n 12

0, d

urin

g th

e ho

urs

fixed

by

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

; (b

.1)

at a

spe

cial m

obile

pol

l hel

d in

ac

cord

ance

with

sec

tion

125.

1, d

urin

g th

e ho

urs

fixed

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r; (c

) a

t the

takin

g of

the

poll

on p

ollin

g da

y,

from

9 a

.m. t

o 8

p.m

.

88(1

) Sub

ject

to s

ubse

ctio

n (3

), vo

ting

plac

es

shal

l be

open

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f vot

ing

durin

g th

e fo

llow

ing

hour

s on

ly:

(a

) a

t an

adva

nce

vote

, bet

wee

n 9

a.m

. an

d 8

p.m

.; (b

) a

t tre

atm

ent c

entr

es a

nd s

uppo

rtiv

e liv

ing

faci

litie

s w

here

mob

ile v

otes

are

hel

d in

acc

orda

nce

with

sec

tion

120,

dur

ing

the

hour

s fix

ed b

y th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er;

(b.1

) <

DELE

TE>

(c

) a

t the

takin

g of

the

vote

on

elec

tion

da

y, b

etw

een

9 a.

m. a

nd 8

p.m

.

To a

llow

for f

lexib

ility

in a

dvan

ce v

otin

g ho

urs,

th

roug

h th

e co

nsol

idat

ion

of a

dvan

ce a

nd s

pecia

l m

obile

vot

ing

(sec

tion

98).

To

inclu

de e

mer

genc

y sh

elte

rs a

nd c

omm

unity

su

ppor

t cen

tres

in th

e fa

ciliti

es th

at m

ay h

old

a m

obile

vot

e.

59.

Pers

ons

entit

led

to re

mai

n in

pol

ling

plac

e 92

(1) O

nly

the

follo

win

g pe

rson

s m

ay re

mai

n in

a

pollin

g pl

ace

durin

g po

lling

hour

s:

(a) t

he s

uper

viso

ry d

eput

y re

turn

ing

offic

er

and

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

ers;

(a.1

) the

regi

stra

tion

offic

ers;

(b) t

he p

oll c

lerk

s;

(c) t

he re

turn

ing

offic

er o

r ele

ctio

n cle

rk;

(d) t

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r, m

embe

rs o

f the

Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer’s

offi

ce s

taff

desig

nate

d by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r and

visi

ting

offic

ials

from

oth

er e

lect

oral

juris

dict

ions

au

thor

ized

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer;

(e) t

he o

fficia

l age

nts

of th

e ca

ndid

ates

;

(f) o

ne s

crut

inee

r per

can

dida

te fo

r eac

h ba

llot b

ox;

Indi

vidu

als

entit

led

to re

mai

n in

vot

ing

plac

e 92

(1) O

nly

the

follo

win

g in

divi

dual

s m

ay

rem

ain

in a

vot

ing

plac

e du

ring

votin

g ho

urs:

(a)

elec

tion

offic

ers

as r

equi

red

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Off

icer

to a

dmin

iste

r an

d ov

erse

e th

e vo

ting;

(a.1

) <DE

LETE

>

(b) <

DELE

TE>

(c) <

DELE

TE>

(d) t

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r, m

embe

rs o

f the

Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer’s

offi

ce s

taff

desig

nate

d by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r and

visi

ting

offic

ials

from

oth

er e

lect

oral

juris

dict

ions

au

thor

ized

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer;

(e)

<DE

LETE

>

(f)

one

scr

utin

eer p

er c

andi

date

for e

ach

votin

g st

atio

n;

Curre

ntly

, offi

cial a

gent

s ha

ve s

pecia

l sta

tus

to

rem

ain

at a

vot

ing

plac

e as

long

as

they

like

. Ho

wev

er, o

fficia

l age

nts

are

akin

to s

tand

-ins

for

cand

idat

es th

roug

hout

this

Act.

Offi

cial a

gent

s sh

ould

be

on th

e sa

me

stat

us a

s a

cand

idat

e.

Ther

e is

no re

ason

to le

t the

offi

cial a

gent

s re

mai

n th

ere

all d

ay.

A

prac

tical

alte

rnat

ive is

that

a c

andi

date

may

ap

poin

t the

offi

cial a

gent

as

a sc

rutin

eer.

In th

at

even

t, th

e of

ficia

l age

nt m

ay re

mai

n, b

ut w

ill be

su

bjec

t to

the

code

of c

ondu

ct fo

r scr

utin

eers

, an

d th

e of

ficia

l age

nt w

ill ta

ke th

e oa

th o

f se

crec

y –

see

sect

ion

93(1

).

(a.1

) thr

ough

(c) a

nd (g

) now

inclu

ded

in th

e de

finiti

on o

f “el

ectio

n of

ficer

”. P

ropo

sal f

or (j

) is

to e

nabl

e IT

sup

port

and

vend

or s

uppo

rt to

be

pres

ent a

s ne

eded

and

as

auth

orize

d by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(f.1)

one

scr

utin

eer p

er c

andi

date

at e

ach

regi

stra

tion

offic

er’s

stat

ion;

(g) t

he in

terp

rete

rs;

(h) p

eace

offi

cers

app

oint

ed u

nder

the

Peac

e Of

ficer

Act

;

(i) t

he in

form

atio

n of

ficer

s;

(j) o

ther

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

s au

thor

ized

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer.

92

(2) N

othi

ng in

this

Act r

estri

cts

a ca

ndid

ate

from

brie

fly v

isitin

g a

pollin

g pl

ace

durin

g po

lling

hour

s.

(f.1)

one

scr

utin

eer p

er c

andi

date

at e

ach

regi

stra

tion

offic

er’s

stat

ion;

(g)

<DE

LETE

>

(h)

pea

ce o

ffice

rs a

ppoi

nted

und

er th

e Pe

ace

Offic

er A

ct;

(i)

<DEL

ETE>

(j)

othe

r pe

rson

s au

thor

ized

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffic

er.

92(2

) Not

hing

in th

is Ac

t res

trict

s a

cand

idat

e or

a

cand

idat

e’s

offic

ial a

gent

from

brie

fly

visiti

ng a

vot

ing

plac

e du

ring

votin

g ho

urs.

60.

95(1

) An

elec

tor w

ho is

oth

erw

ise e

ligib

le to

vot

e bu

t who

se n

ame

does

not

app

ear o

n th

e lis

t of

elec

tors

for t

he p

ollin

g su

bdivi

sion

in w

hich

the

elec

tor i

s or

dina

rily

resid

ent m

ay v

ote

if

(a

) th

e el

ecto

r pro

duce

s to

the

regi

stra

tion

offic

er o

r dep

uty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

the

follo

win

g pr

oof o

f his

or h

er id

entit

y an

d cu

rrent

resid

ence

: (i)

one

pie

ce o

f ide

ntifi

catio

n iss

ued

by a

Ca

nadi

an g

over

nmen

t, w

heth

er fe

dera

l, pr

ovin

cial o

r loc

al, o

r an

agen

cy o

f tha

t go

vern

men

t, th

at c

onta

ins

a ph

otog

raph

of

the

elec

tor a

nd h

is or

her

nam

e an

d cu

rrent

add

ress

, or

(ii) 2

pie

ces

of id

entif

icatio

n au

thor

ized

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r eac

h of

whi

ch

esta

blish

the

elec

tor’s

nam

e an

d at

leas

t on

e of

whi

ch e

stab

lishe

s th

e el

ecto

r’s

curre

nt a

ddre

ss, a

nd

(b)

the

elec

tor s

igns

a d

ecla

ratio

n be

fore

th

e re

gist

ratio

n of

ficer

or d

eput

y re

turn

ing

offic

er s

tatin

g th

at th

e el

ecto

r (i)

qu

alifi

es a

s an

ele

ctor

, and

95 <

DELE

TE>

Co

mbi

ned

into

pro

pose

d se

ctio

n 10

0 be

low

.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(ii) o

rdin

arily

resid

es in

that

pol

ling

subd

ivisio

n.

(2)

An e

lect

or m

ay in

stea

d pr

ove

his

or h

er

iden

tity

and

resid

ence

by

signi

ng a

dec

lara

tion

if he

or s

he is

acc

ompa

nied

by

an e

lect

or w

hose

na

me

appe

ars

on th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors

for t

he s

ame

pollin

g su

bdivi

sion

and

that

ele

ctor

(a

) pro

vides

to th

e re

gist

ratio

n of

ficer

or

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er th

e pi

ece

or p

iece

s of

id

entif

icatio

n re

ferre

d to

in s

ubse

ctio

n (1

)(a)

, an

d

(b) v

ouch

es fo

r him

or h

er b

y sig

ning

a

decla

ratio

n

(3)

The

regi

stra

tion

offic

er o

r dep

uty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll in

dica

te o

n th

e de

clara

tion

refe

rred

to in

sub

sect

ions

(1) a

nd (2

) the

nat

ure

of th

e id

entif

icatio

n ac

cept

ed.

(4)

An e

lect

or w

ho h

as b

een

vouc

hed

for a

t an

elec

tion

may

not

vou

ch fo

r ano

ther

ele

ctor

at

that

ele

ctio

n.

(4.1

) Scr

utin

eers

may

not

vou

ch fo

r an

elec

tor.

(5

) Th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

hall

publ

ish e

ach

year

, and

with

in 3

day

s af

ter t

he is

sue

of a

writ

, in

a m

anne

r tha

t he

or s

he c

onsid

ers

appr

opria

te, a

not

ice s

ettin

g ou

t the

type

s of

id

entif

icatio

n th

at a

re a

utho

rized

for t

he p

urpo

se

of s

ubse

ctio

n (1

)(a)

(ii).

(6

) Th

e de

puty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll, a

fter

rece

iving

a s

igne

d de

clara

tion

unde

r sub

sect

ion

(1)(

b) o

r (2)

, ent

er th

e el

ecto

r’s n

ame

and

addr

ess

on th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors

and

ente

r in

the

poll

book

in th

e ap

prop

riate

col

umn

a ch

eck

mar

k or

oth

er a

nnot

atio

n in

dica

ting

that

the

vote

r sig

ned

a de

clara

tion

or w

as v

ouch

ed fo

r, as

th

e ca

se m

ay b

e.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

61.

96(1

) The

dep

uty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, at t

he

requ

est o

f a v

oter

who

is u

nabl

e to

vot

e in

the

usua

l man

ner,

shal

l

(a)

ass

ist th

e vo

ter b

y m

arkin

g th

e vo

ter’s

ba

llot i

n th

e m

anne

r dire

cted

by

the

vote

r in

the

pres

ence

of t

he p

oll c

lerk

, and

(b

) i

f req

uest

ed b

y th

e vo

ter,

plac

e th

e ba

llot s

o m

arke

d in

the

ballo

t box

. (1

.1)

Whe

re a

vot

er is

una

ble

to a

cces

s a

pollin

g pl

ace

beca

use

of th

e vo

ter’s

phy

sical

disa

bilit

y,

the

poll

clerk

, and

the

othe

r ele

ctio

n of

ficer

s th

e de

puty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

con

sider

s ne

cess

ary,

sh

all b

ring

the

ballo

t box

to s

ome

othe

r pla

ce o

n th

e sit

e on

whi

ch th

e po

lling

plac

e is

loca

ted.

(1

.2)

Befo

re b

ringi

ng th

e ba

llot b

ox to

som

e ot

her p

lace

und

er s

ubse

ctio

n (1

.1),

the

poll

clerk

sh

all a

dvise

the

scru

tinee

rs a

t the

pol

ling

plac

e.

(2)

Repe

aled

200

4 c2

3 s4

9.

(3)

The

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er, i

n th

e ca

se o

f a

vote

r ref

erre

d to

in s

ubse

ctio

n (1

), sh

all

(a

) i

f the

vot

er is

acc

ompa

nied

by

a fri

end,

(i)

per

mit

the

frien

d to

acc

ompa

ny th

e vo

ter i

nto

a po

lling

boot

h to

mar

k th

e vo

ter’s

bal

lot,

and

(ii)

if r

eque

sted

by

the

vote

r or t

he

frien

d, p

lace

the

ballo

t in

the

ballo

t box

, or

(b

) i

f the

vot

er is

not

acc

ompa

nied

by

a fri

end

or d

oes

not w

ish to

be

assis

ted

by th

e de

puty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

,

96(1

) An

elec

tion

offic

er, a

t the

requ

est o

f a

vote

r who

is u

nabl

e to

vot

e in

the

usua

l man

ner,

shal

l

(a)

ass

ist th

e vo

ter b

y m

arkin

g th

e vo

ter’s

ba

llot i

n th

e m

anne

r dire

cted

by

the

vote

r in

the

pres

ence

of a

sec

ond

elec

tion

offic

er,

and

(b)

if r

eque

sted

by

the

vote

r, pl

ace

the

ballo

t so

mar

ked

in th

e ba

llot b

ox.

(1.1

) Whe

re a

vot

er is

una

ble

to a

cces

s a

votin

g pl

ace

beca

use

of th

e vo

ter’s

phy

sical

disa

bilit

y,

at le

ast t

wo

elec

tion

offic

ers,

sha

ll br

ing

the

ballo

t box

to s

ome

othe

r pla

ce o

n th

e sit

e on

w

hich

the

votin

g pl

ace

is lo

cate

d.

(1.2

) Bef

ore

brin

ging

the

ballo

t box

to s

ome

othe

r pla

ce u

nder

sub

sect

ion

(1.1

), an

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

sha

ll ad

vise

the

scru

tinee

rs a

t the

vot

ing

plac

e.

(2)

Repe

aled

200

4 c2

3 s4

9.

(3)

An e

lect

ion

offic

er, i

n th

e ca

se o

f a v

oter

re

ferre

d to

in s

ubse

ctio

n (1

), sh

all

(a

) i

f the

vot

er is

acc

ompa

nied

by

a fri

end,

(i)

per

mit

the

frien

d to

acc

ompa

ny th

e vo

ter i

nto

a vo

ting

boot

h to

mar

k th

e vo

ter’s

bal

lot,

and

(ii)

if r

eque

sted

by

the

vote

r or t

he

frien

d, p

lace

the

ballo

t in

the

ballo

t box

, or

(b)

if t

he v

oter

is n

ot a

ccom

pani

ed b

y a

frien

d or

doe

s no

t wish

to b

e as

siste

d by

the

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er,

A vo

ter w

ho re

quire

s as

sista

nce

to re

ad o

r mar

k th

e ba

llot s

houl

d no

t hav

e to

take

an

Oath

co

nfirm

ing

thei

r ina

bilit

y. U

pon

verb

al re

ques

t to

the

elec

tion

offic

er, t

he s

ervic

e sh

ould

be

avai

labl

e. C

ompl

etin

g an

Oat

h of

Inab

ility

to

Read

or M

ark

the

Ballo

t req

uire

s th

e vo

ter t

o sig

n th

e fo

rm, w

hich

is in

cons

isten

t with

thei

r ca

pacit

y.

The

frien

d of

the

vote

r sho

uld

cont

inue

to s

ign

an O

ath

befo

re p

rovid

ing

assis

tanc

e to

the

vote

r, en

surin

g th

at th

ey w

ill m

ark

the

ballo

t as

dire

cted

by

the

vote

r and

mai

ntai

n th

e se

crec

y of

th

e ba

llot.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(i)

pro

vide

the

vote

r with

a V

oter

Te

mpl

ate

in th

e pr

escr

ibed

form

, and

(ii

) i

nstru

ct th

e vo

ter i

n its

use

. (4

) A

vote

r ref

erre

d to

in s

ubse

ctio

n (1

) and

the

frien

d of

suc

h a

vote

r, if

assis

ting

the

vote

r to

vote

, sha

ll bo

th ta

ke th

e pr

escr

ibed

oat

h be

fore

vo

ting.

(5

) W

hen

a ba

llot h

as b

een

mar

ked

purs

uant

to

this

sect

ion,

the

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er o

r pol

l cle

rk s

hall

ente

r in

the

poll

book

opp

osite

the

nam

e of

the

vote

r and

in th

e ap

prop

riate

col

umn

eith

er “v

oter

ass

istan

ce” o

r “te

mpl

ate”

, as

the

case

may

be.

(i)

pro

vide

the

vote

r with

a V

oter

Te

mpl

ate

in th

e pr

escr

ibed

form

, and

(ii

) i

nstru

ct th

e vo

ter i

n its

use

. (4

) A

vote

r ref

erre

d to

in s

ubse

ctio

n (1

) an

d th

e fri

end

of s

uch

a vo

ter,

if as

sistin

g th

e vo

ter t

o vo

te, s

hall

both

take

the

pres

crib

ed

oath

bef

ore

assi

stin

g th

e vo

ter r

efer

red

to in

su

bsec

tion

(1)

to v

ote.

(5

) W

hen

a ba

llot h

as b

een

mar

ked

purs

uant

to

this

sect

ion,

an

elec

tion

offic

er s

hall

ente

r in

the

votin

g re

cord

opp

osite

the

nam

e of

the

vote

r and

in th

e ap

prop

riate

col

umn

eith

er “v

oter

as

sista

nce”

or “

tem

plat

e”, a

s th

e ca

se m

ay b

e.

62.

97 T

he re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

prov

ide

one

copy

of

the

list o

f ele

ctor

s fo

r all

assig

ned

pollin

g su

bdivi

sions

in th

e el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n fo

r use

by

the

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er a

t the

adv

ance

pol

l.

REPL

ACE

WIT

H:

97 T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r sha

ll pr

ovid

e a

copy

of t

he li

st o

f ele

ctor

s fo

r use

at t

he a

dvan

ce

vote

by

elec

tion

offic

ers.

For v

ote-

anyw

here

adv

ance

vot

ing,

the

list i

s el

ectro

nic

with

the

entir

e vo

ting

list f

or th

e w

hole

pr

ovin

ce o

f Alb

erta

ava

ilabl

e to

the

elec

tion

offic

ers

taki

ng th

e vo

tes.

63.

98(1

) The

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll es

tabl

ish a

t lea

st

one

and

no m

ore

than

4 p

ollin

g pl

aces

to e

nabl

e el

ecto

rs to

vot

e in

adv

ance

at a

n el

ectio

n.

(1.1

) Not

with

stan

ding

sub

sect

ion

(1),

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r may

requ

ire a

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

to

est

ablis

h m

ore

than

4 p

ollin

g pl

aces

if th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer c

onsid

ers

it ne

cess

ary.

98(1

) <DE

LETE

>

(1.1

) Not

with

stan

ding

sub

sect

ion

(1),

the

Retu

rnin

g O

ffic

er s

hall,

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer e

stab

lish

votin

g pl

aces

to

enab

le e

lect

ors

to v

ote

in a

dvan

ce

at a

n el

ectio

n.

The

inte

nt o

f thi

s ch

ange

is to

ena

ble

flexib

ility

in

the

num

ber o

f adv

ance

vot

ing

plac

es a

nd

max

imize

the

use

of v

ote

anyw

here

adv

ance

vo

ting.

64.

98(2

) The

Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

hall

ensu

re

that

the

dist

ance

that

an

elec

tor w

ould

hav

e to

tra

vel t

o at

tend

at a

n ad

vanc

e po

ll is

no g

reat

er

than

100

km

, unl

ess

the

cost

to d

o so

in a

ny

parti

cula

r situ

atio

n w

ould

be

unre

ason

able

in th

e cir

cum

stan

ces.

(3

) The

pol

ling

plac

es fo

r adv

ance

pol

ling

shal

l be

ope

n fro

m 9

a.m

. to

8 p.

m. o

n ea

ch o

f the

Tu

esda

y, W

edne

sday

, Thu

rsda

y, F

riday

and

Sa

turd

ay o

f the

full

wee

k pr

eced

ing

pollin

g da

y.

98(2

) The

Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

hall

ensu

re

that

the

dist

ance

that

an

elec

tor w

ould

hav

e to

tra

vel t

o at

tend

at a

n ad

vanc

e vo

ting

pla

ce is

no

gre

ater

than

100

km

, unl

ess

the

cost

to d

o so

in

any

par

ticul

ar s

ituat

ion

wou

ld b

e un

reas

onab

le

in th

e cir

cum

stan

ces.

98

(3) <

DELE

TE>

AD

D:

98(3

.1) A

t lea

st o

ne a

dvan

ce v

otin

g pl

ace

for

each

ele

ctor

al d

ivisio

n sh

all b

e op

en b

etw

een

9

The

purp

ose

is to

com

bine

the

feat

ures

of t

he

adva

nce

votin

g an

d sp

ecia

l mob

ile v

otin

g to

cr

eate

one

cat

egor

y of

adv

ance

vot

ing

with

fle

xibilit

y. E

very

ele

ctor

al d

ivisi

on w

ill co

ntin

ue to

ha

ve a

t lea

st o

ne a

dvan

ce v

otin

g lo

catio

n, w

ith a

lo

catio

n es

tabl

ished

not

mor

e th

an 1

00

kilom

eter

s fro

m e

ach

elec

tor.

Th

e ad

ditio

nal f

lexib

ility

will

allo

w fo

r add

ition

al

adva

nce

votin

g lo

catio

ns to

be

esta

blish

ed th

at

coul

d ru

n fo

r one

, tw

o, th

ree,

or f

our d

ays

or to

al

low

for a

ltern

ate

hour

s. T

his

allo

ws

for v

otin

g


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(4)

The

prov

ision

s re

spec

ting

the

cond

uct o

f an

elec

tion

on p

ollin

g da

y an

d re

late

d m

atte

rs a

pply,

w

ith a

ll ne

cess

ary

mod

ifica

tions

, to

the

hold

ing

of

an a

dvan

ce p

oll.

(5)

Afte

r the

ope

ning

of a

pol

ling

plac

e fo

r an

adva

nce

poll

the

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

take

all

reas

onab

le p

reca

utio

ns to

ens

ure

that

no

othe

r per

son

exce

pt th

e po

ll cle

rk h

as a

cces

s to

th

e ba

llot b

ox.

