Completing the Cycle of Electoral Reforms – Recommendations from the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada on the 38th General Election

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• Letter from the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada
• Introduction
  
  
• Chapter 1 – Operational Issues
  • 1.1  An Advance Administrative Confirmation Process
  • 1.2 Integration of the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer and Returning Officers
  • 1.3 Expansion of the Statutory Budgetary Authorization
  • 1.4 Extension of the Adaptation Power
  • 1.5 Appointment of the Chief Electoral Officer
  • 1.6 The Office of Assistant Chief Electoral Officer
  • 1.7 Appointment of Revising Agents
  • 1.8 The Right of Elections Canada Staff to Strike
  • 1.9 Hiring and Payment of Temporary Elections Canada Staff Hired Directly for Preparation and Conduct of Elections
  • 1.10 Greater Flexibility in the Establishment of Advance Polling Stations
  • 1.11 Transfer Certificates and Accessibility
  • 1.12 Provision of Transfer Certificates
  • 1.13 Establishment of Mobile Polling Stations
  • 1.14 Access to Multiple-residence Buildings, Gated Communities and Other Premises
  • 1.15 Right to Vote of Inmates Serving Sentences of Two Years or More
  • 1.16 Voting by Electors Absent from the Country for More Than Five Consecutive Years
  • 1.17 Review of the Special Voting Rules
  • 1.18 Extension of the Limitation Period for the Prosecution of Offences
  • 1.19 Removing the Sunset Provision in Bill C-3
    
    
• Chapter 2 – Registration of Electors
  • Introduction
• 2.1 Registration Through Income Tax Returns
• 2.2 Income Tax Returns as a Source of Information About Deceased Electors
• 2.3 Removal of the Need for Signed Certification
• 2.4 Proof of Identity When Registered at Residence
• 2.5 Inter-district Changes of Address
• 2.6 Authority to Determine When to Send Out Voter Information Cards
• 2.7 Addition of Year of Birth on Lists of Electors Used on Polling Days
• 2.8 Retention of Statutorily Authorized Personal Identifiers for Later Use
• 2.9 Release of Information from the National Register of Electors in the Interests of Public Safety, Health or Security
• 2.10 Use of Personal Information by Political Parties and Members of Parliament
• 2.11 Stable, Unique Identifier for Electors
• 2.12 Distribution of Lists of Electors to Registered and Eligible Parties
• 2.13 Distribution of Additional Lists of Electors to Candidates on Day 19
• 2.14 Distribution of Preliminary Lists of Electors to Parties at the Issue of Writ
• 2.15 Change in the Date for the Annual Distribution of Lists of Electors
• 2.16 Exception Period for Production of Annual Lists of Electors
• 2.17 Use of Returning Officers Outside of Elections for Updating Initiatives
• 2.18 Updating Lists During Elections on the Basis of Information from the National Register of Electors
• 2.19 Provincial Use of Data from the National Register of Electors
• 2.20 Sharing Elector Data with Provincial Electoral Authorities for Updating Purposes
• 2.21 Sharing Neutral Address and Geographic Information
• 2.22 Verification of Eligibility at Polls
  
  
• Chapter 3 – Broadcasting
  • 3.1 A Simpler, Fairer Entitlement to Broadcasting Rights
    
    
• Chapter 4 – Financial Matters
  • 4.1 Examination and Inquiry Powers for the Chief Electoral Officer
  • 4.2 Reports of Volunteer Labour
  • 4.3 Mailing Householders After the Issue of the Writs
  • 4.4 Extension of Deadline Process for Candidates' Returns
  • 4.5 Candidate Audit Fee Subsidies
    
    
• Chapter 5 – Technical Amendments
  • 5.1 Condition for Party Names to Appear on Ballots
  • 5.2 Word and Number Changes
    
    
• Summary of the Chief Electoral Officer's Recommendations to Parliament
  • Chapter 1 – Operational Issues
  • Chapter 2 – Registration of Electors
  • Chapter 3 – Broadcasting
  • Chapter 4 – Financial Matters
  • Chapter 5 – Technical Amendments

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