6.7 Voting Procedures During an Election

#1. 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 at home and bringing it in sealed envelope to the polling station

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

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

Select all that apply:

Proof of your address

Proof of your identity

Your Voter Information Card

Proof of Income

#3. 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 your name is on the voters’ list in the National Register of Electors

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

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

#4. What should you do on election day?

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

Do nothing

Go to any polling station and cast your vote

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

Hand over the ballot at your preferred candidate’s office

Hand the ballot openly to the poll officials

Take the ballot home and post it to Elections Canada

Fold the marked ballot and present it to the poll officials

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

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

Report to the police

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

Use a family member’s card to vote

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

When and where you can vote

How to get your cash reward for voting

Which candidate to vote for

Which candidate is leading the exit polls

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

Nothing

Your ballot’s number

Your voter ID card

Your proof of address

#9. 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?

Report to the police

Do nothing

Use a family member’s card to vote

Call Elections Canada (Ottawa)

#10. 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

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

At your local police station

On your Voter Information Card

In the newspapers

On your local TV channel

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

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

Write the initials of the candidate of your choice

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

Select all that apply:

You can ask your family or friend to vote for you

You cannot vote

You can vote by special ballot

You can vote at the advance polls

#14. 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

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

www.elections.net

www.elections.org

www.elections.com

www.elections.ca

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

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

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

Results

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

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

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

#4. What should you do on election day?

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

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

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

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

#9. 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?

#10. What happens after the polls close?

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

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

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

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

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

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