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Glossary
Elections Canada has compiled a glossary of electoral terms. Click on a alphabetic character below to move to the terms that brainstorm with that letter, or only use your browser's ringlet bar to view all of them.
A
Accessibility (accessibilité)
The extent to which obstacles to a identify or activeness have been removed. Voting at a federal electoral event is very attainable. All election 24-hour interval polling places, with simply a few exceptions, have level access. Voters who are unable to mark the ballot can receive help. At that place is a voting template for persons with a visual disability. All advance poll sites have level access.
Advance voting (vote par apprehension)
The polls are open between nine a.grand. and 9:00 p.m. on Fri, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, the 10th, 9th, 8th and seventh days before election day, for those who want to vote early. The ballots are kept in a sealed envelope until election day and are counted at the same time every bit the other ballots.
B
Ballot (bulletin de vote)
A piece of paper on which are printed the names of the candidates, their political parties and a place for the voter to indicate the preferred candidate. (At a plebiscite, the ballot has a printed question and spaces for the voter to answer "Yeah" or "No.") Canada uses the secret ballot, which means no one except the voter knows the choice that was made.
Election box (urne)
A paper-thin box with a narrow slot on top, into which all ballots issued to electors are placed until the polls close and the votes are counted. There is one ballot box at each polling station.
Neb (projet de loi)
New legislation, or changes to an existing law proposed to Parliament. Bills must be debated and passed by both the House of Commons and the Senate before they become laws.
By-election (élection partielle)
An election held in a item electoral district to make full a vacancy in the House of Eatables at any time other than during a general ballot. Several by-elections may be held on the aforementioned day.
C
Canada Elections Act (Loi électorale du Canada)
The law that governs the deport of federal elections in Canada.
Candidate (candidat)
A person who seeks ballot to public office. A candidate running in a federal election or past-election is trying to be elected a fellow member of Parliament. The candidates' signs dot the landscape in each electoral district.
Candidate'due south representative (représentant de candidat)
A candidate'south representative may exist present at the polling station during the voting and counting of the ballots. Oft called a scrutineer.
Cardinal polling place (centre de scrutin)
A voting site containing more than one polling station.
Central poll supervisor (superviseur d'un centre de scrutin)
The returning officer's representative at a polling place with four or more than polling stations. This person supervises the staff, including the deputy returning officers and poll clerks.
Principal Electoral Officer (directeur général des élections)
The independent officeholder of Parliament responsible for the management of federal elections and referendums. Marc Mayrand is the sixth Canadian to concord this role since it was established in 1920.
Constituency
Meet Electoral commune
Counting of the votes (dépouillement du scrutin)
The process of counting the votes received at a polling station. The count is carried out by the deputy returning officer for the polling station, assisted past the poll clerk, after the close of the polling station. Candidates or their representatives are entitled to be present for the count and to receive a copy of the statement of the vote showing the number of votes cast for each candidate at that polling station.
D
Deputy returning officer (scrutateur)
The election or referendum officer who supervises a polling station. The deputy returning officer's tasks include making decisions near a person'southward eligibility to vote, counting the ballots and certifying the results.
E
Ballot twenty-four hour period (jour de 50'élection)
The day about people become to vote. Also known as polling day. Election day must exist a Mon, and at least 36 days afterwards the writs are issued. If that Monday happens to exist a holiday, election day is the following Tuesday.
Elections Canada (Élections Canada)
The non-partisan bureau responsible for the running of federal elections, by-elections and referendums. Also known equally the Function of the Principal Electoral Officeholder.
Elector (électeur)
A person who is a Canadian citizen at to the lowest degree 18 years sometime, and therefore eligible to vote.
Electoral boundaries (limites des circonscriptions)
The lines defining the outer limits of electoral districts. The boundaries are readjusted past independent electoral boundaries commissions (one for each province) afterwards each decennial (ten-year) demography conducted by Statistics Canada. The boundary adjustments reflect changes and movements in Canada's population. This process is known as redistribution. The most recent redistribution was conducted in 2012–2013, taking effect for the 2015 general election. It provided fifteen additional ridings for Ontario, vi more each for British Columbia and Alberta, and iii more for Quebec, bringing the total number of seats in the House of Commons to 338.
Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Deed (Loi sur la révision des limites des circonscriptions électorales)
The constabulary that outlines the rules for readjusting electoral commune boundaries.
Electoral district (circonscription)
A geographical area represented by a member of the House of Eatables; ofttimes called a riding or constituency. In that location are 338 federal electoral districts in Canada (every bit of the 2015 general election).
Electoral district association (association de circonscription)
Too known as a riding clan or a constituency clan, information technology is a local association of members of a political party in an electoral district. If an electoral district association of a registered political party wants to have contributions, provide appurtenances and services or transfer funds, information technology must apply to the Chief Electoral Officer to be registered.
Electoral event (scrutin)
A generic term used to draw a full general election, past-election or referendum.