(6)

Each

day

at t

he c

lose

of t

he p

ollin

g pl

ace

for

an a

dvan

ce p

oll t

he b

allo

t box

(a)

sha

ll be

sea

led

by th

e de

puty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

and

pol

l cle

rk, a

nd

(b)

may

be

seal

ed b

y an

y ca

ndid

ate,

offi

cial

agen

t or s

crut

inee

r so

desir

ing,

so

that

it c

anno

t be

open

ed a

nd n

o ba

llots

can

be

dep

osite

d w

ithou

t bre

akin

g th

ose

seal

s.

(6.1

) If e

lect

roni

c do

cum

ents

are

use

d fo

r the

pu

rpos

es o

f an

adva

nce

poll,

eac

h da

y af

ter t

he

close

of a

pol

ling

plac

e fo

r an

adva

nce

poll,

a

copy

of a

reco

rd o

f ele

ctor

s w

ho v

oted

that

day

sh

all b

e m

ade

in p

rinte

d an

d el

ectro

nic

form

. (6

.2) A

cop

y of

the

reco

rd re

ferre

d to

und

er

subs

ectio

n (6

.1) s

hall

be p

rovid

ed to

regi

ster

ed

polit

ical p

artie

s or

regi

ster

ed c

andi

date

s on

re

ques

t. (6

.3) T

he re

cord

refe

rred

to in

sub

sect

ion

(6.1

) sh

all i

nclu

de e

ach

elec

tor’s

ele

ctor

al d

ivisio

n,

pollin

g su

bdivi

sion

num

ber a

nd s

eque

nce

num

ber

assig

ned

to th

e el

ecto

r by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

e or

an

elec

tion

offic

er a

nd a

ny o

ther

in

form

atio

n th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer c

onsid

ers

appr

opria

te.

a.m

. and

8 p

.m. o

n ea

ch o

f the

Tue

sday

, W

edne

sday

, Thu

rsda

y, F

riday

and

Sat

urda

y of

th

e fu

ll w

eek

prec

edin

g el

ectio

n da

y.

(3.2

) A re

turn

ing

offic

er, i

n co

nsul

tatio

n w

ith th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer,

shal

l est

ablis

h ad

ditio

nal

adva

nce

votin

g pl

aces

, dee

med

nec

essa

ry b

y th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer.

(3

.3) A

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

who

has

est

ablis

hed

addi

tiona

l adv

ance

vot

ing

plac

es in

acc

orda

nce

with

(3.2

), sh

all,

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith th

e Ch

ief

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer

(a

) fix

the

hour

s on

any

one

or m

ore

days

fix

ed fo

r adv

ance

vot

ing

whe

n th

e ad

vanc

e vo

ting

plac

e w

ill op

erat

e;

(b) e

nsur

e th

e fa

cility

mee

ts s

afet

y, s

ecur

ity

and

othe

r sta

ndar

ds e

stab

lishe

d by

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r for

vot

ing

plac

es;

(3.4

) Whe

re a

n ad

vanc

e vo

ting

plac

e is

esta

blish

ed, a

ny e

lect

or m

ay a

ttend

to v

ote

and

be p

rovid

ed w

ith th

e ba

llot f

or th

e el

ecto

ral

divis

ion

of th

eir o

rdin

ary

resid

ence

, unl

ess

dete

rmin

ed o

ther

wise

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er, i

n w

hich

cas

e th

e ad

vanc

e vo

ting

loca

tion

will

be e

stab

lishe

d on

ly fo

r the

ele

ctor

s in

the

elec

tora

l div

ision

in w

hich

it is

loca

ted.

(4

) Th

e pr

ovisi

ons

resp

ectin

g th

e co

nduc

t of a

n el

ectio

n on

Ele

ctio

n da

y an

d re

late

d m

atte

rs

appl

y, w

ith a

ll ne

cess

ary

mod

ifica

tions

, to

the

hold

ing

of a

n ad

vanc

e vo

te.

(5)

Afte

r the

ope

ning

of a

vot

ing

plac

e fo

r an

adva

nce

vote

an

elec

tion

offic

er s

hall

take

all

reas

onab

le p

reca

utio

ns to

ens

ure

that

no

othe

r pe

rson

has

acc

ess

to th

e ba

llot b

ox.

plac

es to

be

esta

blish

ed fo

r sm

all c

omm

uniti

es

and

in fa

ciliti

es th

at a

re n

ot o

pen

for t

he fu

ll ho

urs

of a

dvan

ce v

otin

g.

For e

xam

ple,

five

rura

l com

mun

ities

in a

n el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n co

uld

be p

rovid

ed w

ith a

one

-da

y ad

vanc

e vo

te, r

athe

r tha

n on

e co

mm

unity

ha

ving

the

full

five-

day

adva

nce

vote

. Ne

w s

ectio

ns (3

.2) –

(3.4

) are

take

n fro

m 1

25.1

. Re

gard

ing

the

amen

dmen

t to

(6.3

):

Prov

idin

g th

e un

ique

iden

tifie

r num

ber a

s pa

rt of

th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors

(sec

tion

17) a

llow

s fo

r co

mpa

rison

with

the

orig

inal

list

of e

lect

ors,

whi

le

enab

ling

the

abilit

y fo

r add

ition

s to

the

list t

o be

co

nsol

idat

ed w

ithin

the

elec

tion

day

votin

g re

cord

in a

lpha

betic

al o

rder

.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(7)

Seal

ing

mat

eria

l app

lied

to a

bal

lot b

ox s

hall

not b

e br

oken

from

the

time

it is

appl

ied

until

the

close

of t

he p

ollin

g pl

aces

on

pollin

g da

y, e

xcep

t as

may

be

nece

ssar

y at

the

open

ing

of th

e po

lling

plac

e fo

r the

adv

ance

pol

l on

the

Wed

nesd

ay, T

hurs

day,

Frid

ay a

nd S

atur

day

to

perm

it th

e de

posit

of b

allo

ts.

(8)

At th

e clo

se o

f the

pol

ling

plac

e fo

r the

ad

vanc

e po

ll on

the

final

day

the

depu

ty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll, a

fter t

he s

eal h

as b

een

appl

ied

purs

uant

to s

ubse

ctio

n (6

), ta

ke c

harg

e of

and

saf

ely

keep

the

ballo

t box

unt

il th

e clo

se

of p

olls

on p

ollin

g da

y, w

hen

the

ballo

ts s

hall

be

coun

ted

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith s

ectio

n 11

1.

98(6

) Eac

h da

y at

the

close

of t

he v

otin

g pl

ace

for a

n ad

vanc

e vo

te th

e ba

llot b

ox

(a

) sha

ll be

sea

led

by th

e el

ectio

n of

ficer

, an

d (b

) may

be

seal

ed b

y an

y ca

ndid

ate,

offi

cial

agen

t or s

crut

inee

r so

desir

ing,

so

that

it c

anno

t be

open

ed a

nd n

o ba

llots

can

be

dep

osite

d w

ithou

t bre

akin

g th

ose

seal

s.

(6.1

) If e

lect

roni

c vo

ting

reco

rds

are

used

for

the

purp

oses

of a

n ad

vanc

e vo

te, e

ach

day

afte

r th

e clo

se o

f a v

otin

g pl

ace

for a

n ad

vanc

e vo

te,

a co

py o

f a re

cord

of e

lect

ors

who

vot

ed th

at d

ay

shal

l be

mad

e in

prin

ted

and

elec

troni

c fo

rm.

(6.2

) A c

opy

of th

e re

cord

refe

rred

to u

nder

su

bsec

tion

(6.1

) sha

ll be

pro

vided

to re

gist

ered

po

litica

l par

ties

or re

gist

ered

can

dida

tes

on

requ

est.

(6.3

) The

reco

rd re

ferre

d to

in s

ubse

ctio

n (6

.1)

shal

l inc

lude

eac

h el

ecto

r’s u

niqu

e id

entif

ier

num

ber

assig

ned

to th

e el

ecto

r by

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

or a

n el

ectio

n of

ficer

and

any

ot

her i

nfor

mat

ion

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r co

nsid

ers

appr

opria

te.

(7)

Seal

ing

mat

eria

l app

lied

to a

bal

lot b

ox s

hall

not b

e br

oken

from

the

time

it is

appl

ied

until

the

close

of t

he v

otin

g pl

aces

on

elec

tion

day,

ex

cept

as

may

be

nece

ssar

y at

the

open

ing

of

the

adva

nce

votin

g pl

ace

for t

he a

dvan

ce p

oll

on th

e W

edne

sday

, Thu

rsda

y, F

riday

and

Sa

turd

ay to

per

mit

the

depo

sit o

f bal

lots

. (8

) At

the

close

of t

he v

otin

g pl

ace

for t

he

adva

nce

vote

on

the

final

day

an

elec

tion

offic

er s

hall,

afte

r the

sea

l has

bee

n ap

plie

d pu

rsua

nt to

sub

sect

ion

(6),

take

cha

rge

of a

nd


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

safe

ly ke

ep th

e ba

llot b

ox u

ntil

the

close

of

votin

g on

ele

ctio

n da

y, w

hen

the

ballo

ts s

hall

be c

ount

ed in

acc

orda

nce

with

sec

tion

111.

65.

99(1

) Whe

n a

pers

on w

ho is

an

elec

tor a

ttend

s to

vot

e at

the

adva

nce

poll,

the

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

(a)

if t

he p

erso

n’s

nam

e ap

pear

s on

a li

st o

f el

ecto

rs, e

nter

opp

osite

the

nam

e of

that

pe

rson

on

the

list o

f ele

ctor

s in

the

appr

opria

te c

olum

n a

chec

k m

ark

or o

ther

an

nota

tion

indi

catin

g th

at th

e vo

ter v

oted

in

the

adva

nce

poll,

or

(b)

if t

he p

erso

n’s

nam

e do

es n

ot a

ppea

r on

any

list o

f ele

ctor

s,

(i)

requ

ire th

e pe

rson

to c

ompl

y w

ith

sect

ion

95(1

) or (

2), a

nd

(ii)

ent

er th

e pe

rson

’s na

me

and

addr

ess

on th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors

and

ente

r in

the

appr

opria

te c

olum

n in

the

poll

book

a

chec

k m

ark

or o

ther

ann

otat

ion

indi

catin

g th

at th

e vo

ter s

igne

d a

decla

ratio

n in

ac

cord

ance

with

sec

tion

95(1

) or s

igne

d a

decla

ratio

n an

d w

as v

ouch

ed fo

r in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith s

ectio

n 95

(2),

and

vote

d in

the

adva

nce

poll.

(2)

The

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

prov

ide

to

each

ele

ctor

reco

rded

in th

e po

ll bo

ok a

pr

efol

ded

ballo

t con

tain

ing

the

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er’s

initi

als

in th

e pr

escr

ibed

pla

ce o

n its

ba

ck s

o th

at w

hen

the

ballo

t is

fold

ed th

e in

itial

s ca

n be

see

n w

ithou

t unf

oldi

ng it

.

99 <

DELE

TE>

The

proc

edur

e an

d re

quire

men

ts fo

r vot

ing

are

repl

aced

by

100.

1 –

100.

5.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

66.

NEW

AD

D:

Adva

nce

Votin

g

99.1

An

elec

tor a

t an

adva

nce

votin

g pl

ace

may

on

ly vo

te fo

r a c

andi

date

list

ed o

n th

e ba

llot f

or

the

elec

tora

l divi

sion

whe

re th

e el

ecto

r is

ordi

naril

y re

siden

t.

Need

to re

tain

the

abilit

y fo

r ele

ctor

s to

vot

e at

an

y ad

vanc

e vo

ting

loca

tion.

Mov

ed fr

om 1

25.2

.

67.

100(

1) E

ach

elec

tor w

ho p

rese

nts

him

self

or

hers

elf t

o vo

te o

n po

lling

day

shal

l give

his

or h

er

nam

e an

d ad

dres

s to

the

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er

and

if

(a) t

he n

ame

of th

at e

lect

or a

ppea

rs o

n th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors

for t

he p

ollin

g su

bdivi

sion,

or

(b) t

he e

lect

or c

ompl

ies

with

sec

tion

95(1

) or

(2),

th

e po

ll cle

rk s

hall

strik

e th

e el

ecto

r’s n

ame

off

the

list o

f ele

ctor

s an

d en

ter t

he n

ame

and

addr

ess

in th

e po

ll bo

ok if

it is

not

alre

ady

ther

e,

and

for e

ach

nam

e so

reco

rded

the

poll

clerk

sh

all e

nter

a n

umbe

r in

cons

ecut

ive s

eque

nce

oppo

site

it.

(2)

The

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

prov

ide

to

each

ele

ctor

reco

rded

in th

e po

ll bo

ok a

pr

efol

ded

ballo

t

(a)

con

tain

ing

the

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er’s

initi

als

in th

e pr

escr

ibed

pla

ce o

n its

bac

k so

th

at w

hen

the

ballo

t is

fold

ed th

e in

itial

s ca

n be

see

n w

ithou

t unf

oldi

ng it

, and

(b

) t

hat h

as a

cou

nter

foil

atta

ched

to it

on

the

back

of w

hich

the

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er

has

inse

rted

a nu

mbe

r cor

resp

ondi

ng to

the

num

ber r

ecor

ded

next

to th

e el

ecto

r’s n

ame

in

the

poll

book

.

REPL

ACE

WIT

H:

100(

1) A

n el

ecto

r who

pre

sent

s hi

mse

lf or

her

self

to v

ote

on a

n ad

vanc

e vo

ting

day

or e

lect

ion

day

may

vot

e at

a v

otin

g st

atio

n if

the

elec

tor

com

plie

s w

ith s

ectio

n 10

0.1,

100

.2, 1

00.3

, 100

.4

or 1

00.5

.

(2) F

or th

e pu

rpos

es o

f sec

tions

100

.1, 1

00.2

, 10

0.3,

100

.4 a

nd 1

00.5

, “id

entif

icatio

n” m

eans

(a)

one

piec

e of

iden

tifica

tion

issue

d by

a

Cana

dian

gov

ernm

ent,

whe

ther

fede

ral,

prov

incia

l or l

ocal

, or a

n ag

ency

of t

hat

gove

rnm

ent,

that

con

tain

s a

phot

ogra

ph o

f th

e el

ecto

r and

the

elec

tor’s

nam

e an

d cu

rrent

add

ress

, or

(b)

2 pi

eces

of i

dent

ifica

tion

auth

orize

d by

th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer e

ach

of w

hich

es

tabl

ish th

e el

ecto

r’s n

ame

and

at le

ast o

ne

of w

hich

est

ablis

hes

the

elec

tor’s

cur

rent

ad

dres

s.

(3)

The

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r sha

ll pu

blish

eac

h ye

ar, a

nd w

ithin

3 d

ays

afte

r the

issu

e of

a w

rit,

in a

man

ner t

hat h

e or

she

con

sider

s ap

prop

riate

, a n

otice

set

ting

out t

he ty

pes

of

iden

tifica

tion

that

are

pre

scrib

ed f

or th

e pu

rpos

e of

sec

tion

(2)(

b).

(4) T

he li

st o

f ele

ctor

s m

ay b

e co

ntai

ned

with

in

the

votin

g re

cord

.

Conf

irmat

ion

of id

entit

y an

d ad

dres

s w

ill no

w b

e re

quire

d fro

m e

very

one.

Thi

s is

cons

isten

t with

m

unici

pal a

nd fe

dera

l ele

ctio

n le

gisla

tion.

Co

mbi

ning

cur

rent

sec

tions

95

and

100

unde

r a

singl

e se

t of p

rovi

sions

sim

plifi

es a

nd s

tream

lines

id

entif

icatio

n an

d vo

uchi

ng p

roce

sses

. Th

e pu

rpos

e is

twof

old:

(1) f

acilit

ate

the

vote

by

mak

ing

it cle

ar to

eve

ryon

e w

hat e

lect

ors

need

in

orde

r to

vote

; and

(2) p

rote

ct th

e in

tegr

ity o

f the

sy

stem

. Se

ctio

n 10

0 is

over

arch

ing,

acc

ompa

nied

by

5 po

ssib

ilitie

s de

pend

ing

on th

e el

ecto

r’s n

ame

bein

g on

the

list o

f ele

ctor

s, o

r not

; and

de

pend

ing

on th

e el

ecto

r pro

vidin

g th

e pr

escr

ibed

iden

tifica

tion,

or n

ot; a

nd d

epen

ding

on

the

elec

tor’s

iden

tifica

tion

mat

chin

g th

e in

form

atio

n in

the

list,

or n

ot:

• se

ctio

n 10

0.1

is w

hen

the

elec

tor’s

nam

e is

on th

e lis

t and

the

elec

tor’s

iden

tifica

tion

mat

ches

the

info

rmat

ion

on th

e lis

t. •

sect

ion

100.

2 is

whe

n th

e el

ecto

r’s n

ame

is on

the

list b

ut th

e el

ecto

r’s id

entif

icatio

n do

es n

ot m

atch

the

info

rmat

ion

on th

e lis

t (fo

r exa

mpl

e, th

e lis

t has

the

corre

ct

addr

ess

but t

he d

river

’s lic

ence

has

not

be

en u

pdat

ed).

• se

ctio

n 10

0.3

is w

hen

the

elec

tor’s

nam

e is

on th

e lis

t, bu

t the

ele

ctor

doe

s no

t pro

vide

the

pres

crib

ed id

entif

icatio

n.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

• se

ctio

n 10

0.4

is w

hen

the

elec

tor’s

nam

e is

not o

n th

e lis

t, bu

t the

ele

ctor

pro

vides

pr

escr

ibed

iden

tifica

tion.

•

sect

ion

100.

5 is

whe

n th

e el

ecto

r’s n

ame

is no

t on

the

list,

and

the

elec

tor d

oes

not

prov

ide

pres

crib

ed id

entif

icatio

n.

Ot

her j

urisd

ictio

ns re

quiri

ng p

roof

(or v

ouch

ing)

of

bot

h id

entit

y an

d re

siden

ce, e

ven

if th

e el

ecto

r is

in th

e re

gist

er, i

nclu

de:

• Ca

nada

•

Briti

sh C

olum

bia

• Sa

skat

chew

an

• M

anito

ba

• Qu

ebec

•

Onta

rio

• Pr

ince

Edw

ard

Isla

nd

• No

va S

cotia

•

North

wes

t Ter

ritor

ies

(4

) Add

ed to

pro

vide

cer

tain

ty th

at th

e lis

t of

elec

tors

is o

ne c

ompo

nent

of t

he v

otin

g re

cord

an

d do

es n

ot n

eed

to b

e a

sepa

rate

doc

umen

t or

reco

rd.

If th

is re

com

men

datio

n is

not a

ccep

ted,

the

refe

renc

e to

“cou

nter

foil”

in 1

00(2

)(b)

nee

ds to

be

del

eted

.

68.

NEW

AD

D:

100.

1 W

here

(a) t

he n

ame

of th

e el

ecto

r app

ears

in th

e vo

ting

reco

rd fo

r the

vot

ing

area

,

(b) t

he e

lect

or p

rovi

des

iden

tifica

tion,

and

(c) t

he n

ame

and

addr

ess

on th

e id

entif

icatio

n m

atch

the

nam

e an

d ad

dres

s in

the

votin

g re

cord

for t

he v

otin

g ar

ea,

100.

1 fo

r whe

n:

Nam

e on

list

? Ye

s.

Iden

tifica

tion?

Yes

. Id

entif

icatio

n m

atch

es?

Yes.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

the

elec

tion

offic

er re

spon

sible

for t

he v

otin

g re

cord

sha

ll gi

ve th

e el

ecto

r a b

allo

t and

mar

k th

e el

ecto

r as

vote

d in

the

votin

g re

cord

.

69.

NEW

AD

D:

100.

2(1)

Whe

re

(a) t

he n

ame

of th

e el

ecto

r app

ears

in th

e vo

ting

reco

rd fo

r the

vot

ing

area

,

(b) t

he e

lect

or p

rovi

des

iden

tifica

tion,

(c) t

he a

ddre

ss o

n th

e id

entif

icatio

n do

es n

ot

mat

ch th

e ad

dres

s in

the

votin

g re

cord

for t

he

votin

g ar

ea, a

nd

(d) t

he e

lect

or c

onfir

ms

his

or h

er id

entit

y an

d cu

rrent

phy

sical

add

ress

by

signi

ng a

de

clara

tion,

the

elec

tion

offic

er re

spon

sible

for t

he v

otin

g re

cord

sha

ll

(a)

add

the

elec

tor’s

nam

e an

d ad

dres

s to

the

votin

g da

y de

clara

tions

sec

tion

of th

e vo

ting

reco

rd,

(b)

ente

r in

the

votin

g re

cord

that

the

vote

r sig

ned

a de

clara

tion,

(c)

ente

r a n

umbe

r in

cons

ecut

ive s

eque

nce

oppo

site

the

elec

tor’s

nam

e,

(d) g

ive th

e el

ecto

r a b

allo

t, an

d (e

) mar

k th

e el

ecto

r as

vote

d in

the

votin

g re

cord

.

(2)

The

elec

tion

offic

er ta

king

the

decla

ratio

n in

su

bsec

tion

(1)(

d) s

hall

indi

cate

on

the

decla

ratio

n th

e na

ture

of t

he id

entif

icatio

n ac

cept

ed.

100.

2 is

for w

hen:

Na

me

on li

st?

Yes.

Id

entif

icatio

n? Y

es.

Iden

tifica

tion

mat

ches

? No

. Th

en:

Elec

tor c

onfir

ms

iden

tity

and

addr

ess

by

decla

ratio

n.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

70.

NEW

AD

D:

100.

