Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada on the 37th General Election Held on November 27, 2000

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• FOREWORD
  
  
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  
  
• I. OUR MANDATE IS …
  
  
  • Event readiness
    
    
    • The new Canada Elections Act
    • The National Register of Electors
    • Electoral geography
    • Information technology
    • Training and support for returning officers
      
      
  • Delivering electoral events
    
    
    • 10 by-elections
    • Enforcing the Canada Elections Act
      
      
  • Public education, information and support
    
    
    • New developments in voter education and information
    • Reports and publications
    • Liaison with Parliament and political parties
    • Relations with the academic community
    • International activities
      
      
• II. THE NOVEMBER 2000 GENERAL ELECTION
  
  
  • The launch
    
    
    • Local offices set up
    • All systems activated
    • Expanded staff
    • Enquiries from electors
    • Redesigned Web site
    • Supporting the media
      
      
  • Special ballots and the Special Voting Rules
    
    
    • Voting by special ballot
    • Local and national voting
    • International voting
    • Canadian Forces voting
    • Voting in acute care hospitals
    • Voting in correctional institutions
      
      
  • Communications
    
    
    • Public information
    • Reaching out to youth
    • Ethnocultural communities
    • Information for Aboriginal electors
    • Voters with special needs
    • The general election on the Web
    • Media information and issues
    • Official languages
      
      
  • Ready in the ridings
    
    
    • Returning officers
    • Returning offices and polling sites
    • Accessibility
    • Hiring and training local staff
    • The electronic office
    • Support for local offices
    • Contingency plans for emergencies
    • Ready in remote areas
      
      
  • Preparing the voters lists
    
    
    • The Register's data quality
    • Four iterations of the voters lists
    • Revision
    • The voter information card
    • The effectiveness of revision
    • Registered political parties
      
      
  • Election advertising
    
    
    • Third party advertising
    • The Harper case
    • Election advertising and the Web
    • Advertising blackouts
    • Election surveys
    • Political broadcasting time
      
      
  • Nominations
    
    
    • Who can be nominated?
    • Election expenses and limits
    • Public disclosure
    • List of candidates
    • Ballots
      
      
  • Advance polls
    
    
    • Objections
    • Candidates' representatives
      
      
  • Voting on election day
    
    
    • Homeless voters
    • Monday morning, November 27
    • Counting the ballots
    • Premature transmission of election results
    • Results on election day
      
      
  • More to do after election day
    
    
    • Validation of the results
    • Recounts
    • Return of the writs
    • Final voters lists
    • National Register of Electors
    • Enforcement
    • Reimbursements and election expenses
      
      
• III. THE CONTEXT FOR THE FUTURE
  
  
  • Measuring our performance
  • Improving our performance
  • Future recommendations
    
    
• IV. ELECTION STATISTICS
  
  
• APPENDIX: THE BROADCASTING ARBITRATOR'S REPORT
  
  

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