Electoral system (système électoral)
Canada uses a first-past-the-mail system. In this system, the candidate who gets more than votes than whatsoever other candidate in the electoral district wins. It is thus not necessary to obtain an absolute majority of the votes (50 percent plus one) to be elected.
Enfranchisement (access au suffrage)
Extension of the right to vote to a item grouping of people. Some examples include the 1918 extension of the franchise to women and the 1970 lowering of the voting age from 21 years to xviii.
Expenses limit (plafond des dépenses électorales)
Maximum amount that a candidate or registered political political party is authorized to spend during an ballot period. The limit is calculated on the ground of the number of registered electors in the electoral district in which the candidate is running, or in all the electoral districts in which the registered party is running confirmed candidates. It is indexed every year for aggrandizement.
F
Franchise (droit de vote)
The right to vote.
G
General ballot (élection générale)
An election held simultaneously in every electoral district in Canada.
I
Identification (identification)
To receive a ballot at the polling station or to annals to vote at the advance polls or on election day, electors must show their identity and address. They can: (i) show one original slice of ID with the elector's photo, proper noun and address, such as a driver'southward licence; (two) show two original pieces of identification from a list authorized past the Master Electoral Officer of Canada – both with the elector'due south proper name and 1 with the elector'southward address, such equally a health bill of fare and hydro beak; or (iii) evidence identity in the prescribed way and declare their identity and address in writing and accept someone who knows them and who is assigned to their polling station vouch for the elector.
The voucher must be able to prove their identity and address. A person can vouch for only one person (except in long-term intendance institutions).
J
Judicial recount (dépouillement judiciaire)
2nd count of the votes conducted in front of a judge, automatically requested past the returning officer if two candidates are tied or the difference between the two leading candidates is less than i/1000 of the votes bandage. An elector may also apply to a judge for a recount within 4 days later on the returning officeholder validates the results of the vote. The asking is granted if it appears from affidavit prove that a deputy returning officer incorrectly counted or rejected ballots, or incorrectly recorded the number of votes bandage for a canddate; or the returning officeholder added the votes incorrectly.
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Leadership contestant (candidat à la direction)
A person seeking to exist the leader of his or her federal party.
Level access (accès de plain-pied)
Flat or gently sloping access from the street to the inside of a polling place. Level access is essential so that electors using wheelchairs and others who accept difficulty with stairs or curbs tin can exercise their correct to vote.
List of electors (liste électorale)
The list of names and addresses of all registered electors that is used at a polling station when people vote. Also known as the voters list.
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Mobile poll (bureau de scrutin itinérant)
A poll staffed by a deputy returning officer and a poll clerk, who travel on election 24-hour interval from institution to institution where seniors or persons with disabilities reside, to take their votes.
N
National Register of Electors (Registre national des électeurs)
A computerized database of Canadian citizens who have the right to vote. It is used to produce preliminary lists of electors for federal elections, past-elections and referendums. Information from the Annals can also be shared with provincial, territorial and municipal electoral agencies to produce lists of electors. Canadians may choose whether to take their names listed in the Annals. It is updated with information from federal, provincial and territorial administrative databases and voters lists betwixt elections, and past electors themselves during elections.
Nomination contestant (candidat à l'investiture)
A person seeking to be named the official candidate of his or her political party in an electoral district during an election.
Nomination papers (acte de candidature)
An Elections Canada course that must be completed by candidates running for part in an electoral district. Information technology must include the following: the signatures of the required number of electors from the balloter district; a letter of support from the political party if the candidate is endorsed by a registered or eligible party; and the name of an official agent and auditor. Nomination papers must exist submitted to the returning officer of the balloter commune where the candidate wishes to seek election, along with a $1,000 deposit, which is refundable if the candidate's official agent submits the candidate's election expenses returns and unused official tax receipts within the required time.
O
Role of the returning officer (bureau du directeur du scrutin)
An office that is prepare in each electoral district at the first of each full general election, past-election or referendum. It is the identify from which the returning officer and his or her staff serve the public during an electoral event. Also known as the local Elections Canada function.
P
Poll clerk (greffier du scrutin)
The ballot officer who assists the deputy returning officer at a polling station past checking to see if a person's name is on the list of electors and by dealing with the paperwork.
Polling twenty-four hour period
Run across Election day.
Polling segmentation (section de vote)
A small geographic section of an balloter district, for which a list of electors is prepared and a polling station is set up on election twenty-four hours. Each electoral district has many polling divisions.
Polling station (bureau de scrutin)
The identify where electors become to vote. Each elector is assigned to a specific polling station, according to his or her residential address.
R
Redistribution (redécoupage)
The periodic readjustment of electoral district boundaries after a demography to reverberate population changes. Independent electoral boundaries commissions (one for each province) agree public hearings before they redraw the maps.
Referendum (référendum)
An electoral event in which electors are asked to answer "Yes" or "No" to a written question. Referendums are used past governments to consult the people on specific issues. The most recent federal referendum was in 1992 on a proposal to better the Constitution.