3(1)

Whe

re:

(a) t

he n

ame

of th

e el

ecto

r app

ears

in th

e vo

ting

reco

rd fo

r the

vot

ing

area

,

(b) t

he e

lect

or d

oes

not p

rovid

e id

entif

icatio

n,

(c) t

he e

lect

or is

acc

ompa

nied

by

anot

her

elec

tor w

hose

nam

e ap

pear

s in

the

votin

g re

cord

for t

he s

ame

votin

g ar

ea a

nd th

at o

ther

el

ecto

r

i. p

rovid

es h

is or

her

ow

n id

entif

icatio

n to

an

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

, and

ii. s

ubje

ct to

sub

sect

ions

(4) a

nd (5

), vo

uche

s fo

r the

ele

ctor

by

signi

ng a

de

clara

tion,

and

(d)

the

elec

tor c

onfir

ms

his

or h

er id

entit

y an

d cu

rrent

resid

ence

by

signi

ng a

dec

lara

tion,

the

elec

tion

offic

er re

spon

sible

for t

he v

otin

g re

cord

sha

ll gi

ve th

e el

ecto

r a b

allo

t and

mar

k th

e el

ecto

r as

vote

d in

the

votin

g re

cord

.

(2)

The

elec

tion

offic

er ta

king

the

decla

ratio

n in

su

bsec

tion

(1)(

c) s

hall

indi

cate

on

the

decla

ratio

n th

e na

ture

of t

he id

entif

icatio

n ac

cept

ed.

(3)

Afte

r rec

eivi

ng s

igne

d de

clara

tions

mad

e un

der s

ubse

ctio

n (1

)(c)

and

(1)(

d), a

n el

ectio

n of

ficer

sha

ll en

ter i

n th

e vo

ting

that

the

vote

r sig

ned

a de

clara

tion

and

was

vou

ched

for.

(4)

An e

lect

or w

ho h

as b

een

vouc

hed

for a

t an

elec

tion

may

not

vou

ch fo

r ano

ther

ele

ctor

at

that

ele

ctio

n.

(5)

Scru

tinee

rs m

ay n

ot v

ouch

for a

n el

ecto

r.

100.

3 is

for w

hen:

Na

me

on li

st?

Yes.

Id

entif

icatio

n? N

o.

Then

: El

ecto

r con

firm

s id

entit

y an

d ad

dres

s by

de

clara

tion,

and

is v

ouch

ed fo

r by

anot

her

elec

tor i

n th

e vo

ting

reco

rd fo

r the

sam

e vo

ting

area

who

doe

s ha

ve id

entif

icatio

n.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

71.

NEW

AD

D:

100.

4(1)

Whe

re:

(a)

the

nam

e of

the

elec

tor d

oes

not a

ppea

r in

the

votin

g re

cord

for t

he v

otin

g ar

ea in

w

hich

the

elec

tor i

s or

dina

rily

resid

ent,

(b)

the

elec

tor p

rovid

es id

entif

icatio

n to

co

nfirm

his

or h

er id

entit

y an

d cu

rrent

phy

sical

ad

dres

s, a

nd

(c

) the

ele

ctor

sig

ns a

dec

lara

tion

befo

re a

n el

ectio

n of

ficer

sta

ting

that

the

elec

tor

i. q

ualif

ies

as a

n el

ecto

r, an

d

ii. o

rdin

arily

resid

es in

that

vot

ing

area

,

the

elec

tion

offic

er re

spon

sible

for t

he v

otin

g re

cord

sha

ll

(a)

add

the

elec

tor’s

nam

e an

d ad

dres

s to

the

votin

g da

y de

clara

tions

sec

tion

of th

e vo

ting

reco

rd,

(b)

ente

r in

the

votin

g re

cord

that

the

vote

r sig

ned

a de

clara

tion,

(c

) en

ter a

num

ber i

n co

nsec

utive

seq

uenc

e op

posit

e th

e el

ecto

r’s n

ame,

(d

) give

the

elec

tor a

bal

lot,

and

(e) m

ark

the

elec

tor a

s vo

ted

in th

e vo

ting

reco

rd.

(2)

The

elec

tion

offic

er ta

king

the

decla

ratio

n in

su

bsec

tion

(1)(

c) s

hall

indi

cate

on

the

decla

ratio

n th

e na

ture

of t

he id

entif

icatio

n ac

cept

ed.

100.

4 is

for w

hen:

Na

me

on li

st?

No.

Iden

tifica

tion?

Yes

. Th

en:

Elec

tor c

onfir

ms

iden

tity

and

addr

ess

by

iden

tifica

tion,

and

com

plet

es a

dec

lara

tion

to b

e ad

ded

to th

e vo

ting

reco

rd a

t the

ir cu

rrent

ad

dres

s.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

72.

NEW

AD

D:

100.

5(1)

Whe

re:

(a) t

he n

ame

of th

e el

ecto

r doe

s no

t app

ear i

n th

e vo

ting

reco

rd fo

r the

vot

ing

area

in w

hich

th

e el

ecto

r is

ordi

naril

y re

siden

t,

(b) t

he e

lect

or d

oes

not p

rovid

e id

entif

icatio

n,

(c) t

he e

lect

or is

acc

ompa

nied

by

anot

her

elec

tor w

hose

nam

e ap

pear

s on

the

list o

f el

ecto

rs fo

r the

sam

e vo

ting

area

and

that

ot

her e

lect

or

i. pr

ovid

es h

is or

her

ow

n id

entif

icatio

n to

an

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

, and

ii. s

ubje

ct to

sub

sect

ions

(3) a

nd (4

), vo

uche

s fo

r the

ele

ctor

by

signi

ng a

de

clara

tion,

and

(d) t

he e

lect

or c

onfir

ms

his

or h

er id

entit

y an

d cu

rrent

resid

ence

by

signi

ng a

dec

lara

tion,

the

elec

tion

offic

er re

spon

sible

for t

he v

otin

g re

cord

sha

ll:

(a)

add

the

elec

tor’s

nam

e an

d ad

dres

s to

the

votin

g da

y de

clara

tions

sec

tion

of th

e vo

ting

reco

rd,

(b)

ente

r in

the

votin

g re

cord

that

the

vote

r w

as v

ouch

ed fo

r and

sig

ned

a de

clara

tion,

(c)

ente

r a n

umbe

r in

cons

ecut

ive s

eque

nce

oppo

site

the

elec

tor’s

nam

e,

(d) g

ive th

e el

ecto

r a b

allo

t, an

d (e

) mar

k th

e el

ecto

r as

vote

d in

the

votin

g re

cord

.

(2)

The

elec

tion

offic

er ta

king

the

decla

ratio

n in

su

bsec

tion

(1)(

c)(ii

) sha

ll in

dica

te o

n th

e

100.

5 is

for w

hen:

Na

me

on li

st?

No.

Iden

tifica

tion?

No.

Th

en:

Elec

tor i

s vo

uche

d fo

r by

anot

her e

lect

or in

the

votin

g re

cord

for t

he s

ame

votin

g ar

ea w

ho d

oes

have

iden

tifica

tion.

The

ele

ctor

then

com

plet

es a

de

clara

tion

to b

e ad

ded

to th

e vo

ting

reco

rd a

t th

eir c

urre

nt a

ddre

ss.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

decla

ratio

n th

e na

ture

of t

he id

entif

icatio

n ac

cept

ed.

(3)

An e

lect

or w

ho h

as b

een

vouc

hed

for a

t an

elec

tion

may

not

vou

ch fo

r ano

ther

ele

ctor

at

that

ele

ctio

n.

(4)

Scru

tinee

rs m

ay n

ot v

ouch

for a

n el

ecto

r.

73.

103

Im

med

iate

ly af

ter a

vot

er’s

ballo

t is

depo

sited

in th

e ba

llot b

ox th

e po

ll cle

rk s

hall

ente

r in

the

poll

book

opp

osite

the

nam

e of

the

vote

r and

in th

e ap

prop

riate

col

umn

a ch

eck

mar

k or

oth

er a

nnot

atio

n in

dica

ting

that

the

vote

r has

vot

ed.

103

<DE

LETE

>

Inco

rpor

ated

in 1

00.1

– 1

00.5

. If

reco

mm

enda

tion

is no

t acc

epte

d, th

e vo

ter

need

s to

be

mar

ked

as v

oted

in th

e vo

ting

reco

rd

at th

e tim

e th

e ba

llot i

s iss

ued

to th

e el

ecto

r. No

co

unte

rfoil

to c

onfir

m th

e el

ecto

r whe

n re

turn

ing

from

the

votin

g bo

oth.

74.

104(

1) A

dep

uty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll ad

min

ister

th

e de

clara

tion

in th

e pr

escr

ibed

form

to a

pe

rson

if

(a

) the

dep

uty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

dou

bts

the

elig

ibilit

y of

that

per

son

to v

ote,

or

(b) t

he d

eput

y re

turn

ing

offic

er is

requ

este

d to

do

so b

y a

cand

idat

e, o

fficia

l age

nt o

r sc

rutin

eer a

nd th

e de

puty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

is

of th

e op

inio

n th

at th

e re

ques

t is

mad

e in

go

od fa

ith.

(2) A

n el

ectio

n of

ficer

, can

dida

te, o

fficia

l age

nt

or s

crut

inee

r who

pre

sent

s hi

mse

lf or

her

self

for

the

purp

ose

of v

otin

g at

the

pollin

g su

bdivi

sion

in

whi

ch th

at p

erso

n or

dina

rily

resid

es m

ay b

e re

quire

d by

a c

andi

date

, offi

cial a

gent

or

scru

tinee

r bef

ore

that

per

son

vote

s to

sig

n th

e de

clara

tion

befo

re th

e de

puty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

or

poll

clerk

loca

ted

at th

at p

ollin

g su

bdivi

sion.

104(

1) A

n el

ecti

on o

ffice

r sha

ll ad

min

ister

the

decla

ratio

n in

the

pres

crib

ed fo

rm to

an

indi

vidu

al if

(a) t

he e

lect

ion

offic

er d

oubt

s th

e el

igib

ility

of

that

indi

vidu

al to

vot

e, o

r (b

) the

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

is re

ques

ted

to d

o so

by

a c

andi

date

, off

icia

l age

nt o

r sc

rutin

eer

and

the

elec

tion

offic

er is

of t

he o

pini

on th

at

the

requ

est i

s m

ade

in g

ood

faith

. (2

) An

elec

tion

offic

er w

ho p

rese

nts

him

self

or

hers

elf f

or th

e pu

rpos

e of

vot

ing

at th

e vo

ting

area

in w

hich

that

indi

vidu

al o

rdin

arily

resid

es

may

be

requ

ired

by a

scr

utin

eer,

befo

re th

at

elec

tion

offic

er v

otes

, to

sign

the

decla

ratio

n be

fore

a d

iffer

ent e

lect

ion

offic

er in

that

vo

ting

area

.

Typi

cally

, it i

s cit

izens

hip

that

is q

uest

ione

d.

Limit

the

requ

est a

bilit

y to

scr

utin

eers

as

they

ar

e th

e on

es w

ith a

utho

rity

to re

mai

n.

Dele

te c

andi

date

s an

d of

ficia

l age

nts

out o

f (1

)(b)

. Scr

utin

eers

are

app

oint

ed b

y ca

ndid

ates

or

offi

cial a

gent

s, ta

ke a

n oa

th a

nd a

re g

over

ned

by a

cod

e of

con

duct

. Offi

cial a

gent

s or

ca

ndid

ates

may

be

scru

tinee

rs.

(2) A

men

d to

add

ress

onl

y th

e sit

uatio

n w

here

an

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

is n

ot p

resid

ing

over

his

or h

er

own

decla

ratio

n. N

o ne

ed to

hav

e sp

ecia

l sec

tion

to d

eal w

ith e

lect

ors

who

are

also

can

dida

tes,

of

ficia

l age

nts,

or s

crut

inee

rs.

75.

Proh

ibite

d co

nduc

t dur

ing

pollin

g 10

5(1)

No

pers

on m

ay

Proh

ibite

d co

nduc

t dur

ing

votin

g 10

5(1)

No

pers

on o

r en

tity

may

(1)(

b) V

otin

g pl

aces

can

be

chur

ches

, sch

ools,

m

alls,

stri

p m

alls,

etc

. Ex

pans

ion

to in

clude

the

parc

el o

f lan

d is

inte

nded

to c

over

sig

nage

, ca

mpa

igni

ng a

nd e

xit p

olls

in th

e pa

rkin

g lo

ts,

etc.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(a) i

nter

fere

or a

ttem

pt to

inte

rfere

with

a

vote

r who

is a

ttem

ptin

g to

mar

k th

e vo

ter’s

ba

llot,

(b) a

ttem

pt to

obt

ain

any

info

rmat

ion

at a

po

lling

plac

e re

gard

ing

whi

ch c

andi

date

a

vote

r has

vot

ed fo

r, is

votin

g fo

r or i

s ab

out t

o vo

te fo

r, or

(c

) pre

vent

or a

ttem

pt to

pre

vent

a p

erso

n fro

m e

xerc

ising

the

pers

on’s

right

to v

ote.

(2) N

o pe

rson

may

com

mun

icate

any

info

rmat

ion

obta

ined

at a

pol

ling

plac

e re

gard

ing

whi

ch

cand

idat

e a

vote

r has

vot

ed fo

r, is

votin

g fo

r or i

s ab

out t

o vo

te fo

r.

(a) i

nter

fere

or a

ttem

pt to

inte

rfere

with

a

vote

r who

is a

ttem

ptin

g to

mar

k th

e vo

ter’s

ba

llot,

(b) a

ttem

pt to

obt

ain

any

info

rmat

ion

at a

vo

ting

plac

e or

with

in th

e bo

unda

ries

of

the

land

on

whi

ch th

e bu

ildin

g is

loca

ted,

re

gard

ing

whi

ch c

andi

date

a v

oter

has

vot

ed

for,

is vo

ting

for o

r is

abou

t to

vote

for,

or

(c) p

reve

nt o

r atte

mpt

to p

reve

nt a

n in

divi

dual

from

exe

rcisi

ng th

e in

divi

dual

’s

right

to v

ote.

(2) N

o pe

rson

or

entit

y m

ay c

omm

unica

te a

ny

info

rmat

ion

obta

ined

at a

vot

ing

plac

e re

gard

ing

whi

ch c

andi

date

a v

oter

has

vot

ed fo

r, is

votin

g fo

r or i

s ab

out t

o vo

te fo

r.

See

sect

ion

135(

2) a

s ref

eren

ce.

Keep

cur

rent

con

tent

in d

efin

ition

of “

votin

g pl

ace”

: 1(

1)(x

) “v

otin

g pl

ace”

mea

ns a

plac

e wh

ere

one

or m

ore

votin

g st

atio

ns a

re

prov

ided

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f vot

ing

at a

n ele

ctio

n;

76.

107.

1(1)

If a

per

son

retu

rns

the

pers

on’s

ballo

t in

dica

ting

that

the

pers

on d

oes

not w

ish to

mar

k th

e ba

llot,

the

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

imm

edia

tely

writ

e th

e w

ord

“dec

lined

” on

the

ballo

t and

pla

ce it

in th

e re

quire

d en

velo

pe to

be

sent

to th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er.

(2)

A pe

rson

who

retu

rns

a ba

llot u

nder

su

bsec

tion

(1)

(a

) f

orfe

its th

e rig

ht to

vot

e in

the

elec

tion,

an

d (b

) s

hall

forth

with

leav

e th

e po

lling

plac

e.

(3)

If a

pers

on d

eclin

es to

vot

e, th

e po

ll cle

rk

shal

l ann

otat

e th

e po

ll bo

ok a

ccor

ding

ly.

107.

1(1)

If a

per

son

retu

rns

the

pers

on’s

ballo

t in

dica

ting

that

the

pers

on d

oes

not w

ish to

mar

k th

e ba

llot,

the

elec

tion

offic

er s

hall

imm

edia

tely

writ

e th

e w

ord

“dec

lined

” on

the

ballo

t and

pla

ce

it in

the

requ

ired

enve

lope

to b

e se

nt to

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

. (2

) A

pers

on w

ho re

turn

s a

ballo

t und

er

subs

ectio

n (1

)

(a)

for

feits

the

right

to v

ote

in th

e el

ectio

n,

and

(b)

sha

ll fo

rthw

ith le

ave

the

votin

g pl

ace.

(3

) I

f a p

erso

n de

clin

es to

vot

e, th

e po

ll cl

erk

shal

l ann

otat

e th

e po

ll bo

ok

acco

rdin

gly

To e

nsur

e th

e se

crec

y of

the

ballo

t, an

ele

ctor

’s de

cisio

n to

dec

line

the

ballo

t sho

uld

not b

e an

nota

ted

in th

e vo

ting

reco

rd.

The

elec

tor i

s st

ill m

arke

d as

vot

ed in

the

votin

g re

cord

and

is n

ot e

ligib

le fo

r ano

ther

bal

lot.

Th

e nu

mbe

r of d

eclin

ed b

allo

ts w

ill st

ill be

re

porte

d, a

s th

e nu

mbe

r of b

allo

ts in

the

decli

ned

ballo

t env

elop

e w

ill be

cou

nted

at t

he

close

of v

otin

g.

77.

Proc

edur

e on

clo

se o

f pol

l 11

1(1)

Afte

r the

clo

sing

of th

e po

ll, th

e de

puty

re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

imm

edia

tely

coun

t the

nu

mbe

r of s

poile

d an

d de

cline

d ba

llots

and

Proc

edur

e on

clo

se o

f vot

ing

on E

lect

ion

Day

11

1(1)

Afte

r the

clo

se o

f eac

h vo

ting

loca

tion

on E

lect

ion

Day

, at l

east

two

elec

tion

offic

ers

shal

l im

med

iate

ly co

unt t

he n

umbe

r of

spoi

led

and

decli

ned

ballo

ts a

nd re

cord

the

tota

l

Elec

tion

offic

ers

shou

ld s

eal t

he e

nvel

opes

co

ntai

ning

bal

lots

afte

r the

cou

nt is

com

plet

ed

and

the

Stat

emen

t of V

ote

bala

nces

.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

reco

rd th

e to

tal o

n th

e ou

tsid

e of

the

enve

lope

co

ntai

ning

thos

e ba

llots

and

then

sea

l it.

(2) O

n co

mpl

ying

with

sub

sect

ion

(1),

the

depu

ty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll co

unt

(a

) the

num

ber o

f ele

ctor

s w

hose

nam

es

appe

ar o

n th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors,

and

(b

) the

num

ber o

f vot

ers

reco

rded

in th

e po

ll bo

ok a

s ha

ving

vote

d,

and

shal

l dra

w a

line

imm

edia

tely

unde

r the

last

na

me

in th

e po

ll bo

ok a

nd a

ffix

the

depu

ty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

’s in

itial

s.

(3)

On c

ompl

ying

with

sub

sect

ion

(2),

the

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall,

in th

e pr

esen

ce o

f th

e po

ll cle

rk a

nd th

ose

cand

idat

es, o

fficia

l ag

ents

and

scr

utin

eers

ent

itled

to b

e pr

esen

t, op

en th

e ba

llot b

ox a

nd p

roce

ed w

ith a

cou

nt o

f th

e vo

tes,

usin

g ta

lly s

heet

s.

(4)

The

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

prov

ide

to

the

poll

clerk

and

any

oth

er p

erso

n pr

esen

t who

w

ishes

to k

eep

a ta

lly a

suf

ficie

nt n

umbe

r of t

ally

shee

ts.

on th

e ou

tsid

e of

the

enve

lope

con

tain

ing

thos

e ba

llots

and

then

sea

l it.

(2

) An

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

sha

ll co

unt

(a

) the

num

ber o

f ele

ctor

s w

hose

nam

es

appe

ar o

n th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors,

and

(b

) the

num

ber o

f vot

ers

reco

rded

in th

e vo

ting

reco

rd a

s ha

ving

vot

ed,

and

shal

l dra

w a

line

imm

edia

tely

unde

r the

last

na

me

in th

e vo

ting

reco

rd a

nd a

ffix

the

elec

tion

offic

er’s

initi

als.

(3

) On

com

plyi

ng w

ith s

ubse

ctio

n (1

) an

d (2

), at

leas

t tw

o el

ectio

n of

ficer

s an

d th

ose

cand

idat

es, o

fficia

l age

nts

and

scru

tinee

rs

entit

led

to b

e pr

esen

t, sh

all o

pen

each

bal

lot

box

and

proc

eed

with

a c

ount

of t

he v

otes

, usin

g ta

lly s

heet

s.

(4) T

he e

lect

ion

offic

er s

hall

prov

ide

to a

ny

othe

r per

son

pres

ent w

ho w

ishes

to k

eep

a ta

lly

a su

fficie

nt n

umbe

r of t

ally

shee

ts.

Addi

ng fl

exib

ility

in h

ow th

e un

offic

ial c

ount

is

com

plet

ed to

allo

w fo

r alte

rnat

e st

affin

g m

odel

s to

be

expl

ored

.

78.

111(

5) In

cou

ntin

g th

e vo

tes,

the

depu

ty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll re

ject

and

pla

ce in

a

reje

cted

bal

lot e

nvel

ope

any

ballo

t tha

t (a

) d

oes

not h

ave

on it

s ba

ck th

e na

me

of

the

elec

tora

l divi

sion

and

year

of t

he e

lect

ion,

(b

) d

oes

not i

ndica

te a

vot

e fo

r any

ca

ndid

ate,

(c

) i

n th

e ca

se o

f a v

ote

by S

pecia

l Bal

lot,

does

not

indi

cate

a v

ote

for a

ny c

andi

date

or

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

arty

, as

the

case

may

be,

REPL

ACE

WIT

H:

111(

5) A

bal

lot c

ast a

t a v

otin

g st

atio

n sh

all o

nly

be c

ount

ed if

it c

lear

ly in

dica

tes

the

vote

r’s

inte

ntio

n to

vot

e fo

r one

par

ticul

ar c

andi

date

. (5

.1) A

bal

lot c

ast a

s a

Spec

ial B

allo

t sha

ll on

ly be

cou

nted

if it

cle

arly

indi

cate

s th

e vo

ter’s

in

tent

ion

to v

ote

for o

ne p

artic

ular

can

dida

te o

r on

e pa

rticu

lar r

egist

ered

pol

itica

l par

ty.

