6.7 Voting Procedures During an Election

#1. What happens after the polls close?

Select all that apply:

Candidates go to the polling stations to count the ballots

The results of the election are made public

Every ballot is counted

Ballots are stored in a locker room for a month

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

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

Write the initials of the candidate of your choice

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

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

#3. 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

Report to the police

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

Use a family member’s card to vote

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

www.elections.net

www.elections.org

www.elections.ca

www.elections.com

#5. 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

Report to the police

Call Elections Canada (Ottawa)

Do nothing

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

Your proof of address

Nothing

Your ballot’s number

Your voter ID card

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

Which candidate is leading the exit polls

Which candidate to vote for

How to get your cash reward for voting

When and where you can vote

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

Deposit your marked and folded secret ballot at the police station

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

Take your marked and folded secret ballot home

Mail your marked and folded secret ballot to Elections Canada

#9. 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

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

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

Collect your ballot and send you home

#10. What should you do on election day?

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

Go to any polling station and cast your vote

Avoid the polling stations as it will be too crowded

Do nothing

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

Take the ballot home and post it to Elections Canada

Fold the marked ballot and present it to the poll officials

Hand the ballot openly to the poll officials

Hand over the ballot at your preferred candidate’s office

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

Select all that apply:

Your Voter Information Card

Proof of Income

Proof of your address

Proof of your identity

#13. 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 ask your family or friend to vote for you

You can vote by special ballot

You can vote at the advance polls

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On your Voter Information Card

At your local police station

In the newspapers

On your local TV channel

Results

#1. What happens after the polls close?

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

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

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

#5. 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?

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

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

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

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

#10. What should you do on election day?

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

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

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

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

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

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