1.3.1 Source of Information

The above bar graph shows where respondents got information on the voting procedures of the November 17, 2014, federal by-elections. The results are as follows:

• The voter information card was the most used source of information (68 percent), followed by newspapers (17 percent), Elections Canada householder brochure (7 percent), radio (7 percent), previous elections/past experiences (7 percent), friends/family/parents (6 percent), TV (4 percent), Internet (3 percent), candidates/parties election signs (2 percent), and Elections Canada website (2 percent).
• Other: 1 percent
• None/Did not intend to vote: 5 percent
• Don't know/refused: 5 percent
• Base: n=1,383
• Note: Sources mentioned by less than 2 percent of the respondents are not shown