(5.2

) A b

allo

t sha

ll no

t be

coun

ted

if it

(a)

doe

s no

t hav

e on

its

back

the

nam

e of

th

e el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n an

d ye

ar o

f the

ele

ctio

n,

Prop

osed

cha

nges

are

con

siste

nt w

ith L

ukas

zuk

v Ki

berm

anis,

200

5 AB

CA 2

6.

(5.1

) cod

ifies

the

gene

ral g

uidi

ng p

rincip

le fr

om

Luka

szuk

. Th

e am

ende

d pr

ovisi

on s

till e

xclu

des

out a

ll th

e ab

solu

tes

in (5

.2).

(5.2

)(c)

is a

sub

ject

ive te

st a

nd w

ill no

t hap

pen

ofte

n in

pra

ctice

. Re

mov

ed a

re th

e di

scre

tiona

ry “n

o”s:

the

exist

ing

(5)(

b), (

c), (

d), (

e), (

g), (

i).


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(d)

con

tain

s vo

tes

for m

ore

than

one

ca

ndid

ate,

(e

) i

n th

e ca

se o

f a v

ote

by S

pecia

l Bal

lot,

cont

ains

vot

es fo

r mor

e th

an o

ne c

andi

date

or

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

arty

, as

the

case

may

be,

(f)

is s

o m

arke

d th

at it

is u

ncer

tain

for

whi

ch c

andi

date

the

vote

was

cas

t, (g

) i

n th

e ca

se o

f a v

ote

by S

pecia

l Bal

lot,

is so

mar

ked

that

it is

unc

erta

in fo

r whi

ch

cand

idat

e or

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

arty

, as

the

case

may

be,

the

vote

was

cas

t, (h

) c

onta

ins

a vo

te fo

r a c

andi

date

who

has

w

ithdr

awn,

(h

.1)

in

the

case

of a

Spe

cial B

allo

t, (i)

doe

s no

t hav

e th

e pr

escr

ibed

id

entif

icatio

n do

cum

ent o

r doc

umen

ts

requ

ired

unde

r sec

tion

118(

2)(c

.1)

inclu

ded

in th

e ce

rtific

ate

enve

lope

, or

(ii)

is

treat

ed a

s a

reje

cted

bal

lot u

nder

se

ctio

n 11

8(5)

(b),

(i)

in

the

case

of a

vot

e by

Spe

cial B

allo

t, co

ntai

ns a

vot

e fo

r a c

andi

date

who

has

w

ithdr

awn

or fo

r a re

gist

ered

pol

itica

l par

ty

that

doe

s no

t hav

e a

cand

idat

e fo

r the

el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n, o

r (j)

c

onta

ins

any

writ

ing

or m

ark

enab

ling

the

vote

r to

be re

adily

iden

tifie

d.

(6)

Notw

ithst

andi

ng s

ubse

ctio

n (5

)(a)

to (i

), a

ballo

t sha

ll no

t be

reje

cted

(b)

con

tain

s a

vote

for a

can

dida

te w

ho h

as

with

draw

n,

(c)

con

tain

s an

y w

ritin

g or

mar

k en

ablin

g th

e vo

ter t

o be

read

ily id

entif

ied,

or

(d)

in

the

case

of a

Spe

cial B

allo

t,

(i)

doe

s no

t hav

e th

e pr

escr

ibed

id

entif

icatio

n do

cum

ent o

r doc

umen

ts

requ

ired

unde

r sec

tion

118(

2)(c

.1)

inclu

ded

in th

e ce

rtific

ate

enve

lope

, or

(ii)

is

treat

ed a

s a

reje

cted

bal

lot u

nder

se

ctio

n 11

8(5)

(b)

(6

) An

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

sha

ll no

t dec

line

to c

ount

a

ballo

t sol

ely

for t

he re

ason

of a

ny w

ritin

g,

num

ber o

r mar

k m

ade

or o

mitt

ed b

y th

e el

ectio

n of

ficer

.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(a)

by

reas

on o

f any

writ

ing,

num

ber o

r m

ark

mad

e or

om

itted

by

the

depu

ty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, or

(b)

whe

n th

e vo

te, t

houg

h in

corre

ctly

mad

e on

the

ballo

t, cle

arly

indi

cate

s th

e vo

ter’s

in

tent

ion

to v

ote

for o

ne p

artic

ular

can

dida

te.

79.

111(

11) O

nly

the

follo

win

g pe

rson

s m

ay b

e pr

esen

t dur

ing

the

unof

ficia

l cou

nt o

f bal

lots

and

th

en o

nly

if th

ey h

ave

take

n th

e pr

escr

ibed

oat

h of

sec

recy

:

(a) t

he re

turn

ing

offic

er;

(a.1

) rep

eale

d 20

12 c

5 s4

2;

(b) a

ny o

ther

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

aut

horiz

ed b

y th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er;

(c) r

epea

led

2012

c5

s42;

(d

) the

Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Offi

cer,

mem

bers

of t

he

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r’s o

ffice

sta

ff de

signa

ted

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer a

nd v

isitin

g of

ficia

ls fro

m o

ther

ele

ctor

al ju

risdi

ctio

ns

auth

orize

d by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r; (e

) the

can

dida

tes;

(f)

the

offic

ial a

gent

s of

the

cand

idat

es;

(g) o

ne s

crut

inee

r per

can

dida

te fo

r eac

h ba

llot b

ox.

111(

11) O

nly

the

follo

win

g in

divi

dual

s m

ay b

e pr

esen

t dur

ing

the

unof

ficia

l cou

nt o

f bal

lots

and

th

en o

nly

if th

ey h

ave

take

n th

e pr

escr

ibed

oat

h of

sec

recy

and

onl

y if

they

are

pre

sent

in th

e vo

ting

stat

ion

at th

e cl

ose

of th

e vo

te:

(a

) the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

; (a

.1) r

epea

led

2012

c5

s42;

(b

) any

oth

er e

lect

ion

offic

er a

utho

rized

by

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

; (c

) rep

eale

d 20

12 c

5 s4

2;

(d) t

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r, m

embe

rs o

f the

Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer’s

offi

ce s

taff

desig

nate

d by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r and

visi

ting

offic

ials

from

oth

er e

lect

oral

juris

dict

ions

or

othe

r pe

rson

s au

thor

ized

by th

e Ch

ief

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer;

(e) t

he c

andi

date

s;

(f) th

e of

ficia

l age

nts

of th

e ca

ndid

ates

; (g

) one

scr

utin

eer p

er c

andi

date

for e

ach

coun

ting

team

.

The

prac

tical

real

ity is

that

, afte

r doo

rs to

a

votin

g pl

ace

are

lock

ed a

t 8 p

.m.,

the

proc

edur

e is

to fi

nish

the

votin

g fo

r peo

ple

alre

ady

in li

ne,

then

cou

nt th

e vo

tes.

The

re is

no

answ

erin

g th

e do

ors

to p

eopl

e w

ho a

re w

antin

g to

get

in.

Scru

tinee

rs c

anno

t go

out a

nd c

ome

back

in.

Allo

win

g th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer t

o au

thor

ize

othe

r per

sons

to a

ttend

the

coun

t allo

ws

for

vend

ors,

suc

h as

tabu

lato

r sup

port

staf

f, to

be

pres

ent d

urin

g th

e co

unt.

80.

112

The

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall,

at t

he

conc

lusio

n of

the

coun

t,

(a

) com

plet

e a

Stat

emen

t of P

oll i

n su

fficie

nt

num

bers

that

sha

ll be

sig

ned

by th

e de

puty

re

turn

ing

offic

er, t

he p

oll c

lerk

and

any

per

son

112

An e

lect

ion

offic

er s

hall,

at t

he c

onclu

sion

of th

e co

unt,

(a

) com

plet

e a

Stat

emen

t of V

ote

in s

uffic

ient

nu

mbe

rs th

at s

hall

be s

igne

d by

at l

east

two

elec

tion

offic

ers

the

depu

ty re

turn

ing

Mod

erni

ze a

nd u

pdat

e te

rmin

olog

y:

• De

puty

Ret

urni

ng O

ffice

r cha

nge

to

elec

tion

offic

er

• At

leas

t 2 e

lect

ion

offic

ers

• Ad

min

ister

the

elec

tion

offic

er o

ath

to

any

elec

tion

offic

er in

volve

d in

the

coun

t


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

pres

ent w

ho w

ishes

to s

ign

the

stat

emen

t of

the

poll,

… (d

) adm

inist

er th

e po

ll cle

rk’s

oath

and

take

th

e de

puty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

’s oa

th in

the

pres

crib

ed fo

rms,

…

(f) p

lace

the

enve

lope

s co

ntai

ning

the

ballo

ts

in o

ne la

rge

enve

lope

that

the

depu

ty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll th

en s

eal a

nd e

ndor

se

with

an

indi

catio

n of

its

cont

ents

, and

any

sc

rutin

eer p

rese

nt m

ay, i

f the

scr

utin

eer s

o w

ishes

, writ

e th

e sc

rutin

eer’s

sig

natu

re a

cros

s th

e en

velo

pe a

nd it

s fla

p,

(g) p

lace

the

reje

cted

bal

lots

and

the

unus

ed

ballo

ts in

sep

arat

e en

velo

pes

each

of w

hich

th

e de

puty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll th

en s

eal

and

endo

rse

with

an

indi

catio

n of

its

cont

ents

, an

d an

y sc

rutin

eer p

rese

nt m

ay, i

f the

sc

rutin

eer s

o w

ishes

, writ

e th

e sc

rutin

eer’s

sig

natu

re a

cros

s th

e en

velo

pe a

nd it

s fla

p,

(h) e

nsur

e th

at

i.

the

list o

f ele

ctor

s,

ii. a

ll en

velo

pe c

onta

inin

g ba

llots

, iii.

the

poll

book

, iv.

the

orig

inal

cop

y of

the

Stat

emen

t of P

oll,

and

v.

all

othe

r doc

umen

ts re

latin

g to

the

oper

atio

n of

the

poll,

ar

e pl

aced

in th

e ba

llot b

ox th

at th

e de

puty

re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

imm

edia

tely

seal

,

(i) re

turn

the

seal

ed b

allo

t box

to th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er in

acc

orda

nce

with

sec

tion

114,

and

offic

er, t

he p

oll c

lerk

and

any

per

son

pres

ent w

ho w

ishe

s to

sig

n th

e st

atem

ent o

f the

pol

l,

… (d

) adm

inist

er th

e el

ectio

n of

ficer

’s o

ath

to

any

elec

tion

offic

er in

volv

ed in

the

coun

t,

… (f)

pla

ce th

e en

velo

pes

cont

aini

ng th

e ba

llots

in

one

larg

e en

velo

pe th

at th

e el

ecti

on

offic

er s

hall

then

sea

l and

end

orse

with

an

indi

catio

n of

its

cont

ents

, and

any

scr

utin

eer

pres

ent m

ay, i

f the

scr

utin

eer s

o w

ishes

, writ

e th

e sc

rutin

eer’s

sig

natu

re a

cros

s th

e en

velo

pe

and

its fl

ap,

(g

) pla

ce th

e re

ject

ed b

allo

ts a

nd th

e un

used

ba

llots

in s

epar

ate

enve

lope

s ea

ch o

f whi

ch

the

elec

tion

off

icer

sha

ll th

en s

eal a

nd

endo

rse

with

an

indi

catio

n of

its

cont

ents

, and

an

y sc

rutin

eer p

rese

nt m

ay, i

f the

scr

utin

eer

so w

ishes

, writ

e th

e sc

rutin

eer’s

sig

natu

re

acro

ss th

e en

velo

pe a

nd it

s fla

p,

(h) e

nsur

e th

at

i.

the

list o

f ele

ctor

s,

ii. a

ll en

velo

pe c

onta

inin

g ba

llots

, iii.

the

vot

ing

reco

rd,

iv. t

he o

rigin

al c

opy

of th

e St

atem

ent o

f Vo

te, a

nd

v. a

ll ot

her d

ocum

ents

rela

ting

to th

e op

erat

ion

of th

e vo

ting

loca

tion,

are

plac

ed in

the

ballo

t box

that

the

elec

tion

of

ficer

sha

ll im

med

iate

ly se

al

(i)

retu

rn th

e se

aled

bal

lot b

ox to

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith s

ectio

n 11

4, a

nd


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(j) re

tain

the

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er’s

copy

of

the

Stat

emen

t of P

oll u

ntil

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

com

plet

es th

e of

ficia

l cou

nt.

(j) re

tain

the

elec

tion

offic

er’s

cop

y of

the

Stat

emen

t of V

ote

until

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

co

mpl

etes

the

offic

ial c

ount

.

81.

113(

1) A

fter t

he c

losin

g of

the

pollin

g pl

aces

on

pollin

g da

y, th

e de

puty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

of e

ach

adva

nce

poll

and

the

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er’s

poll

clerk

sha

ll at

tend

with

the

ballo

t box

at a

pl

ace

desig

nate

d by

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

and

th

en, i

n th

e pr

esen

ce o

f any

of t

he c

andi

date

s or

th

eir o

fficia

l age

nts

or s

crut

inee

rs w

ho a

ttend

, sh

all o

pen

the

ballo

t box

and

pro

ceed

to c

ount

th

e vo

tes,

and

sec

tions

111

and

112

app

ly, w

ith

all n

eces

sary

mod

ifica

tions

, to

the

coun

t.

(2) T

he re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

advis

e in

writ

ing

each

can

dida

te o

r eac

h ca

ndid

ate’

s of

ficia

l age

nt

of th

e pl

ace

whe

re th

e vo

tes

from

the

adva

nce

poll

will

be c

ount

ed.

(3) A

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

may

, if t

he re

turn

ing

offic

er c

onsid

ers

it ne

cess

ary,

app

oint

in th

e pr

escr

ibed

form

add

ition

al e

lect

ion

offic

ers

to

assis

t in

coun

ting

the

vote

s fro

m th

e ad

vanc

e po

ll.

113

Prio

r to

the

closin

g of

the

vot

ing

plac

es

on e

lect

ion

day,

at l

east

two

elec

tion

offic

ers

shal

l atte

nd w

ith th

e ad

vanc

e vo

ting

ballo

t box

at a

pla

ce d

esig

nate

d by

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

. Aft

er th

e cl

ose

of v

otin

g, in

the

pres

ence

of a

ny o

f the

can

dida

tes

or th

eir o

fficia

l ag

ents

or s

crut

inee

rs w

ho a

ttend

, sha

ll op

en

each

bal

lot b

ox a

nd p

roce

ed to

cou

nt th

e vo

tes,

an

d se

ctio

ns 1

11 a

nd 1

12 a

pply,

with

all

nece

ssar

y m

odifi

catio

ns, t

o th

e co

unt.

(2

) The

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll ad

vise

in w

ritin

g ea

ch c

andi

date

or e

ach

cand

idat

e’s

offic

ial a

gent

of

the

plac

e w

here

the

vote

s fro

m th

e ad

vanc

e vo

te w

ill be

cou

nted

. (3

) A re

turn

ing

offic

er m

ay, i

f the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

con

sider

s it

nece

ssar

y, a

ppoi

nt in

the

pres

crib

ed fo

rm a

dditi

onal

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

s to

as

sist i

n co

untin

g th

e vo

tes

from

the

adva

nce

vote

.

Mod

erni

ze a

nd u

pdat

e te

rmin

olog

y:

• At

leas

t tw

o el

ectio

n of

ficer

s •

Depu

ty R

etur

ning

Offi

cer c

hang

e to

el

ectio

n of

ficer

•

Adva

nce

poll

chan

ge to

adv

ance

vot

e

82.

114(

1) T

he d

eput

y re

turn

ing

offic

er is

re

spon

sible

for r

etur

ning

the

ballo

t box

to th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er a

s so

on a

s po

ssib

le a

fter t

he

conc

lusio

n of

the

unof

ficia

l cou

nt o

f the

vot

es.

(2) I

f the

dep

uty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

doe

s no

t pe

rson

ally

retu

rn th

e ba

llot b

ox to

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, the

dep

uty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll en

sure

th

at th

e ba

llot b

ox is

retu

rned

to th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er b

y a

mea

ns a

ppro

ved

of b

y th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er.

114(

1) A

des

igna

ted

elec

tion

offic

er is

re

spon

sible

for r

etur

ning

the

ballo

t box

to th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er a

s so

on a

s po

ssib

le a

fter t

he

conc

lusio

n of

the

unof

ficia

l cou

nt o

f the

vot

es.

(2) I

f a d

esig

nate

d el

ecti

on o

ffice

r doe

s no

t pe

rson

ally

retu

rn th

e ba

llot b

ox to

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, the

des

igna

ted

elec

tion

offic

er s

hall

ensu

re th

at th

e ba

llot b

ox is

retu

rned

to th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er b

y a

mea

ns a

ppro

ved

of b

y th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er.

Mod

erni

ze a

nd u

pdat

e te

rmin

olog

y:

• De

puty

Ret

urni

ng O

ffice

r cha

nges

to th

e de

signa

ted

elec

tion

offic

er.

83.

116(

1) A

n el

ecto

r who

is u

nabl

e to

vot

e at

an

adva

nce

poll

or a

t the

pol

l on

pollin

g da

y on

ac

coun

t of

(a

) phy

sical

inca

pacit

y,

116(

1) A

n el

ecto

r who

is u

nabl

e to

vot

e du

ring

ad

vanc

e vo

ting

or o

n El

ectio

n D

ay o

n ac

coun

t of

(a

) phy

sical

inca

paci

ty d

isab

ility

,

Mod

erni

ze a

nd u

pdat

e te

rmin

olog

y:

•

(1)(

a) p

hysic

al d

isabi

lity,

not

inca

pacit

y


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(b) a

bsen

ce fr

om th

e el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n,

(c) b

eing

an

inm

ate

inclu

ding

a p

erso

n se

nten

ced

to a

term

of i

mpr

isonm

ent o

f 10

days

or l

ess

or fo

r the

non

-pay

men

t of f

ines

, (d

) bei

ng a

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, ele

ctio

n cle

rk,

adm

inist

rativ

e as

sista

nt, s

uper

visor

y de

puty

re

turn

ing

offic

er, r

egist

ratio

n of

ficer

, dep

uty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

or o

ther

sta

ff m

embe

r w

orkin

g in

the

offic

e of

a re

turn

ing

offic

er,

poll

clerk

, int

erpr

eter

, pea

ce o

ffice

r app

oint

ed

unde

r the

Pea

ce O

ffice

r Act

, can

dida

te, o

fficia

l ag

ent o

r scr

utin

eer w

ho m

ay b

e lo

cate

d on

po

lling

day

at a

pol

ling

plac

e in

a p

ollin

g su

bdivi

sion

with

in th

e el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n ot

her

than

that

in w

hich

the

elec

tor i

s or

dina

rily

resid

ent,

(e) b

eing

a re

siden

t of a

rem

ote

area

de

signa

ted

unde

r sec

tion

31, o

r (f)

any

oth

er c

ircum

stan

ces

pres

crib

ed b

y th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer,

may

app

ly to

vot

e by

Spe

cial B

allo

t.

(b) a

bsen

ce fr

om th

e el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n,

(c) b

eing

an

inm

ate

as d

efin

ed u

nder

the

Corre

ctio

ns A

ct in

clud

ing

a pe

rson

se

nten

ced

to a

term

of i

mpr

ison

men

t of

10 d

ays

or le

ss o

r for

the

non-

paym

ent o

f fin

es,

(d) b

eing

an

elec

tion

offic

er, p

eace

offi

cer

appo

inte

d un

der t

he P

eace

Offi

cer A

ct,

cand

idat

e, o

fficia

l age

nt o

r scr

utin

eer w

ho m

ay

be lo

cate

d on

ele

ctio

n da

y at

a v

otin

g pl

ace

in a

vot

ing

area

with

in th

e el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n ot

her t

han

that

in w

hich

the

elec

tor i

s or

dina

rily

resid

ent,

(e) b

eing

a re

siden

t of a

rem

ote

area

de

signa

ted

unde

r sec

tion

52.2

, or

(f) a

ny o

ther

circ

umst

ance

s pr

escr

ibed

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r, m

ay a

pply

to v

ote

by S

pecia

l Bal

lot.

• (1

)(c)

no

long

er a

pplie

s. U

nder

the

Corre

ctio

ns A

ct, a

n “in

mat

e” d

oes

not

have

a re

stric

tion

on a

mou

nt o

f tim

e of

th

e se

nten

ce.

84.

116(

2) A

n ap

plica

tion

for a

Spe

cial B

allo

t may

be

mad

e

(a) i

n w

ritin

g,

(b) b

y te

leph

one,

(c

) by

fax

or e

lect

roni

c m

ail,

or

(d) i

n pe

rson

, by

an

elec

tor t

o th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er o

f the

el

ecto

r’s e

lect

oral

divi

sion

at a

ny ti

me

betw

een

the

issue

of t

he w

rit a

nd th

e clo

sing

of p

olls

on

116(

2) A

n ap

plica

tion

for a

Spe

cial B

allo

t may

be

mad

e

(a) i

n w

ritin

g,

(b) b

y te

leph

one,

(c

) by

fax

by o

nlin

e ap

plic

atio

n or

el

ectro

nic

mai

l, or

(d

) in

pers

on,

by a

n el

ecto

r to

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

of t

he

elec

tor’s

ele

ctor

al d

ivisio

n at

any

tim

e

This

will

mak

e th

e de

adlin

e fo

r mai

ling

a Sp

ecia

l Ba

llot p

acka

ge th

e sa

me

for b

oth

retu

rnin

g of

fices

and

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r. Fo

r el

ecto

rs th

at a

re re

ques

ting

thei

r Spe

cial B

allo

t pa

ckag

e in

per

son

or th

roug

h a

desig

nate

at

tend

ing

in p

erso

n, th

e de

adlin

e re

mai

ns o

n th

e clo

se o

f vot

ing

on E

lect

ion

Day.

Sp

ecia

l Bal

lot r

eque

sts

are

no lo

nger

rece

ived

by

fax.

