6.7 Voting Procedures During an Election

#1. What will the poll official tear off after you present your marked and folded secret ballot?

Your proof of address

Your ballot’s number

Your voter ID card

Nothing

#2. What should you do after marking your secret ballot at your polling station?

Fold the marked ballot and present it to the poll officials

Take the ballot home and post it to Elections Canada

Hand the ballot openly to the poll officials

Hand over the ballot at your preferred candidate’s office

#3. What should to bring to your local polling station on election day?

Select all that apply:

Proof of your address

Your Voter Information Card

Proof of your identity

Proof of Income

#4. What should you do on election day?

Do nothing

Avoid the polling stations as it will be too crowded

Go to any polling station and cast your vote

Go to the polling station mentioned on your Voter Information Card with your Voter Information Card and proof of your identity and address

#5. What information does the Voter Information Card have?

Which candidate is leading the exit polls

When and where you can vote

How to get your cash reward for voting

Which candidate to vote for

#6. How does your polling station ensure that your ballot is secret?

You will be marking your ballot in a separate room where nobody can see you

You will be using invisible ink to mark your ballot so that nobody can see how you voted

You will be invited to go behind a screen to mark your ballot so that nobody can see how you voted

You will be marking your ballot at home and bringing it in sealed envelope to the polling station

#7. Where can you find the information on voting at the advance polls or by special ballot?

In the newspapers

On your Voter Information Card

At your local police station

On your local TV channel

#8. What does receiving a Voter Information Card from Elections Canada confirm?

That your name is on the voters’ list in the National Register of Electors

That your name is not on the voters’ list in the National Register of Electors

That you need to contact the National Register of Electors to get your name added to the voters’ list

That you need to contact Elections Canada to get your name added to the voters’ list

#9. What should you do if you do not receive a voter information card?

Call your local elections office to ensure that you are on the voters’ list

Do nothing and wait for the card to be dispatched to your address

Use a family member’s card to vote

Report to the police

#10. How should you mark your ballot at the polling station?

Write the initials of the candidate of your choice

Add a check mark on the name of the candidate of your choice

Mark a “Y” in the circle next to the name of the candidate of your choice

Mark an “X” in the circle next to the name of the candidate of your choice

#11. What options do you have if you cannot vote on the election day for some reason?

Select all that apply:

You cannot vote

You can vote by special ballot

You can vote at the advance polls

You can ask your family or friend to vote for you

#12. After the poll official tears off your ballot’s number from your marked and folded secret ballot, what should you do?

Take your marked and folded secret ballot home

Mail your marked and folded secret ballot to Elections Canada

Deposit your marked and folded secret ballot in the ballot box at the polling station

Deposit your marked and folded secret ballot at the police station

#13. What is the address of Elections Canada’s website?

www.elections.net

www.elections.com

www.elections.org

www.elections.ca

#14. What should you do if you did not receive your Voter Information Card and you do not have the number of your local elections office?

Use a family member’s card to vote

Do nothing

Call Elections Canada (Ottawa)

Report to the police

#15. What will the poll official at your polling station do after you present your marked and folded secret ballot?

Confirm that you marked the ballot correctly with an “X” against the name of your chosen candidate

Collect your ballot and send you home

Redirect you to the office of the candidate for whom you voted

Tear off the ballot number and give your secret ballot back to you to deposit in the ballot box

#16. What happens after the polls close?

Select all that apply:

Candidates go to the polling stations to count the ballots

Ballots are stored in a locker room for a month

Every ballot is counted

The results of the election are made public

Results

#1. What will the poll official tear off after you present your marked and folded secret ballot?

#2. What should you do after marking your secret ballot at your polling station?

#3. What should to bring to your local polling station on election day?

#4. What should you do on election day?

#5. What information does the Voter Information Card have?

#6. How does your polling station ensure that your ballot is secret?

#7. Where can you find the information on voting at the advance polls or by special ballot?

#8. What does receiving a Voter Information Card from Elections Canada confirm?

#9. What should you do if you do not receive a voter information card?

#10. How should you mark your ballot at the polling station?

#11. What options do you have if you cannot vote on the election day for some reason?

#12. After the poll official tears off your ballot’s number from your marked and folded secret ballot, what should you do?

#13. What is the address of Elections Canada’s website?

#14. What should you do if you did not receive your Voter Information Card and you do not have the number of your local elections office?

#15. What will the poll official at your polling station do after you present your marked and folded secret ballot?

#16. What happens after the polls close?