6.7 Voting Procedures During an Election

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

www.elections.ca

www.elections.org

www.elections.net

www.elections.com

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

On your local TV channel

In the newspapers

On your Voter Information Card

At your local police station

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

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 in a separate room where nobody can see you

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

#4. What happens after the polls close?

Select all that apply:

Every ballot is counted

Candidates go to the polling stations to count the ballots

The results of the election are made public

Ballots are stored in a locker room for a month

#5. 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

Collect your ballot and send you home

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

#6. 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 in the ballot box at the polling station

Mail your marked and folded secret ballot to Elections Canada

Take your marked and folded secret ballot home

Deposit your marked and folded secret ballot at the police station

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

Report to the police

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

#8. What should you do on election day?

Do nothing

Avoid the polling stations as it will be too crowded

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

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

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

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

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

Select all that apply:

You can vote by special ballot

You can ask your family or friend to vote for you

You can vote at the advance polls

You cannot vote

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

Write the initials of the candidate of your choice

Mark a “Y” 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

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

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

Take the ballot home and post it to Elections Canada

Hand over the ballot at your preferred candidate’s office

Hand the ballot openly to the poll officials

Fold the marked ballot and present it to the poll officials

#13. 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

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

When and where you can vote

Which candidate is leading the exit polls

Which candidate to vote for

How to get your cash reward for voting

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

Select all that apply:

Proof of Income

Your Voter Information Card

Proof of your address

Proof of your identity

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

Your voter ID card

Your ballot’s number

Nothing

Your proof of address

Results

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

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

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

#4. What happens after the polls close?

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

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

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

#8. What should you do on election day?

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

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

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

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

#13. 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?

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

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

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