The

mos

t com

mon

met

hod

of re

ques

t is

thro

ugh

an o

nlin

e re

ques

t for

m.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

pollin

g da

y or

to th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer i

n ac

cord

ance

with

sub

sect

ion

(2.1

). (2

.1) A

n ap

plica

tion

refe

rred

to in

sub

sect

ion

(2)

may

be

mad

e to

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r

(a) i

n th

e ca

se o

f a g

ener

al e

lect

ion

held

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith s

ectio

n 38

.1(2

),

i.

no e

arlie

r tha

n Ja

nuar

y 1

in th

e ye

ar in

w

hich

the

elec

tion

is he

ld, a

nd

ii.

no

late

r tha

n

A.

if th

e el

ecto

r app

lies

in p

erso

n, a

t the

en

d of

pol

ling

day,

and

B.

in a

ny o

ther

cas

e, 6

p.m

. on

the

day

befo

re a

dvan

ce p

olls

open

, an

d

(b) i

n th

e ca

se o

f a g

ener

al e

lect

ion

held

oth

er

than

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith s

ectio

n 38

.1(2

) or a

by

-ele

ctio

n, n

o la

ter t

han

i. if

the

elec

tor a

pplie

s in

per

son,

at t

he

end

of p

ollin

g da

y, a

nd

ii.

in

any

othe

r cas

e, 6

p.m

. on

the

day

befo

re a

dvan

ce p

olls

open

.

(3)

On re

ceip

t of a

n ap

plica

tion

unde

r thi

s se

ctio

n, th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er o

r ele

ctio

n cle

rk o

r pe

rson

des

igna

ted

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer

shal

l (a)

ente

r in

the

Spec

ial B

allo

t Pol

l Boo

k

i. th

e el

ecto

r’s n

ame

and

whe

re th

e el

ecto

r is

ordi

naril

y re

siden

t, an

d

betw

een

the

issu

e of

the

wri

t and

the

clos

ing

of p

olls

on

polli

ng d

ay o

r to

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith s

ubse

ctio

n (2

.1).

(2.1

) An

appl

icatio

n re

ferre

d to

in s

ubse

ctio

n (2

) m

ay b

e m

ade

to th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Off

icer

(a) i

n th

e ca

se o

f a g

ener

al e

lect

ion

held

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith s

ectio

n 38

.1(2

),

i.

no e

arlie

r tha

n Ja

nuar

y 1

in th

e ye

ar in

w

hich

the

elec

tion

is he

ld, a

nd

ii.

no

late

r tha

n

A.

if th

e el

ecto

r app

lies

in p

erso

n or

id

entif

ies

a de

sign

ate

to p

ick

up th

e Sp

ecia

l Bal

lot i

n pe

rson

, pri

or to

the

clos

e of

vot

ing

on e

lect

ion

day,

and

B.

in a

ny o

ther

cas

e, 6

p.m

. on

the

day

befo

re a

dvan

ce v

otin

g op

ens,

an

d

(b) i

n th

e ca

se o

f a g

ener

al e

lect

ion

held

oth

er

than

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith s

ectio

n 38

.1(2

) or a

by

-ele

ctio

n, n

o la

ter t

han

i. if

the

elec

tor a

pplie

s in

per

son,

at t

he

end

of e

lect

ion

day,

and

ii. in

any

oth

er c

ase,

6 p

.m. o

n th

e da

y be

fore

adv

ance

vot

ing

open

s.

(3)

On re

ceip

t of a

n ap

plica

tion

unde

r thi

s se

ctio

n, th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er o

r ele

ctio

n cle

rk o

r pe

rson

des

igna

ted

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer

shal

l


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

ii. th

e na

me

and

num

ber o

f the

pol

ling

subd

ivisio

n in

whi

ch th

e el

ecto

r res

ides

,

and

(b)

afte

r the

writ

of e

lect

ion

has

been

iss

ued,

cau

se th

e ap

prop

riate

form

s to

be

prov

ided

to th

e ap

plica

nt.

(a)

ente

r in

the

Spec

ial B

allo

t Vot

ing

Reco

rd

i. th

e el

ecto

r’s n

ame

and

whe

re th

e el

ecto

r is

ordi

naril

y re

siden

t, an

d

ii. th

e na

me

and

num

ber o

f the

vot

ing

area

in w

hich

the

elec

tor r

esid

es,

and

(b)

afte

r the

writ

of e

lect

ion

has

been

iss

ued,

cau

se th

e ap

prop

riate

form

s to

be

prov

ided

to th

e ap

plica

nt.

85.

117

The

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll, o

n re

ques

t, m

ake

avai

labl

e to

any

can

dida

te in

the

elec

tora

l di

visio

n or

the

cand

idat

e’s

offic

ial a

gent

the

nam

es a

nd a

ddre

sses

of t

he o

rdin

ary

resid

ence

s of

thos

e el

ecto

rs in

the

elec

tora

l divi

sion

who

ha

ve a

pplie

d fo

r and

bee

n pr

ovid

ed w

ith th

e ap

prop

riate

form

s un

der s

ectio

n 11

6.

The

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffic

er s

hall,

on

requ

est,

mak

e av

aila

ble

to a

ny r

egis

tere

d po

litic

al

part

y, c

andi

date

or t

he c

andi

date

’s of

ficia

l age

nt

the

nam

es a

nd a

ddre

sses

of t

he o

rdin

ary

resid

ence

s of

thos

e el

ecto

rs in

the

elec

tora

l di

visi

on w

ho h

ave

appl

ied

for a

nd b

een

prov

ided

with

the

appr

opria

te fo

rms

unde

r se

ctio

n 11

6.

To fa

cilita

te th

e sh

arin

g of

the

info

rmat

ion

thro

ugh

elec

troni

c m

eans

suc

h as

a c

entra

lized

ca

ndid

ate

porta

l.

86.

118(

1) O

n re

ceip

t of t

he p

resc

ribed

form

s, th

e vo

ter s

hall

mar

k th

e ba

llot b

y w

ritin

g, w

ith a

pen

or

pen

cil o

f any

col

our,

in th

e sp

ace

prov

ided

, th

e na

me

of th

e ca

ndid

ate

or th

e re

gist

ered

po

litica

l par

ty o

f the

can

dida

te o

f the

vot

er’s

choi

ce.

(2)

Afte

r mar

king

the

vote

r’s b

allo

t, th

e vo

ter

shal

l (a) p

lace

the

mar

ked

ballo

t in

the

ballo

t en

velo

pe,

(b) s

eal t

he b

allo

t env

elop

e,

(c) p

lace

the

ballo

t env

elop

e in

the

certi

ficat

e en

velo

pe,

(c.1

) pla

ce a

cop

y of

the

pres

crib

ed

iden

tifica

tion

docu

men

t or d

ocum

ents

in th

e ce

rtific

ate

enve

lope

,

118(

1) O

n re

ceip

t of t

he p

resc

ribed

form

s, th

e vo

ter s

hall

mar

k th

e ba

llot b

y w

ritin

g, w

ith a

pen

or

pen

cil o

f any

col

our,

in th

e sp

ace

prov

ided

, th

e na

me

of th

e ca

ndid

ate

or th

e re

gist

ered

po

litica

l par

ty o

f the

can

dida

te o

f the

vot

er’s

choi

ce.

(2)

Afte

r mar

king

the

vote

r’s b

allo

t, th

e vo

ter

shal

l (a) p

lace

the

mar

ked

ballo

t in

the

ballo

t en

velo

pe,

(b) s

eal t

he b

allo

t env

elop

e,

(c)

plac

e th

e ba

llot e

nvel

ope

in th

e ce

rtifi

cate

env

elop

e,

(c.1

) pl

ace

a co

py o

f the

pre

scri

bed

iden

tific

atio

n do

cum

ent o

r doc

umen

ts in

th

e ce

rtifi

cate

env

elop

e,

To s

tream

line

the

Spec

ial B

allo

t pac

kage

for

elec

tors

. Sec

recy

of t

he b

allo

t is

still

mai

ntai

ned,

as

the

ballo

t is

plac

ed in

a s

epar

ate

enve

lope

. Th

e ba

llot e

nvel

ope,

pre

scrib

ed id

entif

icatio

n an

d sig

ned

certi

ficat

e ca

n th

en b

e pl

aced

in th

e re

turn

(out

er) e

nvel

ope.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(d) c

ompl

ete

and

sign

part

1 of

the

certi

ficat

e an

d se

al th

e ce

rtific

ate

enve

lope

,

(e) p

lace

the

certi

ficat

e en

velo

pe in

the

oute

r en

velo

pe, a

nd

(f) s

eal t

he o

uter

env

elop

e.

(3)

The

oute

r env

elop

e, w

hen

seal

ed, s

hall

be

forw

arde

d so

that

it re

ache

s th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er

or th

e pe

rson

des

igna

ted

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

not

late

r tha

n th

e clo

se o

f the

pol

ling

plac

es o

n po

lling

day.

(4)

On re

ceip

t of t

he o

uter

env

elop

e, th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er, e

lect

ion

clerk

or p

erso

n de

signa

ted

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

hall

rem

ove

and

open

the

certi

ficat

e en

velo

pe a

nd

dete

rmin

e

(a) w

heth

er th

e na

me

on th

e ce

rtific

ate

enve

lope

is th

e sa

me

as th

at o

f a p

erso

n al

read

y en

tere

d in

the

Spec

ial B

allo

t Pol

l Boo

k un

der s

ectio

n 11

6,

(b) w

heth

er a

cop

y of

the

pres

crib

ed

iden

tifica

tion

docu

men

t or d

ocum

ents

has

be

en in

clude

d, a

nd

(c) w

heth

er p

art 1

of t

he c

ertif

icate

has

bee

n pr

oper

ly co

mpl

eted

.

(d) c

ompl

ete

and

sign

part

1 of

the

certi

ficat

e an

d se

al th

e ce

rtifi

cate

env

elop

e,

(e) p

lace

the

ballo

t env

elop

e, s

igne

d ce

rtifi

cate

and

the

copy

of t

he p

resc

ribe

d id

entif

icat

ion

docu

men

t in

the

oute

r en

velo

pe, a

nd

(f) s

eal t

he o

uter

env

elop

e.

(3)

The

oute

r env

elop

e, w

hen

seal

ed, s

hall

be

forw

arde

d so

that

it re

ache

s th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er

or th

e pe

rson

des

igna

ted

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

not

late

r tha

n th

e clo

se o

f the

vot

ing

plac

es o

n el

ectio

n da

y.

(4)

On re

ceip

t of t

he o

uter

env

elop

e, th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er, e

lect

ion

clerk

or p

erso

n de

signa

ted

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

hall

rem

ove

and

open

the

cert

ifica

te e

nvel

ope

and

dete

rmin

e

(a) w

heth

er th

e na

me

on th

e ce

rtific

ate

enve

lope

is th

e sa

me

as th

at o

f a p

erso

n al

read

y en

tere

d in

the

Spec

ial B

allo

t vot

ing

reco

rd u

nder

sec

tion

116,

(b) w

heth

er a

cop

y of

the

pres

crib

ed

iden

tifica

tion

docu

men

t or d

ocum

ents

has

be

en in

clude

d, a

nd

(c) w

heth

er p

art 1

of t

he c

ertif

icate

has

bee

n pr

oper

ly co

mpl

eted

.

87.

118(

5) O

n de

term

inin

g th

at th

e vo

ter i

s re

cord

ed

in th

e Sp

ecia

l Bal

lot P

oll B

ook,

that

a c

opy

of th

e pr

escr

ibed

iden

tifica

tion

docu

men

t or d

ocum

ents

ha

s be

en in

clude

d an

d th

at p

art 1

of t

he

certi

ficat

e is

com

plet

ed, t

he re

turn

ing

offic

er, e

lect

ion

clerk

or p

erso

n de

signa

ted

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer a

s th

e ca

se m

ay b

e, s

hall,

(a) i

f the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, ele

ctio

n cle

rk o

r pe

rson

des

igna

ted

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

118(

5) O

n de

term

inin

g th

at th

e vo

ter i

s re

cord

ed

in th

e Sp

ecia

l Bal

lot v

otin

g re

cord

, tha

t a c

opy

of th

e pr

escr

ibed

iden

tifica

tion

docu

men

t or

docu

men

ts h

as b

een

inclu

ded

and

that

par

t 1 o

f th

e ce

rtific

ate

is co

mpl

eted

, the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, ele

ctio

n cle

rk o

r per

son

desig

nate

d by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r as

the

case

may

be,

sha

ll,

(a) i

f the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, ele

ctio

n cle

rk o

r pe

rson

des

igna

ted

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Chan

ges

to s

uppo

rt th

e re

mov

al o

f the

cer

tifica

te

enve

lope

.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

Offic

er is

sat

isfie

d as

to th

e vo

ter’s

elig

ibilit

y to

vo

te, i. sig

n pa

rt 2

of th

e ce

rtific

ate,

ii. if

the

vote

r’s n

ame

appe

ars

on th

e lis

t of

elec

tors

for t

he p

ollin

g su

bdivi

sion

in

whi

ch th

e vo

ter i

s en

title

d to

vot

e, p

ut a

lin

e th

roug

h th

e vo

ter’s

nam

e an

d en

ter

oppo

site

the

nam

e of

that

per

son

on th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors

the

wor

d “s

pecia

l”,

iii. if

the

vote

r’s n

ame

does

not

app

ear o

n th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors

for t

he p

ollin

g su

bdivi

sion

in w

hich

the

vote

r is

entit

led

to v

ote,

ent

er th

e vo

ter’s

nam

e on

the

list

of e

lect

ors

and

put a

line

thro

ugh

the

vote

r’s n

ame

and

ente

r opp

osite

the

nam

e of

that

vot

er o

n th

e lis

t of e

lect

ors

the

wor

d “s

pecia

l”,

iv. re

cord

in th

e Sp

ecia

l Bal

lot P

oll B

ook

in

the

appr

opria

te c

olum

n th

e da

te th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er, e

lect

ion

clerk

or p

erso

n de

signa

ted

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer

rece

ived

the

certi

ficat

e en

velo

pe,

v. re

mov

e th

e se

aled

bal

lot e

nvel

ope

from

th

e ce

rtific

ate

enve

lope

, rem

ove

the

Spec

ial B

allo

t fro

m th

e se

aled

bal

lot

enve

lope

and

pla

ce th

e Sp

ecia

l Bal

lot i

n a

seal

ed b

allo

t box

mar

ked

“spe

cial b

allo

t”,

vi. e

nter

in th

e Sp

ecia

l Bal

lot P

oll B

ook,

in

the

appr

opria

te c

olum

ns, a

che

ck m

ark

or

othe

r ann

otat

ion

indi

catin

g th

at th

e vo

ter

has

vote

d an

d th

e re

ason

for u

sing

the

Spec

ial B

allo

t, th

at is

, phy

sical

inca

pacit

y,

abse

nce,

inm

ate,

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

, ca

ndid

ate,

offi

cial a

gent

, scr

utin

eer,

rem

ote

area

or a

noth

er re

ason

pre

scrib

ed

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer,

and

vii. r

etai

n th

e ce

rtific

ate

enve

lope

and

the

copy

of t

he id

entif

icatio

n do

cum

ent o

r do

cum

ents

and

forw

ard

them

to th

e Ch

ief

Offic

er is

sat

isfie

d as

to th

e vo

ter’s

elig

ibilit

y to

vo

te, i. sig

n pa

rt 2

of th

e ce

rtific

ate,

ii. if

the

vote

r’s n

ame

appe

ars

in th

e vo

ting

reco

rd fo

r the

vot

ing

area

in

whi

ch th

e vo

ter i

s en

title

d to

vot

e, p

ut a

lin

e th

roug

h th

e vo

ter’s

nam

e an

d en

ter

oppo

site

the

nam

e of

that

per

son

on th

e Sp

ecia

l Bal

lot v

otin

g re

cord

the

wor

d “s

pecia

l”,

iii. if

the

vote

r’s n

ame

does

not

app

ear i

n th

e vo

ting

reco

rd fo

r the

vot

ing

area

in

whi

ch th

e vo

ter i

s en

title

d to

vot

e, e

nter

th

e vo

ter’s

nam

e in

the

Spec

ial B

allo

t vo

ting

reco

rd a

nd p

ut a

line

thro

ugh

the

vote

r’s n

ame

and

ente

r opp

osite

the

nam

e of

that

vot

er in

the

votin

g re

cord

the

wor

d “s

pecia

l”,

iv. re

cord

in th

e Sp

ecia

l Bal

lot v

otin

g re

cord

in th

e ap

prop

riate

col

umn

the

date

th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er, e

lect

ion

clerk

or

pers

on d

esig

nate

d by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er re

ceive

d th

e ou

ter

enve

lope

,

v. re

mov

e th

e se

aled

bal

lot e

nvel

ope

from

th

e ou

ter

enve

lope

, rem

ove

the

Spec

ial

Ballo

t fro

m th

e se

aled

bal

lot e

nvel

ope

and

plac

e th

e Sp

ecia

l Bal

lot i

n a

seal

ed b

allo

t bo

x m

arke

d “s

pecia

l bal

lot”

,

vi. e

nter

in th

e Sp

ecia

l Bal

lot v

otin

g re

cord

, in

the

appr

opria

te c

olum

ns, a

che

ck m

ark

or o

ther

ann

otat

ion

indi

catin

g th

at th

e vo

ter h

as v

oted

and

the

reas

on fo

r usin

g th

e Sp

ecia

l Bal

lot,

that

is, p

hysic

al

inca

pacit

y, a

bsen

ce, i

nmat

e, e

lect

ion

offic

er, c

andi

date

, offi

cial a

gent

, sc

rutin

eer,

rem

ote

area

or a

noth

er re

ason

pr

escr

ibed

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r, an

d

vii. r

etai

n th

e ce

rtific

ate

enve

lope

and

the

copy

of t

he id

entif

icatio

n do

cum

ent o

r


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer i

n ac

cord

ance

with

se

ctio

n 14

2,

(b) i

f the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, ele

ctio

n cle

rk o

r pe

rson

des

igna

ted

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

is n

ot s

atisf

ied

as to

the

vote

r’s

elig

ibilit

y to

vot

e,

i. re

tain

the

certi

ficat

e en

velo

pe a

nd it

s co

nten

ts,

ii. tr

eat t

he b

allo

t in

the

enve

lope

as

a re

ject

ed b

allo

t, an

d

iii. m

ark

the

certi

ficat

e en

velo

pe a

ccor

ding

ly.

docu

men

ts a

nd fo

rwar

d th

em to

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith s

ectio

n 14

2,

(b) i

f the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, ele

ctio

n cle

rk o

r pe

rson

des

igna

ted

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

is n

ot s

atisf

ied

as to

the

vote

r’s

elig

ibilit

y to

vot

e,

i. re

tain

the

oute

r en

velo

pe a

nd it

s co

nten

ts,

ii. tr

eat t

he b

allo

t in

the

enve

lope

as

a re

ject

ed b

allo

t, an

d

iii. m

ark

the

certi

ficat

e Pa

rt 2

acc

ordi

ngly.

88.

NEW

ADD

:

118(

5.1)

Not

with

stan

ding

sec

tion

118(

5), i

f an

elec

tor a

ppea

rs in

per

son

to c

ast t

heir

vote

by

Spec

ial B

allo

t, th

eir p

resc

ribed

iden

tifica

tion

does

no

t nee

d to

be

copi

ed;

If an

ele

ctor

vot

es b

y Sp

ecia

l Bal

lot i

n pe

rson

at

the

offic

e of

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

and

pro

duce

s hi

s or

her

iden

tifica

tion

to th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er o

r el

ectio

n cle

rk, a

cop

y of

the

pres

crib

ed

iden

tifica

tion

docu

men

t or d

ocum

ents

is n

ot

requ

ired,

but

the

type

of i

dent

ifica

tion

is re

cord

ed o

n Pa

rt 2

of th

e ce

rtific

ate.

89.

120(

2) If

a re

turn

ing

offic

er d

eter

min

es th

at

ther

e ar

e fa

ciliti

es a

s de

scrib

ed in

sub

sect

ion

(1)(

a) o

r (b)

, the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll,

(a

) det

erm

ine,

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith a

n of

ficia

l of

eac

h su

ppor

tive

livin

g fa

cility

, whe

ther

a

mob

ile p

oll s

houl

d be

hel

d at

the

facil

ity,

(b) i

n co

nsul

tatio

n w

ith a

n of

ficia

l of e

ach

supp

ortiv

e liv

ing

facil

ity w

here

a p

oll i

s to

be

held

and

with

an

offic

ial o

f eac

h tre

atm

ent

cent

re

(i)

fix

the

hour

s on

pol

ling

day

whe

n a

mob

ile p

oll w

ill op

erat

e at

the

facil

ity,

(i.1)

det

erm

ine

whe

ther

a m

obile

pol

l will

be

held

on

any

one

or m

ore

days

fixe

d fo

r an

adva

nce

poll

and,

if s

o, fi

x th

e ho

urs

whe

n

120(

2) If

a re

turn

ing

offic

er d

eter

min

es th

at

ther

e ar

e fa

ciliti

es a

s de

scrib

ed in

sub

sect

ion

(1),

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll,

(a

) det

erm

ine,

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith a

n of

ficia

l of

eac

h su

ppor

tive

livin

g fa

cility

, whe

ther

a

mob

ile v

ote

shou

ld b

e he

ld a

t the

facil

ity,

(b) i

n co

nsul

tatio

n w

ith a

n of

ficia

l of e

ach

supp

ortiv

e liv

ing

facil

ity w

here

a v

ote

is to

be

hel

d an

d w

ith a

n of

ficia

l of e

ach

trea

tmen

t cen

tre

(i)

fix

the

date

and

hou

rs o

n po

lling

day

w

hen

a m

obile

vot

e w

ill op

erat

e at

the

facil

ity,

(i.1)

det

erm

ine

whe

ther

a m

obile

vot

e w

ill be

hel

d on

any

one

or m

ore

days

fixe

d fo

r an

adv

ance

vot

e an

d, if

so,

fix

the

hour

s

Rath

er th

an c

ondu

ctin

g m

obile

vot

ing

only

on

elec

tion

day,

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

and

the

facil

ity

offic

ials

will

now

hav

e an

opt

ion

from

the

6 vo

ting

days

(adv

ance

vot

ing

and

elec

tion

day)

to

choo

se fr

om.