Plebiscite Act (Loi référendaire)
The constabulary that sets out the rules for holding federal referendums in Canada. Under this act, federal referendums may be held simply on constitutional issues.
Registered party (parti enregistré)
A political party that runs at least one candidate in a full general election or past-election and complies with the requirements of the Canada Elections Human action may be registered. Benefits of registering with the Chief Electoral Officeholder include having the political party name announced on the ballot, the right to outcome taxation receipts for monetary contributions, and partial reimbursement of election expenses. Registered parties must disembalm their contributions received, election spending and other financial information.
Reminder card (carte de rappel)
A bill of fare that Elections Canada sends during an electoral outcome to every residence in the country, which reminds recipients of the dates for voting in advance or on ballot solar day. Information technology also invites electors to phone call Elections Canada if they did not receive a voter information menu about i week before.
Responsible government (responsabilité ministérielle)
A organisation of government in which members of the executive (that is, Cabinet ministers) are responsible to the elected members of the legislature, who are in turn responsible to the people.
Returning officer (directeur du scrutin)
The election or referendum officeholder responsible for organizing an electoral event in an electoral district. He or she sets upward an office in the commune and hires and supervises all of the staff, including the preparation officers, registration officers, revising agents, special election coordinators, community relations officers, key poll supervisors, information officers, deputy returning officers and poll clerks.
Revising amanuensis (agent réviseur)
An ballot or referendum officeholder who updates the lists of electors during the revision menses of an electoral issue. Revising agents receive applications from electors to have their names added to, corrected on, or deleted from the lists.
Revision (révision)
The process of adding new names to, correcting data on, and removing names from the lists of electors during the election catamenia. The Chief Electoral Officer determines the twenty-four hours the revision starts, which is typically on the 33rd day before election day. The official revision menses is usually four weeks in length.
Riding
Meet Electoral district.
S
Special ballot (bulletin de vote spécial)
A election that tin can be sent in by mail, or filled in at the local Elections Canada office, for utilize past electors who cannot become to their polling stations. An elector must commencement utilise to Elections Canada for registration earlier six:00 p.1000. on the sixth day before polling day. The special election differs from a regular ballot in that the elector writes in the name of his or her preferred candidate.
Special election coordinator (coordonnateur des bulletins de vote spéciaux)
The staff member in the office of the returning officer who assists electors to register and vote by special ballot.
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Targeted revision (révision ciblée)
Part of the procedure of updating the lists of electors during the revision flow of an electoral event. Pairs of revising agents visit areas of high mobility, including new subdivisions, apartment buildings and student residences, besides every bit nursing homes and chronic intendance hospitals, to annals electors who are not even so on the lists. A mail-in registration package is left for residents who are not at dwelling.
3rd party (tiers)
A third political party is generally a person or group that wants to participate in or influence elections other than as a political party, balloter commune clan, nomination contestant or candidate. The term has dissimilar legal definitions in the pre-ballot flow and election period.
Delight consult the Political Financing Handbook for Third Parties, Fiscal Agents and Auditors (EC 20227) for more than details.
Transfer certificate (certificat de transfert)
A document issued by the returning officer or assistant returning officer that enables an elector to vote at a different polling station than the i to which he or she is assigned. Normally used in the rare cases when a polling station does not accept level access and the elector requires such access.
U
Universal suffrage (suffrage universel)
The extension of the right to vote to all adult citizens.
V
Voter
Meet Elector.
Text clarification
Voter information card (carte d'information de fifty'électeur)
A carte du jour that Elections Canada sends during an election campaign to every elector whose proper noun appears on the preliminary lists of electors. It tells electors when and where they can bandage their ballots on election twenty-four hours or at the advance polls. A card is as well sent to every elector who is added to the list of electors during the revision period.
Voter registration desk (bureau d'inscription)
Located at the election day polling stations, it is the identify for electors to annals to vote if their names are not already on the list of electors. It is staffed by a registration officeholder, who fills out a registration certificate. Electors must provide acceptable proof of identity and residence, and sign the certificate.
An elector can still vote if they declare their identity and accost in writing and have someone who knows them and who is assigned to their polling station vouch for the elector.
The voucher must exist able to evidence their identity and address. A person can vouch for only i person (except in long-term care institutions).
Voters list
See Listing of electors.
Voting screen (isoloir)
At the polling station, the privacy barrier that shields from view the identify where a voter goes to mark the ballot. There should be nada on the tabular array behind the voting screen but a pencil for use in marking the election.
Voting template (gabarit de vote)
A plastic ballot holder designed to assistance voters with a visual inability mark the ballot.
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Writ of election (or writ of by-election or writ of referendum) (bref d'élection ou bref d'élection partielle ou bref référendaire)
The document signed past the Principal Electoral Officer that instructs the returning officer in an electoral district to conduct an election (or referendum) on a specific date. After the election, the returning officer writes the name of the winning candidate on the writ, signs it, and returns it to the Chief Balloter Officeholder.
Source: https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=glo&document=index&lang=e
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