120(

2) a

nd (3

) can

be

com

bine

d as

the

prov

ision

s ar

e th

e sa

me

for a

ll fa

ciliti

es in

whi

ch

a m

obile

vot

e oc

curs

. (c

) app

oint

at l

east

2 e

lect

ion

offic

ers.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

that

mob

ile p

oll w

ill op

erat

e at

the

facil

ity,

and

(ii) d

eter

min

e th

e nu

mbe

r of m

obile

pol

ls to

be

est

ablis

hed

with

in th

e fa

cility

and

the

form

at th

at e

ach

mob

ile p

oll i

s to

take

as

eith

er fi

xed

loca

tion

or b

ed-to

-bed

vis

itatio

ns, o

r bot

h,

and

(c) a

ppoi

nt a

dep

uty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

and

pol

l cle

rk fo

r eac

h m

obile

pol

l so

requ

ired.

(3)

If a

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

det

erm

ines

that

ther

e ar

e fa

ciliti

es a

s de

scrib

ed in

sub

sect

ion

(1)(

c) o

r (d

), th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

(a

) d

eter

min

e, in

con

sulta

tion

with

an

offic

ial o

f eac

h fa

cility

, whe

ther

a m

obile

pol

l sh

ould

be

held

at t

he fa

cility

, (b

) i

n co

nsul

tatio

n w

ith a

n of

ficia

l of e

ach

facil

ity w

here

a p

oll i

s to

be

held

(i)

fix

the

hour

s on

pol

ling

day

whe

n a

mob

ile p

oll w

ill op

erat

e at

the

facil

ity,

(ii)

det

erm

ine

whe

ther

a m

obile

pol

l will

be h

eld

on a

ny o

ne o

r mor

e da

ys fi

xed

for

an a

dvan

ce p

oll a

nd, i

f so,

fix

the

hour

s w

hen

that

mob

ile p

oll w

ill op

erat

e at

the

facil

ity, a

nd

(iii)

de

term

ine

the

num

ber o

f mob

ile

polls

to b

e es

tabl

ished

with

in th

e fa

cility

an

d th

e fo

rmat

that

eac

h m

obile

pol

l is

to

take

, and

(c

) a

ppoi

nt a

dep

uty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

and

po

ll cle

rk fo

r eac

h m

obile

pol

l so

requ

ired.

whe

n th

at m

obile

vot

e w

ill op

erat

e at

the

facil

ity, a

nd

(ii) d

eter

min

e th

e nu

mbe

r of m

obile

vot

ing

stat

ions

to b

e es

tabl

ished

with

in th

e fa

cility

an

d th

e fo

rmat

that

eac

h m

obile

vot

ing

stat

ion

is to

take

as

eith

er fi

xed

loca

tion

or

bed-

to-b

ed v

isita

tions

, or b

oth,

an

d

(c) a

ppoi

nt a

t lea

st tw

o el

ectio

n of

ficer

s fo

r eac

h m

obile

vot

e so

requ

ired.

(3

) <DE

LETE

>


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

12

5.1(

1) A

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, in

cons

ulta

tion

with

th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer,

may

est

ablis

h on

e or

m

ore

spec

ial m

obile

pol

ls in

acc

orda

nce

with

this

sect

ion.

(2)

Facil

ities

at w

hich

a s

pecia

l mob

ile p

oll m

ay

be e

stab

lishe

d in

clude

the

follo

win

g:

(a)

fac

ilitie

s on

the

cam

puse

s of

pub

lic

post

‑sec

onda

ry in

stitu

tions

; (b

) f

acilit

ies

on In

dian

rese

rves

; (c

) f

acilit

ies

on M

etis

settl

emen

ts;

(d)

wor

k ca

mps

; (e

) c

orre

ctio

nal i

nstit

utio

ns u

nder

the

Corre

ctio

ns A

ct, p

enite

ntia

ries

unde

r the

Co

rrect

ions

and

Con

ditio

nal R

eleas

e Ac

t (C

anad

a) a

nd p

lace

s of

cus

tody

und

er th

e Yo

uth

Just

ice A

ct o

r the

You

th C

rimin

al Ju

stice

Ac

t (Ca

nada

);

(f)

any

pub

lic b

uild

ing

dete

rmin

ed b

y th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer t

o be

sec

ure

and

suita

ble

for t

he p

urpo

ses

of a

spe

cial m

obile

po

ll.

(3

) A

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, in

cons

ulta

tion

with

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r, sh

all n

ot e

stab

lish

a sp

ecia

l mob

ile p

oll i

n a

facil

ity if

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r det

erm

ines

that

the

facil

ity d

oes

not m

eet s

afet

y, s

ecur

ity a

nd a

ny o

ther

st

anda

rds

esta

blish

ed b

y th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

for p

ollin

g pl

aces

.

(4)

A re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

(a)

det

erm

ine,

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith a

n of

ficia

l of e

ach

facil

ity s

et o

ut in

sub

sect

ion

125.

1 <D

ELET

E>

125.

2 <D

ELET

E>

125.

3 <D

ELET

E>

Spec

ial m

obile

pol

l fea

ture

s ar

e co

nsol

idat

ed w

ith

adva

nce

votin

g in

sec

tion

98 &

99.

1.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(2)(

a), (

b), (

c), (

d) a

nd (e

), w

heth

er a

spe

cial

mob

ile p

oll s

houl

d be

hel

d at

the

facil

ity,

(b)

in

cons

ulta

tion

with

an

offic

ial o

f eac

h fa

cility

whe

re a

spe

cial m

obile

pol

l is

to b

e he

ld, f

ix th

e ho

urs

on a

ny o

ne o

r mor

e da

ys

fixed

for a

dvan

ce p

ollin

g w

hen

a sp

ecia

l m

obile

pol

l will

oper

ate

at th

e fa

cility

, and

(c

) a

ppoi

nt a

dep

uty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

, pol

l cle

rk a

nd o

ther

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

s if

requ

ired

for

each

spe

cial m

obile

pol

l.

(5)

Whe

n a

pers

on w

ho is

an

elec

tor a

ttend

s to

vo

te a

t the

spe

cial m

obile

pol

l, th

e de

puty

re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

(a)

if t

he p

erso

n’s

nam

e ap

pear

s on

a li

st o

f el

ecto

rs, e

nter

opp

osite

the

nam

e of

that

pe

rson

on

the

list o

f ele

ctor

s in

the

appr

opria

te c

olum

n a

chec

k m

ark

or o

ther

an

nota

tion

indi

catin

g th

at th

e el

ecto

r vot

ed in

th

e sp

ecia

l mob

ile p

oll,

or

(b)

if t

he p

erso

n’s

nam

e do

es n

ot a

ppea

r on

any

list o

f ele

ctor

s,

(i)

re

quire

the

pers

on to

com

ply

with

se

ctio

n 95

(1) o

r (2)

, and

(ii

) e

nter

the

pers

on’s

nam

e an

d ad

dres

s on

the

list o

f ele

ctor

s an

d en

ter i

n th

e ap

prop

riate

col

umn

in th

e po

ll bo

ok a

ch

eck

mar

k or

oth

er a

nnot

atio

n in

dica

ting

that

the

vote

r sig

ned

a de

clara

tion

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith s

ectio

n 95

(1) o

r sig

ned

a de

clara

tion

and

was

vou

ched

for i

n ac

cord

ance

with

sec

tion

95(2

), an

d vo

ted

in th

e sp

ecia

l mob

ile p

oll.

(6

) Th

e de

puty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll ad

vise

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

of t

he n

ames

and

ele

ctor

al


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

divis

ions

of a

ll el

ecto

rs w

ho v

oted

at t

he d

eput

y re

turn

ing

offic

er’s

spec

ial m

obile

pol

l, an

d th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer s

hall,

prio

r to

pollin

g da

y,

advis

e ea

ch re

turn

ing

offic

er o

f the

nam

es o

f the

el

ecto

rs fo

r the

ir re

spec

tive

elec

tora

l divi

sion

who

ha

ve s

o vo

ted.

125.

2 A

n el

ecto

r at a

spe

cial m

obile

pol

l may

on

ly vo

te fo

r a c

andi

date

in th

e el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n w

here

the

elec

tor i

s or

dina

rily

resid

ent.

125.

3 E

very

facil

ity a

t whi

ch o

ne o

r mor

e sp

ecia

l mob

ile p

olls

are

esta

blish

ed is

a p

ollin

g pl

ace

unde

r thi

s Ac

t and

all

rele

vant

pro

visio

ns o

f th

is Ac

t app

ly w

ith a

ll ne

cess

ary

mod

ifica

tions

.

90.

132(

1) A

n em

ploy

ee w

ho is

an

elec

tor q

ualif

ied

to v

ote

shal

l, w

hile

the

polls

are

ope

n on

pol

ling

day

at a

n el

ectio

n or

ple

bisc

ite, b

e al

low

ed 3

co

nsec

utiv

e ho

urs

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f cas

ting

the

empl

oyee

’s vo

te.

(2) I

f the

em

ploy

ee’s

hour

s of

em

ploy

men

t do

not a

llow

for t

he 3

con

secu

tive

hour

s’ ab

senc

e,

the

empl

oyee

’s em

ploy

er s

hall

allo

w th

e em

ploy

ee a

dditi

onal

tim

e fo

r vot

ing

to p

rovid

e th

e 3

cons

ecut

ive h

ours

, but

the

addi

tiona

l tim

e fo

r vot

ing

shal

l be

gran

ted

at th

e co

nven

ienc

e of

th

e em

ploy

er.

REPL

ACE

WIT

H:

132(

1) I

f the

wor

k sc

hedu

le o

f an

empl

oyee

w

ho is

an

elec

tor q

ualif

ied

to v

ote

does

not

pe

rmit

the

empl

oyee

to v

ote

durin

g an

adv

ance

vo

te o

r on

elec

tion

day

at a

n el

ectio

n or

pl

ebisc

ite, t

he e

mpl

oyer

sha

ll al

low

3 c

onse

cutiv

e ho

urs

on a

ny o

f the

day

s of

vot

ing

to th

at

empl

oyee

, at t

he c

onve

nien

ce o

f the

em

ploy

er,

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f the

em

ploy

ee c

astin

g a

vote

.

(2) <

DELE

TE>

The

prop

osed

cha

nge

com

bine

s (1

) and

(2).

Inclu

de th

e 5

days

of a

dvan

ce v

otin

g, s

o th

e em

ploy

ee’s

sche

dule

mus

t pre

vent

the

pers

on

from

vot

ing

durin

g al

l 6 d

ays.

Thi

s w

ill gr

eatly

re

duce

abu

se o

f thi

s pr

ovisi

on a

nd re

duce

the

burd

en o

n em

ploy

ers.

Th

e ad

vanc

e vo

ting

vote

-any

whe

re s

yste

m

mak

es v

otin

g ev

en e

asie

r for

em

ploy

ees.

91.

134(

1) In

this

sect

ion,

“adv

ertis

emen

t” m

eans

an

adve

rtise

men

t, fo

r whi

ch th

ere

is or

nor

mal

ly

wou

ld b

e a

char

ge, i

n an

y br

oadc

ast,

prin

t, el

ectro

nic

or o

ther

med

ia, i

nclu

ding

tele

phon

e,

fax,

inte

rnet

, ele

ctro

nic

mai

l and

text

mes

sagi

ng,

with

the

purp

ose

of p

rom

otin

g or

opp

osin

g an

y re

gist

ered

pol

itica

l par

ty o

r the

ele

ctio

n of

a

regi

ster

ed c

andi

date

.

(2) A

regi

ster

ed c

andi

date

, a re

gist

ered

co

nstit

uenc

y as

socia

tion

and

a re

gist

ered

pol

itica

l pa

rty m

ust e

nsur

e th

at a

dver

tisem

ents

134(

1) In

this

sect

ion,

“adv

ertis

emen

t” m

eans

an

adve

rtise

men

t, fo

r w

hich

ther

e is

or n

orm

ally

w

ould

be

a ch

arge

, in

any

broa

dcas

t, pr

int,

elec

troni

c or

oth

er m

edia

, inc

ludi

ng te

leph

one,

fa

x, in

tern

et, e

lect

roni

c m

ail a

nd te

xt m

essa

ging

, w

ith th

e pu

rpos

e of

pro

mot

ing

or o

ppos

ing

any

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

arty

or t

he e

lect

ion

of a

re

gist

ered

can

dida

te.

REPL

ACE

WIT

H:

(2) A

regi

ster

ed c

andi

date

, a re

gist

ered

co

nstit

uenc

y as

socia

tion

and

a re

gist

ered

pol

itica

l

Prop

ose

takin

g th

e m

oney

com

pone

nt o

f ele

ctio

n ad

verti

sing

by p

oliti

cal e

ntiti

es o

ut o

f the

Elec

tion

Act –

the

obje

ctiv

e is

to b

e tra

nspa

rent

abo

ut

who

is b

ehin

d po

litica

l adv

ertis

ing,

rega

rdle

ss o

f th

e co

st o

f the

adv

ertis

ing.

Adv

ertis

ing

spen

ding

lim

its a

re re

gula

ted

unde

r the

EFC

DA.

The

obje

ct o

f sec

tion

134

of th

e El

ectio

n Ac

t is

to

ensu

re th

at a

ds fo

r whi

ch th

e po

litica

l ent

ity is

re

spon

sible

bea

r the

nam

e an

d co

ntac

t inf

o in

a

form

com

plyi

ng w

ith g

uide

lines

ado

pted

by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

spon

sore

d by

the

regi

ster

ed c

andi

date

, the

re

gist

ered

con

stitu

ency

ass

ocia

tion

or th

e re

gist

ered

pol

itica

l par

ty c

ompl

y w

ith th

e fo

llow

ing

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e gu

idel

ines

of t

he

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r:

(a) t

he a

dver

tisem

ent m

ust i

nclu

de th

e sp

onso

r’s n

ame

and

cont

act i

nfor

mat

ion

and

mus

t ind

icate

whe

ther

the

spon

sor a

utho

rizes

th

e ad

verti

sem

ent;

(b) s

ubje

ct to

cla

use

(c),

in th

e ca

se o

f an

adve

rtise

men

t tha

t is

broa

dcas

t or i

s m

ade

thro

ugh

elec

troni

c m

edia

, the

info

rmat

ion

refe

rred

to in

cla

use

(a) m

ust b

e st

ated

at t

he

begi

nnin

g of

the

adve

rtise

men

t;

(c) i

n th

e ca

se o

f an

adve

rtise

men

t tra

nsm

itted

to a

tele

phon

e, w

heth

er in

the

form

of a

live

cal

l or a

n au

tom

ated

pre

-re

cord

ed c

all,

i. th

e te

leph

one

num

ber o

f the

spo

nsor

m

ust b

e ca

pabl

e of

bei

ng d

ispla

yed

on th

e ca

ll di

spla

y of

cal

led

parti

es w

ho s

ubsc

ribe

to c

all d

ispla

y, a

nd m

ust n

ot b

e bl

ocke

d fro

m b

eing

disp

laye

d;

ii. th

e na

me

of th

e sp

onso

r and

the

spon

sor’s

pa

rty a

ffilia

tion,

if a

ny, m

ust b

e st

ated

at

the

begi

nnin

g of

the

adve

rtise

men

t;

iii. th

e ad

verti

sem

ent m

ust s

tate

whe

ther

the

spon

sor a

utho

rizes

the

adve

rtise

men

t;

iv. th

e te

leph

one

num

ber o

f the

spo

nsor

or

the

spon

sor’s

cam

paig

n of

fice

at w

hich

the

spon

sor c

an b

e co

ntac

ted

mus

t be

stat

ed

at th

e en

d of

the

adve

rtise

men

t.

party

mus

t ens

ure

that

adv

ertis

emen

ts

spon

sore

d au

thor

ized

by

the

regi

ster

ed

cand

idat

e, th

e re

gist

ered

con

stitu

ency

as

socia

tion

or th

e re

gist

ered

pol

itica

l par

ty

incl

ude

the

nam

e an

d co

ntac

t inf

orm

atio

n of

the

regi

ster

ed c

andi

date

, reg

iste

red

cons

titue

ncy

asso

ciat

ion

or re

gist

ered

po

litic

al p

arty

, and

mus

t ind

icat

e th

at th

e re

gist

ered

can

dida

te, r

egis

tere

d co

nstit

uenc

y as

soci

atio

n or

regi

ster

ed

polit

ical

par

ty a

utho

rize

s th

e ad

vert

isem

ent.

(a)

<DEL

ETE>

(b)

<DEL

ETE>

(c)

<DEL

ETE>

(3) T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r sha

ll es

tabl

ish

guid

elin

es re

spec

ting

the

requ

irem

ents

refe

rred

to in

sub

sect

ions

(2).

(4) T

he g

uide

lines

mus

t be

publ

ished

on

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r’s w

ebsit

e.

(5) I

f an

adve

rtise

men

t is

not i

n co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith

this

sect

ion

or w

ith th

e gu

idel

ines

, the

Chi

ef

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer m

ay c

ause

it to

be

rem

oved

or

disc

ontin

ued,

and

in th

e ca

se o

f an

adve

rtise

men

t disp

laye

d on

a s

ign,

pos

ter o

r ot

her s

imila

r for

mat

nei

ther

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er n

or a

ny p

erso

n ac

ting

unde

r the

Chi

ef

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer’s

inst

ruct

ions

is li

able

for

tresp

ass

or d

amag

e re

sulti

ng fr

om o

r occ

asio

ned

by th

e re

mov

al.

In a

dditi

on, r

emov

ing

a co

st c

ompo

nent

from

the

defin

ition

leve

ls th

e fie

ld fo

r soc

ial m

edia

etc

. w

hich

freq

uent

ly do

es n

ot a

ssoc

iate

a c

harg

e w

ith tr

ansm

issio

n.

(2) C

onse

quen

tial h

ouse

keep

ing:

cha

nge

“spo

nsor

” to

“aut

horiz

e” b

ecau

se s

pons

or

conn

otes

mon

ey.

Mov

e th

e pr

escr

iptiv

e ro

boca

ll de

tails

– (2

)(b)

(c)

– in

to g

uide

lines

issu

ed b

y th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

. Thi

s al

low

s gr

eate

r fle

xibilit

y to

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r to

set o

ut ru

les

that

are

requ

ired

to b

e se

t out

, or t

o av

oid

absu

rd re

sults

(e.g

. a

14-s

econ

d ad

requ

iring

9 s

econ

ds o

f sec

tion

134

com

plia

nce)

, and

to a

dapt

to c

hang

ing

tech

nolo

gies

.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(3) T

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r sha

ll es

tabl

ish

guid

elin

es re

spec

ting

the

requ

irem

ents

refe

rred

to in

sub

sect

ion

(2).

(4) T

he g

uide

lines

mus

t be

publ

ished

on

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r’s w

ebsit

e.

(5) I

f an

adve

rtise

men

t is

not i

n co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith

this

sect

ion,

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r may

cau

se

it to

be

rem

oved

or d

iscon

tinue

d, a

nd in

the

case

of

an

adve

rtise

men

t disp

laye

d on

a s

ign,

pos

ter

or o

ther

sim

ilar f

orm

at n

eith

er th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

nor

any

per

son

actin

g un

der t

he C

hief

El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r’s in

stru

ctio

ns is

liab

le fo

r tre

spas

s or

dam

age

resu

lting

from

or o

ccas

ione

d by

the

rem

oval

.

92.

136

The

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

for e

ach

elec

tora

l di

visio

n sh

all p

rovid

e ad

equa

te q

uarte

rs a

nd

facil

ities

for r

ecei

ving

and

cond

uctin

g th

e of

ficia

l co

unt o

f the

bal

lots

rece

ived

from

all

the

depu

ty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

s of

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

’s el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n.

136

The

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

for e

ach

elec

tora

l di

visio

n sh

all p

rovid

e ad

equa

te q

uart

ers

and

facil

ities

for r

ecei

ving

and

cond

uctin

g th

e of

ficia

l co

unt o

f the

bal

lots

rece

ived

from

all

the

depu

ty

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

s of

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

’s el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n.

Dele

te “q

uarte

rs” a

s it

sugg

ests

resid

ence

, whi

ch

is no

t nec

essa

ry to

pro

vide

to th

ose

invo

lved

in

an o

fficia

l cou

nt.

93.

Cond

uct o

f offi

cial c

ount

13

7(3.

1) T

he re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

(a) c

heck

the

depu

ty re

turn

ing

offic

er’s

Stat

emen

t of P

oll,

…

Veri

ficat

ion

of o

fficia

l cou

nt

137(

3.1)

In

the

even

t the

diff

eren

ce

betw

een

the

vote

s fo

r the

can

dida

te w

ith

the

high

est n

umbe

r of

vot

es a

nd th

e ca

ndid

ate

with

the

next

hig

hest

num

ber

of

vote

s is

100

or l

ess,

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll co

nduc

t a fu

ll of

ficia

l cou

nt b

y

(a)

chec

king

the

elec

tion

offic

er’s

Stat

emen

t of V

ote,

…

ADD

: (3

.2) I

n th

e ev

ent t

he d

iffer

ence

bet

wee

n th

e vo

tes

for t

he c

andi

date

with

the

high

est n

umbe

r of

vot

es a

nd th

e ca

ndid

ate

with

the

next

hig

hest

nu

mbe

r of v

otes

is 1

01 o

r mor

e, th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

The

offic

ial c

ount

is a

ver

ifica

tion

of th

e co

unt

that

occ

urs

on e

lect

ion

day.

Not

eve

ry e

lect

oral

di

stric

t will

requ

ire e

very

bal

lot t

o be

reco

unte

d.

If th

e di

ffere

nce

is 10

0 or

less

, all

ballo

ts w

ill be

co

unte

d fo

r a s

econ

d tim

e. I

f the

diff

eren

ce is

10

0 or

mor

e, th

e el

ectio

n da

y co

unt w

ill be

su

bjec

t to

a ve

rifica

tion

audi

t. A

full

coun

t typ

ically

take

s ar

ound

3 d

ays

to

com

plet

e. T

he fu

ll co

unt i

s us

eful

onl

y in

cas

es

whe

re th

e ou

tcom

e is

pote

ntia

lly u

ncer

tain

. No

tabl

y, th

e th

resh

old

for a

judi

cial r

ecou

nt is

un

chan

ged.

Pr

opos

e a

100-

vote

thre

shol

d to

trig

ger a

co

mpl

ete

coun

t all

over

aga

in.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(a)

verif

y th

e el

ectio

n of

ficer

’s St

atem

ent o

f Vo

te, a

nd c

ompa

re it

to th

e un

offic

ial r

esul

ts,

and

(b) v

erify

suc

h re

cord

s an

d in

spec

t suc

h ba

llots

to s

atisf

y th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er th

at h

e or

she

may

co

mpl

ete

and

sign

the

Stat

emen

t of O

fficia

l Re

sults

and

the

Certi

ficat

e an

d Re

turn

.

(3.2

) If t

he m

argi

n is

grea

ter t

han

100,

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

will

still

do a

n au

dit o

f the

re

sults

– e

noug

h so

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

can

be

satis

fied

to s

ign

the

Certi

ficat

e an

d Re

turn

.

94.

139(

1) A

can

dida

te w

ho h

as b

een

decla

red

elec

ted

unde

r sec

tion

138(

1) m

ay d

iscla

im th

e ca

ndid

ate’

s rig

ht to

bec

ome

a M

embe

r of t

he

Legi

slativ

e As

sem

bly

by fi

ling

a di

scla

imer

in th

e pr

escr

ibed

form

with

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r at

any

time

afte

r the

can

dida

te is

dec

lare

d el

ecte

d un

der t

his

Part

and

befo

re th

e ca

ndid

ate

wou

ld

othe

rwise

bec

ome

a m

embe

r of t

he A

ssem

bly

by

reas

on o

f sec

tion

1(2)

of t

he L

egisl

ative

As

sem

bly

Act.

(2) A

can

dida

te w

ho fi

les

a di

scla

imer

pur

suan

t to

sub

sect

ion

(1) s

hall

deliv

er a

cop

y of

it

forth

with

to th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er a

nd to

the

Cler

k of

the

Legi

slativ

e As

sem

bly.

(3

) Sub

ject

to s

ubse

ctio

n (4

), if

a di

scla

imer

is

filed

pur

suan

t to

subs

ectio

n (1

), th

e el

ectio

n in

w

hich

that

can

dida

te w

as d

ecla

red

elec

ted

is vo

id.

(4) T

he fi

ling

of a

disc

laim

er u

nder

sub

sect

ion

(1) d

oes

not a

ffect

any

app

licat

ion

unde

r sec

tion

144

or a

ppea

l und

er s

ectio

n 14

8 by

ano

ther

ca

ndid

ate

or th

e rig

ht o

f tha

t oth

er c

andi

date

to

be d

ecla

red

elec

ted

if th

at o

ther

can

dida

te’s

appl

icatio

n or

app

eal i

s su

cces

sful

.

139(

1) A

can

dida

te w

ho h

as b

een

decla

red

elec

ted

unde

r sec

tion

138(

1) m

ay d

iscla

im th

e ca

ndid

ate’

s rig

ht to

bec

ome

a M

embe

r of t

he

Legi

slativ

e As

sem

bly

by fi

ling

a di

scla

imer

in th

e pr

escr

ibed

form

with

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r at

any

time

afte

r the

can

dida

te is

dec

lare

d el

ecte

d un

der t

his

Part

and

befo

re th

e ca

ndid

ate

wou

ld

othe

rwise

bec

ome

a m

embe

r of t

he A

ssem

bly

by

reas

on o

f sec

tion

1(2)

of t

he L

egisl

ative

As

sem

bly

Act.

(2) A

can

dida

te w

ho fi

les

a di

scla

imer

pur

suan

t to

sub

sect

ion

(1) s

hall

deliv

er a

cop

y of

it

forth

with

to th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er a

nd to

the

Cler

k of

the

Legi

slativ

e As

sem

bly.

(3

) Sub

ject

to s

ubse

ctio

n (4

), if

a di

scla

imer

is

filed

pur

suan

t to

subs

ectio

n (1

), th

e el

ectio

n in

w

hich

that

can

dida

te w

as d

ecla

red

elec

ted

is vo

id, s

ectio

n 32

of t

he LL

eeggiiss

llaattiivv

ee AAss

sseemm

bbllyy

AAcctt a

pplie

s an

d a

by-e

lect

ion

shal

l be

held

fo

r tha

t ele

ctor

al d

ivis

ion.

(4

) The

filin

g of

a d

iscla

imer

und

er s

ubse

ctio

n (1

) doe

s no

t affe

ct a

ny a

pplic

atio

n un

der s

ectio

n 14

4 or

app

eal u

nder

sec

tion

148

by a

noth

er

cand

idat

e or

the

right

of t

hat o

ther

can

dida

te to

be

dec

lare

d el

ecte

d if

that

oth

er c

andi

date

’s ap

plica

tion

or a

ppea

l is

succ

essf

ul.

Amen

d (3

) to

mak

e it

clear

a b

y-el

ectio

n is

the

next

ste

p af

ter a

voi

d el

ectio

n fo

llow

ing

a di

scla

imer

. In

the

Pren

tice

disc

laim

er (i

n 20

15),

ther

e w

as s

ome

ambi

guity

in in

terp

retin

g th

e in

tera

ctio

n be

twee

n th

e El

ectio

n Ac

t and

the

Legi

slativ

e As

sem

bly

Act.

Exp

ress

ly m

entio

ning

a

by-e

lect

ion

will

trigg

er th

e w

arra

nt fr

om th

e Cl

erk,

whi

ch tr

igge

rs th

e Or

der f

rom

the

Lieut

enan

t Gov

erno

r in

Coun

cil, w

hich

dire

cts

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r to

issue

the

writ

. Se

e als

o se

ctio

n 14

9.

95.

Dela

y in

ann

ounc

emen

t of o

fficia

l res

ults

14

0(1)

If in

any

ele

ctor

al d

ivisi

on n

ot a

ll th

e ba

llot b

oxes

hav

e re

ache

d th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er

by th

e da

te s

tate

d in

the

elec

tion

proc

lam

atio

n

Dela

y in

dec

lara

tion

of o

fficia

l res

ults

14

0(1)

If in

any

ele

ctor

al d

ivisi

on n

ot a

ll th

e ba

llot b

oxes

hav

e re

ache

d th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er

by th

e da

te s

tate

d in

the

elec

tion

proc

lam

atio

n

Mak

e co

nsist

ent w

ith n

ew w

ay o

f “de

clarin

g”

offic

ial r

esul

ts a

s un

der s

ectio

n 13

8.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

for a

nnou

ncin

g th

e re

sults

of t

he o

fficia

l cou

nt,

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll on

that

dat

e ad

jour

n th

e pr

ocee

ding

s fo

r a p

erio

d of

not

mor

e th

an

one

wee

k an

d su

bseq

uent

ly m

ay a

djou

rn fo

r fu

rther

per

iods

of n

ot m

ore

than

one

wee

k at

a

time.

(2) N

otw

ithst

andi

ng s

ubse

ctio

n (1

), th

e an

noun

cem

ent o

f the

resu

lts s

hall

not b

e de

laye

d un

der s

ubse

ctio

n (1

) bey

ond

30 d

ays

from

the

date

sta

ted

in th

e el

ectio

n pr

ocla

mat

ion.

(3) I

f afte

r a d

elay

of 3

0 da

ys th

e ba

llot b

oxes

ar

e no

t rec

over

ed, t

he re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

forth

with

ann

ounc

e th

e re

sults

of t

he o

fficia

l co

unt w

ithou

t con

sider

ing

the

miss

ing

ballo

ts.

(4) I

f a re

turn

ing

offic

er is

una

ble

for a

ny re

ason

ot

her t

han

the

one

refe

rred

to in

sub

sect

ion

(1)

to a

nnou

nce

the

resu

lts o

f the

offi

cial c

ount

at

the

date

and

tim

e st

ated

in th

e el

ectio

n pr

ocla

mat

ion,

the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sha

ll ad

jour

n th

e pr

ocee

ding

s fro

m ti

me

to ti

me

as m

ay b

e re

quire

d.

(5) N

otw

ithst

andi

ng s

ubse

ctio

n (4

), th

e an

noun

cem

ent o

f the

resu

lts o

f the

offi

cial c

ount

sh

all n

ot b

e de

laye

d un

der s

ubse

ctio

n (4

) bey

ond

14 d

ays

from

the

date

sta

ted

in th

e el

ectio

n pr

ocla

mat

ion.

for d

ecla

ring

the

resu

lts o

f the

offi

cial c

ount

, th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

on th

at d

ate

adjo

urn

the

proc

eedi

ngs

for a

per

iod

of n

ot m

ore

than

on

e w

eek

and

subs

eque

ntly

may

adj

ourn

for

furth

er p

erio

ds o

f not

mor

e th

an o

ne w

eek

at a

tim

e.

(2) N

otw

ithst

andi

ng s

ubse

ctio

n (1

), th

e de

clar

atio

n of

the

resu

lts s

hall

not b

e de

laye

d un

der s

ubse

ctio

n (1

) bey

ond

30 d

ays

from

the

date

sta

ted

in th

e el

ectio

n pr

ocla

mat

ion.

(3) I

f afte

r a d

elay

of 3

0 da

ys th

e ba

llot b

oxes

ar

e no

t rec

over

ed, t

he re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

forth

with

dec

lare

the

resu

lts o

f the

offi

cial c

ount

w

ithou

t con

sider

ing

the

miss

ing

ballo

ts.

(4) I

f a re

turn

ing

offic

er is

una

ble

for a

ny re

ason

ot

her t

han

the

one

refe

rred

to in

sub

sect

ion

(1)

to d

ecla

re th

e re

sults

of t

he o

fficia

l cou

nt a

t the

da

te a

nd ti

me

stat

ed in

the

elec

tion

proc

lam

atio

n or

to th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Off

icer

, the

re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

adjo

urn

the

proc

eedi

ngs

from

tim

e to

tim

e as

may

be

requ

ired.

(5) N

otw

ithst

andi

ng s

ubse

ctio

n (4

), th

e de

clar

atio

n of

the

resu

lts o

f the

offi

cial c

ount

sh

all n

ot b

e de

laye

d un

der s

ubse

ctio

n (4

) bey

ond

14 d

ays

from

the

date

sta

ted

in th

e el

ectio

n pr

ocla

mat

ion.

96.

Hand

ling

of d

ocum

ents

and

regi

ster

info

rmat

ion

afte

r offi

cial c

ount

14

1(1)

Afte

r the

offi

cial c

ount

of t

he v

otes

has

be

en c

ompl

eted

and

the

Stat

emen

t of O

fficia

l Re

sults

has

bee

n co

mpl

eted

, the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

sh

all p

repa

re th

e fo

llow

ing

for r

etur

n to

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith th

e Ch

ief

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer’s

dire

ctio

ns:

(a) t

he li

sts

of e

lect

ors;

(b

) the

var

ious

env

elop

es c

onta

inin

g th

e ba

llots

;

Hand

ling

of d

ocum

ents

and

regi

ster

in

form

atio

n af

ter o

fficia

l cou

nt

141(

1) A

fter t

he o

fficia

l cou

nt o

f the

vot

es h

as

been

com

plet

ed a

nd th

e St

atem

ent o

f Offi

cial

Resu

lts h

as b

een

com

plet

ed, t

he re

turn

ing

offic

er

shal

l pre

pare

the

follo

win

g fo

r ret

urn

to th

e Ch

ief

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer i

n ac

cord

ance

with

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r’s d

irect

ions

:

(a) t

he li

sts

of e

lect

ors;

(b

) the

var

ious

env

elop

es c

onta

inin

g th

e ba

llots

;

Takin

g th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er o

ut o

f the

regi

ster

up

datin

g pr

oces

s (2

), an

d m

ovin

g re

gist

er

upda

ting

to it

s ow

n se

ctio

n, p

ropo

sed

sect

ion

142.

1.

Toda

y, re

turn

ing

docu

men

ts to

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r and

upd

atin

g re

gist

er

info

rmat

ion

are

two

very

diff

eren

t tas

ks.

The

regi

ster

upd

atin

g is

now

don

e ce

ntra

lly th

roug

h El

ectio

ns A

lber

ta, n

ot b

y in

divid

ual r

etur

ning

of

ficer

s.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(c) t

he p

oll b

ooks

;

(d) t

he e

lect

ion

proc

lam

atio

n;

(e) t

he w

rit;

(f) th

e St

atem

ent o

f Offi

cial R

esul

ts;

(g) t

he C

ertif

icate

and

Ret

urn;

(h) r

epea

led

2012

c5

s51;

(i) a

ny o

ther

doc

umen

ts re

ques

ted

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer.

(2) T

he re

turn

ing

offic

er s

hall

ente

r in

the

regi

ster

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e di

rect

ions

of t

he

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r any

info

rmat

ion

liste

d in

se

ctio

n 13

(2) t

hat i

s co

llect

ed d

urin

g th

e el

ectio

n pe

riod.

(c) t

he v

otin

g re

cord

s;

(d) t

he e

lect

ion

proc

lam

atio

n;

(e) t

he w

rit;

(f) th

e St

atem

ent o

f Offi

cial R

esul

ts;

(g) t

he C

ertif

icate

and

Ret

urn;

(h) r

epea

led

2012

c5

s51;

(i) a

ny o

ther

doc

umen

ts re

ques

ted

by th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer.

(2) <

DELE

TE>

97.

NEW

AD

D:

142.

1 Th

e Of

fice

of th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer

shal

l ent

er in

the

regi

ster

any

info

rmat

ion

liste

d in

sec

tion

13(2

) tha

t is

colle

cted

dur

ing

the

elec

tion

perio

d.

This

is se

ctio

n 14

1(2)

relo

cate

d.

It is

not t

he re

turn

ing

offic

er w

ho e

nter

s th

e re

gist

er u

pdat

e in

form

atio

n; it

is n

ow d

one

cent

rally

.

98.

144(

6) A

t lea

st 4

day

s’ no

tice

of th

e tim

e an

d pl

ace

appo

inte

d fo

r the

reco

unt s

hall

be g

iven

by

the

appl

icant

(a) t

o th

e ca

ndid

ates

, in

the

man

ner

pres

crib

ed in

sec

tion

68, a

nd

(b) t

o th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er, i

f the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

is n

ot th

e ap

plica

nt, a

nd th

e el

ectio

n cle

rk.

144(

6) A

t lea

st 4

day

s’ no

tice

of th

e tim

e an

d pl

ace

appo

inte

d fo

r the

reco

unt s

hall

be g

iven

by

the

appl

icant

(a)

to th

e ca

ndid

ates

, in

the

man

ner

pres

crib

ed in

sec

tion

68,

(b) t

o th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er, i

f the

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

is n

ot th

e ap

plica

nt, a

nd th

e el

ectio

n cle

rk, a

nd

AD

D:

(c) t

o th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer.

It is

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r and

Ele

ctio

ns

Albe

rta th

at m

anag

es, r

esou

rces

and

facil

itate

s al

l asp

ects

of a

judi

cial r

ecou

nt.

Ad

d th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer t

o th

e lis

t of

indi

vidua

ls re

ceiv

ing

notic

e of

a ju

dicia

l rec

ount

ap

plica

tion.

The

Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Offi

cer a

ssist

s th

e co

urt a

nd a

ssist

s th

e re

turn

ing

offic

er a

nd

the

elec

tion

clerk

who

are

requ

ired

to b

e pr

esen

t. Th

e pr

opos

ed a

men

dmen

t also

allo

ws

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r to

be a

par

ty fo

r the

pur

pose

of

havin

g le

gal r

epre

sent

ative

s en

title

d to

atte

nd

(sec

tion

145(

3)(c

)).


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

99.

145(

3) A

t any

reco

unt o

f vot

es, t

he re

turn

ing

offic

er a

nd e

lect

ion

clerk

sha

ll be

pre

sent

and

the

follo

win

g sh

all b

e gi

ven

notic

e an

d m

ay b

e pr

esen

t:

(a) e

ach

cand

idat

e an

d ea

ch c

andi

date

’s of

ficia

l age

nt, o

r eith

er o

f the

m, o

r in

thei

r ab

senc

e 2

elec

tors

of t

he re

leva

nt e

lect

oral

di

visio

n de

signa

ted

by th

e ca

ndid

ate;

(b) t

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r or a

des

igna

te

or b

oth;

(c

) the

lega

l rep

rese

ntat

ives

of th

e pa

rties

.

145(

3) A

t any

reco

unt o

f vot

es, t

he re

turn

ing

offic

er a

nd e

lect

ion

clerk

sha

ll be

pre

sent

and

the

follo

win

g m

ay b

e pr

esen

t:

(a)

each

can

dida

te a

nd e

ach

cand

idat

e’s

offic

ial a

gent

, or e

ither

of t

hem

, or i

n th

eir

abse

nce

2 el

ecto

rs o

f the

rele

vant

ele

ctor

al

divis

ion

desig

nate

d by

the

cand

idat

e;

(b) t

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r or a

des

igna

te o

r bo

th;

AD

D:

(b.1

) ele

ctio

n of

ficer

s de

term

ined

by

the

Chie

f El

ecto

ral O

ffice

r to

assis

t with

the

reco

unt;

and

(c) t

he le

gal r

epre

sent

ative

s of

the

parti

es.

In re

ality

, the

cou

rt fre

quen

tly n

eeds

ass

istan

ce

to h

andl

e th

e ba

llots

and

con

duct

of a

reco

unt.

Th

is pr

opos

ed a

men

dmen

t exp

ress

ly al

low

s a

reco

unt j

udge

, in

his

or h

er d

iscre

tion,

to h

ave

elec

tion

offic

ers

pres

ent.

100.

146(

1) A

t the

tim

e an

d pl

ace

appo

inte

d an

d in

th

e pr

esen

ce o

f the

per

sons

ent

itled

or r

equi

red

to a

ttend

, the

judg

e sh

all c

ondu

ct th

e re

coun

t.

…

(5)

In th

e ca

se o

f a re

coun

t of a

ll th

e vo

tes,

the

judg

e sh

all o

pen

all t

he e

nvel

opes

con

tain

ing

(a) t

he v

otes

cou

nted

,

(b) t

he re

ject

ed b

allo

ts,

(c) t

he s

poile

d an

d de

cline

d ba

llots

, and

(d) t

he u

nuse

d ba

llots

.

146(

1) A

t the

tim

e an

d pl

ace

appo

inte

d an

d in

th

e pr

esen

ce o

f the

per

sons

ent

itled

or r

equi

red

to a

ttend

, the

judg

e sh

all c

ondu

ct th

e re

coun

t.

ADD

:

(1.1

) The

judg

e m

ay u

se th

e se

rvice

s of

ele

ctio

n of

ficer

s de

term

ined

to a

ssist

with

the

reco

unt.

…

(5)

In th

e ca

se o

f a re

coun

t of a

ll th

e vo

tes,

the

judg

e m

ay o

pen

all t

he e

nvel

opes

con

tain

ing

(a) t

he v

otes

cou

nted

,

(b) t

he re

ject

ed b

allo

ts,

(c) t

he s

poile

d an

d de

cline

d ba

llots

, and

(d) t

he u

nuse

d ba

llots

.

Add

(1.1

) in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith s

ectio

n 14

5(3)

(b.1

). (5

) “Sh

all”

to “m

ay” t

o au

thor

ize in

the

even

t the

nu

mbe

r of u

nuse

d ba

llots

etc

. is

rele

vant

to a

re

conc

iliatio

n, b

ut n

ot re

quire

it w

here

it is

not

re

leva

nt.

101.

149(

1) T

his

sect

ion

appl

ies

if a

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

m

akes

a d

ecla

ratio

n un

der s

ectio

n 14

8(8)

(b) t

hat

no m

embe

r has

bee

n de

clare

d el

ecte

d be

caus

e th

ere

is an

equ

ality

of v

otes

for 2

or m

ore

cand

idat

es.

149(

1) T

his

sect

ion

appl

ies

if a

retu

rnin

g of

ficer

m

akes

a d

ecla

ratio

n un

der s

ectio

n 14

8(8)

(b) t

hat

no m

embe

r has

bee

n de

clare

d el

ecte

d be

caus

e th

ere

is an

equ

ality

of v

otes

for 2

or m

ore

cand

idat

es.

Unde

r sec

tion

39, i

t is

not a

writ

that

the

Lieut

enan

t Gov

erno

r in

Coun

cil is

sues

, but

an

orde

r com

man

ding

writ

s to

be

issue

d. W

rits

are

issue

d by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(2) A

s so

on a

s po

ssib

le a

fter a

dec

lara

tion

has

been

mad

e un

der s

ectio

n 14

8(8)

(b) t

hat n

o m

embe

r has

bee

n de

clare

d el

ecte

d fo

r the

el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n be

caus

e th

ere

is an

equ

ality

of

vote

s fo

r 2 o

r mor

e ca

ndid

ates

, the

Chi

ef

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer s

hall

pres

ent a

repo

rt to

the

Spea

ker t

hat t

here

is a

vac

ancy

for t

hat e

lect

oral

di

visio

n, in

whi

ch c

ase

a w

rit o

f ele

ctio

n fo

r tha

t el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n sh

all b

e iss

ued

unde

r sec

tion

39

as if

the

elec

tion

wer

e a

by-e

lect

ion.

(2) A

s so

on a

s po

ssib

le a

fter a

dec

lara

tion

has

been

mad

e un

der s

ectio

n 14

8(8)

(b) t

hat n

o m

embe

r has

bee

n de

clare

d el

ecte

d fo

r the

el

ecto

ral d

ivisio

n be

caus

e th

ere

is an

equ

ality

of

vote

s fo

r 2 o

r mor

e ca

ndid

ates

, the

Chi

ef

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer s

hall

pres

ent a

repo

rt to

the

Cler

k of

the

Asse

mbl

y th

at th

ere

is a

vaca

ncy

for t

hat e

lect

oral

div

ision

, in

whi

ch c

ase

sect

ion

32 o

f the

LLeegg

iissllaa

ttiivvee

AAssssee

mmbbll

yy AAcc

tt app

lies

and

an o

rder

sha

ll be

issu

ed b

y th

e Li

eute

nant

Gov

erno

r in

Coun

cil u

nder

sec

tion

39 a

s if

the

elec

tion

wer

e a

by-e

lect

ion.

The

Cler

k ne

eds

to k

now

ther

e is

a va

canc

y. T

he

Lieut

enan

t Gov

erno

r in

Coun

cil n

eeds

to k

now

so

an o

rder

can

be

issue

d.

For r

efer

ence

, sec

tion

32 o

f the

Leg

islat

ive

Asse

mbl

y Ac

t pro

vides

: 32

(1) W

hen

a va

canc

y oc

curs

in th

e m

embe

rshi

p of

the

Asse

mbl

y, th

e Cl

erk

shall

(a

) iss

ue a

nd d

elive

r the

Cler

k’s w

arra

nt to

th

e Ch

ief E

lecto

ral O

ffice

r for

the

issue

of a

wr

it fo

r the

elec

tion

of a

Mem

ber t

o fil

l the

va

canc

y, a

nd

(b) d

elive

r a c

opy

of th

e wa

rrant

to th

e Cl

erk

of th

e Ex

ecut

ive C

ounc

il.

(2)

With

in 6

mon

ths a

fter t

he d

elive

ry o

f the

wa

rrant

to th

e Ch

ief E

lecto

ral O

ffice

r, an

ord

er

shall

be

mad

e un

der s

ectio

n 39

of t

he E

lectio

n Ac

t aut

horiz

ing

the

issue

of a

writ

for a

n ele

ctio

n to

fill

the

vaca

ncy.

(3

) No

twith

stan

ding

sub

sect

ion

(2),

an o

rder

ne

ed n

ot b

e m

ade

unde

r sec

tion

39 o

f the

El

ectio

n Ac

t if t

he v

acan

cy o

ccur

s dur

ing

the

last

year

of t

he le

gal l

ife o

f the

Ass

embl

y.

(4)

If th

e Le

gisla

ture

is d

issol

ved

afte

r the

issu

e of

the

writ

refe

rred

to in

sub

sect

ion

(2) a

nd

befo

re a

n ele

ctio

n is

held

und

er th

e wr

it, th

e wr

it is

revo

ked

on th

e di

ssol

utio

n of

the

Legi

slatu

re.

(5)

A va

canc

y in

the

mem

bers

hip

of th

e As

sem

bly

does

not

inva

lidat

e an

y pr

ocee

ding

s of

the

Asse

mbl

y.

See

also

sec

tion

139.

102.

152(

4) S

ubje

ct to

sub

sect

ion

(1),

no p

erso

n m

ay

insp

ect a

ny e

lect

ion

docu

men

ts re

tain

ed b

y th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer p

erta

inin

g to

the

elec

tion

in th

at e

lect

oral

divi

sion

exce

pt b

y or

der o

f a

judg

e.

ADD

:

(4.1

) Not

ice o

f an

appl

icatio

n fo

r an

orde

r und

er

subs

ectio

n (4

) mus

t be

prov

ided

to th

e Ch

ief

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer.

The

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r sho

uld

have

not

ice o

f th

e ap

plica

tion

for s

uch

an o

rder

, to

ensu

re

secu

rity

and

inte

grity

of e

lect

ion

docu

men

ts in

th

e te

rms

of th

e co

urt o

rder

. Th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

may

ass

ist th

e co

urt i

n m

akin

g ap

prop

riate

con

ditio

ns u

nder

(6).


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

103.

153.

09(3

) Fo

r the

pur

pose

of c

ondu

ctin

g an

in

vest

igat

ion

unde

r thi

s Ac

t, a

repr

esen

tativ

e of

th

e El

ectio

n Co

mm

issio

ner,

on p

rodu

ctio

n of

the

repr

esen

tativ

e’s

auth

oriza

tion

from

the

Elec

tion

Com

miss

ione

r, m

ay a

t any

reas

onab

le ti

me

ente

r an

y pr

emise

s re

ferre

d to

in th

e au

thor

izatio

n in

w

hich

boo

ks o

r doc

umen

ts o

f a p

oliti

cal p

arty

, co

nstit

uenc

y as

socia

tion

or c

andi

date

rele

vant

to

the

subj

ect‑m

atte

r of t

he in

vest

igat

ion

are

kept

an

d m

ay e

xam

ine

and

mak

e co

pies

of t

he b

ooks

or

doc

umen

ts o

r rem

ove

them

tem

pora

rily

for

the

purp

ose

of m

akin

g co

pies

.

153.

09(3

) Fo

r the

pur

pose

of c

ondu

ctin

g an

in

vest

igat

ion

unde

r thi

s Ac

t, a

repr

esen

tativ

e of

th

e El

ectio

n Co

mm

issio

ner,

on p

rodu

ctio

n of

the

repr

esen

tativ

e’s

auth

oriza

tion

from

the

Elec

tion

Com

miss

ione

r, m

ay a

t any

reas

onab

le ti

me

ente

r an

y pr

emise

s re

ferre

d to

in th

e au

thor

izatio

n in

w

hich

rec

ords

of a

reg

iste

red

polit

ical p

arty

, re

gist

ered

con

stitu

ency

ass

ocia

tion

or

regi

ster

ed c

andi

date

rele

vant

to th

e su

bjec

t‑mat

ter o

f the

inve

stig

atio

n ar

e ke

pt a

nd

may

exa

min

e an

d m

ake

copi

es o

f the

rec

ords

or

rem

ove

them

tem

pora

rily

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f m

akin

g co

pies

.

Upda

ted

for c

larit

y to

mat

ch d

efin

ition

s.

104.

153.

091(

4) If

the

Elec

tion

Com

miss

ione

r ref

uses

to

con

duct

or c

ease

s an

inve

stig

atio

n un

der

subs

ectio

n (2

) or d

eter

min

es th

at n

o of

fenc

e w

as

com

mitt

ed, t

he E

lect

ion

Com

miss

ione

r

(a)

sha

ll pr

ovid

e no

tice

of th

at d

ecisi

on to

(i)

eve

ry p

erso

n or

org

aniza

tion

who

(A)

is

the

subj

ect o

f the

inve

stig

atio

n

(B)

wou

ld h

ave

been

the

subj

ect o

f an

inve

stig

atio

n if

the

Elec

tion

Com

miss

ione

r had

not

refu

sed

to

cond

uct a

n in

vest

igat

ion,

and

(ii)

eve

ry p

erso

n or

org

aniza

tion

who

re

ques

ted

an in

vest

igat

ion,

if a

ny, a

nd

(b)

may

, as

the

Elec

tion

Com

miss

ione

r co

nsid

ers

to b

e ap

prop

riate

, pro

vide

notic

e of

th

at d

ecisi

on to

any

oth

er p

erso

n or

or

gani

zatio

n in

volv

ed in

the

mat

ter r

efer

red

to

in s

ectio

n 15

3.09

(1).

(4) I

f the

Ele

ctio

n Co

mm

issio

ner r

efus

es to

co

nduc

t or c

ease

s an

inve

stig

atio

n un

der

subs

ectio

n (2

) or d

eter

min

es th

at n

o of

fenc

e w

as

com

mitt

ed, t

he E

lect

ion

Com

miss

ione

r

(a)

sha

ll pr

ovid

e no

tice

of th

at d

ecisi

on to

(i)

eve

ry p

erso

n or

org

aniza

tion

who

(A)

is

the

subj

ect o

f the

inve

stig

atio

n

(B)

w

ould

hav

e be

en th

e su

bjec

t of

an

inve

stig

atio

n if

the

Elec

tion

Com

mis

sion

er h

ad n

ot r

efus

ed to

co

nduc

t an

inve

stig

atio

n, a

nd

(ii)

eve

ry p

erso

n or

org

aniza

tion

who

re

ques

ted

an in

vest

igat

ion,

if a

ny, a

nd

(b)

may

, as

the

Elec

tion

Com

miss

ione

r co

nsid

ers

to b

e ap

prop

riate

, pro

vide

notic

e of

th

at d

ecisi

on to

any

oth

er p

erso

n or

or

gani

zatio

n in

volv

ed in

the

mat

ter r

efer

red

to

in s

ectio

n 15

3.09

(1).

Shou

ld n

ot b

e a

man

dato

ry re

quire

men

t to

notif

y an

indi

vidu

al th

at y

ou a

re n

ot in

vest

igat

ing

that

yo

u w

ill no

t be

inve

stig

atin

g. K

eep

the

requ

irem

ent t

o in

form

the

com

plai

nant

and

an

yone

who

has

alre

ady

been

not

ified

of t

he

ongo

ing

inve

stig

atio

n th

at it

has

cea

sed.

105.

Co

nsen

t to

pros

ecut

e 16

3.1(

1) N

o pr

osec

utio

n sh

all b

e in

stitu

ted

unde

r th

is Ac

t with

out t

he c

onse

nt o

f the

Ele

ctio

n Co

mm

issio

ner

Cons

ent t

o pr

osec

ute

163.

1(1)

No

pros

ecut

ion

shal

l be

inst

itute

d un

der

this

Act w

ithou

t the

con

sent

of t

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er.

Curre

ntly

for p

rose

cutio

n, th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Of

ficer

has

a c

onfli

ct o

f int

eres

t with

Alb

erta

Ju

stice

100

% o

f the

tim

e.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(2)

A pr

osec

utio

n un

der t

his

Act m

ay b

e co

mm

ence

d w

ithin

3 y

ears

of t

he c

omm

issio

n of

th

e al

lege

d of

fenc

e bu

t not

afte

rwar

ds.

ADD

:

(1.1

) The

Chi

ef E

lect

oral

Offi

cer m

ay re

fer a

n al

lega

tion

for p

rose

cutio

n ei

ther

to th

e M

inist

er

of J

ustic

e or

app

oint

an

inde

pend

ent p

rose

cuto

r.

(1.2

) If t

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r app

oint

s an

in

depe

nden

t pro

secu

tor,

the

pros

ecut

or m

ay:

(a) e

xerc

ise a

ny p

ower

s th

at th

e Ch

ief

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer h

as u

nder

this

Act i

n re

latio

n to

inqu

iries

and

inve

stig

atio

ns, i

nclu

ding

ad

visin

g th

ose

indi

vidua

ls of

thei

r rig

hts

unde

r th

e Ch

arte

r of R

ight

s and

Fre

edom

s (Ca

nada

);

(b) u

se o

f law

enf

orce

men

t age

ncie

s as

ne

cess

ary;

and

(c) p

rovid

e a

repo

rt to

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al

Offic

er.

(1.3

) Upo

n re

ceip

t of a

repo

rt by

a p

rose

cuto

r un

der s

ubse

ctio

n (1

.2),

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r m

ay

(a) i

mpo

se a

rem

edy

unde

r sec

tion

153.

1, o

r

(b) i

f an

offe

nce

is de

term

ined

to h

ave

been

co

mm

itted

, req

uest

that

the

pros

ecut

or

pros

ecut

e th

e m

atte

r in

cour

t.

(2)

A pr

osec

utio

n un

der t

his

Act m

ay b

e co

mm

ence

d w

ithin

3 y

ears

of t

he c

omm

issio

n of

th

e al

lege

d of

fenc

e bu

t not

afte

rwar

ds.

(1.1

) Pro

vidin

g th

e op

tion

of g

oing

thro

ugh

an

inde

pend

ent p

rose

cuto

r will

allo

w th

e Ch

ief

Elec

tora

l Offi

cer t

o iso

late

him

self

from

po

tent

ially

pol

itica

l dec

ision

s w

heth

er to

in

vest

igat

e/pr

osec

ute.

Th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer w

ould

cre

ate

a ro

ster

of

inde

pend

ent p

rose

cuto

rs (e

.g. c

rimin

al

defe

nse

firm

with

law

yers

who

wer

e on

ce

pros

ecut

ors)

. Th

e Ch

ief E

lect

oral

Offi

cer h

as, i

n th

e pa

st, s

ucce

ssfu

lly a

ppoi

nted

retir

ed ju

dges

to

assis

t him

in in

vest

igat

ions

that

wer

e ei

ther

se

nsiti

ve o

r par

ticul

arly

com

plex

. Am

erica

n m

odel

: the

pre

siden

t app

oint

s a

spec

ial

pros

ecut

or to

take

the

mat

ter o

ver e

ntire

ly.

Othe

r Can

adia

n ju

risdi

ctio

ns th

at h

ave

thei

r ow

n pr

osec

utor

or c

omm

issio

ner i

nclu

de C

anad

a an

d M

anito

ba.

Reta

in (2

) – to

sto

p un

nece

ssar

y pr

osec

utio

ns.

106.

172(

3) A

per

son

com

mits

a c

orru

pt p

ract

ice w

ho

does

one

or m

ore

of th

e fo

llow

ing:

…

(f)

in o

rder

to in

duce

a p

erso

n (i)

to a

llow

the

pers

on to

be

nom

inat

ed

as a

can

dida

te,

(ii)

to

refu

se to

allo

w th

e pe

rson

to b

e no

min

ated

as

a ca

ndid

ate,

or

172(

3) A

per

son

com

mits

a c

orru

pt p

ract

ice w

ho

does

one

or m

ore

of th

e fo

llow

ing:

…

(f)

in o

rder

to in

duce

a p

erso

n

(i)

to a

llow

the

pers

on to

be

nom

inat

ed a

s a

cand

idat

e,

(ii)

to

refu

se to

allo

w th

e pe

rson

to b

e no

min

ated

as

a ca

ndid

ate,

or

Broa

den

the

bold

ed s

ectio

n to

inclu

de “a

pro

mise

to

give

or l

end

mon

ey o

r oth

er v

alua

ble

cons

ider

atio

n”.


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(iii)

to

with

draw

the

pers

on’s

nom

inat

ion

as a

can

dida

te,

ei

ther

give

s or

pro

cure

s, a

gree

s to

give

or

proc

ure

or a

ttem

pts

to p

rocu

re a

ny o

ffice

, po

sitio

n or

em

ploy

men

t for

any

per

son.

(iii)

to

with

draw

the

pers

on’s

nom

inat

ion

as

a ca

ndid

ate,

ei

ther

giv

es o

r pr

ocur

es, a

gree

s to

giv

e or

pr

ocur

e or

att

empt

s to

pro

cure

any

off

ice,

po

sitio

n or

em

ploy

men

t for

any

per

son.

107.

Petit

ion

186(

1) T

he p

etiti

on

(a)

may

be

in th

e pr

escr

ibed

form

;

Petit

ion

186(

1) T

he p

etiti

on

(a)

shal

l be

in th

e pr

escr

ibed

form

;

“Sha

ll” ra

ther

than

“may

” be

in th

e pr

escr

ibed

fo

rm.

This

chan

ge p

rom

otes

gre

ater

cer

tain

ty

and

allo

ws

less

room

for d

isput

es a

bout

pr

oced

ure.

108.

202

No e

lect

ion

is vo

id b

y re

ason

of

(a

) an

irreg

ular

ity o

n th

e pa

rt of

an

elec

tion

offic

er o

r in

any

of th

e pr

ocee

ding

s pr

elim

inar

y to

the

poll,

(b

) a fa

ilure

to h

old

a po

ll at

any

pla

ce

appo

inte

d fo

r hol

ding

a p

oll,

(c) a

non

-com

plia

nce

with

the

prov

ision

s of

th

is Ac

t rel

atin

g to

the

takin

g of

the

poll

or th

e co

untin

g of

the

vote

s or

with

rega

rd to

lim

itatio

ns o

f tim

e, o

r (d

) any

mist

ake

in th

e us

e of

the

pres

crib

ed

form

s,

if it

is sh

own

to th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

the

Cour

t tha

t th

e el

ectio

n w

as c

ondu

cted

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

this

Act a

nd th

at th

e irr

egul

arity

, fai

lure

, non

-co

mpl

ianc

e or

mist

ake

did

not m

ater

ially

affe

ct

the

resu

lt of

the

elec

tion.

202

No e

lect

ion

is vo

id b

y re

ason

of a

n ir

regu

lari

ty, f

ailu

re, n

on-c

ompl

ianc

e or

m

ista

ke, i

nclu

ding

(a

) an

irreg

ular

ity o

n th

e pa

rt of

an

elec

tion

offic

er o

r in

any

of th

e pr

ocee

ding

s pr

elim

inar

y to

the

vote

, (b

) a fa

ilure

to h

old

a vo

te a

t any

pla

ce

appo

inte

d fo

r hol

ding

a v

ote,

(c

) a n

on-c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith th

e pr

ovisi

ons

of

this

Act r

elat

ing

to th

e ta

king

of th

e vo

te o

r th

e co

untin

g of

the

vote

s or

with

rega

rd to

lim

itatio

ns o

f tim

e, o

r (d

) any

mist

ake

in th

e us

e of

the

pres

crib

ed

form

s,

if it

is sh

own

to th

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

the

Cour

t tha

t th

e el

ectio

n w

as c

ondu

cted

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

is A

ct a

nd th

at th

e irr

egul

arity

, fai

lure

, no

n-co

mpl

ianc

e or

mist

ake

did

not m

ater

ially

af

fect

the

resu

lt of

the

elec

tion.

Grea

ter i

nter

pret

ive c

larit

y by

loca

ting

the

prin

ciple

into

the

prea

mbl

e, th

en p

rovid

es

exam

ples

of i

rregu

larit

ies,

failu

res,

non

-co

mpl

ianc

es a

nd m

istak

es.

Cana

da E

lectio

ns A

ct te

st:

sect

ion

524(

1)(b

) “th

ere

were

irre

gular

ities

, fra

ud o

r cor

rupt

or i

llega

l pra

ctice

s tha

t af

fect

ed th

e re

sult

of th

e el

ectio

n.”

Reta

in “m

ater

ially

” as

it ke

eps

a de

min

imis

scre

en a

gain

st tr

ivia

l voi

ding

s of

ele

ctio

ns.

Rem

ove

the

“out

” if t

he e

lect

ion

wer

e co

nduc

ted

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e Ac

t, as

(a) i

f the

re w

as

non-

com

plia

nce

the

elec

tion

was

not

stri

ctly

cond

ucte

d in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

Act,

and

(b)

the

rele

vant

item

is m

ater

ially

affe

ctin

g.

109.

206.

1(2)

Info

rmat

ion,

com

plai

nts

and

alle

gatio

ns

to w

hich

sub

sect

ion

(1) a

pplie

s m

ay b

e

(a)

disc

lose

d by

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r to

the

Elec

tion

Com

miss

ione

r for

the

purp

ose

of

carry

ing

out t

he E

lect

ion

Com

miss

ione

r’s

pow

ers,

dut

ies

and

func

tions

und

er th

is Ac

t,

The

legi

slatio

n sh

ould

be

amen

ded

to c

larif

y th

at

neith

er th

e El

ectio

n Co

mm

issio

ner n

or a

ny

pers

on a

ctin

g un

der h

is or

her

dire

ctio

n is

requ

ired

to d

isclo

se a

ny in

form

atio

n th

at re

veal

s th

e na

me

of th

e co

mpl

aina

nt, i

f any

, or a

ny

witn

ess,

unle

ss re

quire

d to

do

so b

y th

e co

urt.

Com

plai

nant

s w

ill of

ten

requ

est t

hat t

heir

nam

e be

kep

t con

fiden

tial a

s a

cond

ition

to m

akin

g a

com

plai

nt. T

he E

lect

ion

Com

miss

ione

r will

not

prom

ise a

com

plai

nant

con

fiden

tialit

y sin

ce it

is

not k

now

n at

the

outs

et o

f an

inve

stig

atio

n w

heth

er o

r not

the

mat

ter w

ill en

d up

in c

ourt

and

the

Elec

tion

Com

miss

ione

r doe

s no

t con

trol


Cu

rren

t Pro

visi

on

Prop

osed

Rev

ised

Pro

visi

on

Ratio

nale

(b)

disc

lose

d by

the

Elec

tion

Com

miss

ione

r to

the

Chie

f Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r for

the

purp

oses

of

carry

ing

out t

he C

hief

Ele

ctor

al O

ffice

r’s

pow

ers,

dut

ies

and

func

tions

und

er th

is Ac

t, (c

) di

sclo

sed

to th

e pe

rson

or o

rgan

izatio

n w

hose

con

duct

is th

e su

bjec

t of p

roce

edin

gs

unde

r thi

s Ac

t, (d

) di

sclo

sed

to a

regi

ster

ed p

oliti

cal p

arty

if a

co

nstit

uenc

y as

socia

tion,

a re

gist

ered

ca

ndid

ate,

a n

omin

atio

n co

ntes

tant

or a

le

ader

ship

con

test

ant o

f tha

t reg

ister

ed

polit

ical p

arty

is th

e su

bjec

t of a

n in

vest

igat

ion

unde

r thi

s Ac

t, (e

) di

sclo

sed

by a

per

son

cond

uctin

g an

in

vest

igat

ion

to th

e ex

tent

nec

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ext.

Acknowledgments:

Thank you to...

Glen Resler - Chief Electoral Officer, Drew Westwater - Deputy Chief Electoral OfficerPamela Renwick, Teresa Griffiths, C. Ian Tuckey, and Dan Michaud - Operations/Communications

Keila Johnston, Ryan Phillips, Jiri Vosyka, Tara Young, Lad Hala, and Len Hannam - IT/GISDoug McKenzie, Trudy Berry - Finance

Jackie Van Heukelom - Corporate Administrative

...for their assistance in the preparation of this report.

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