Survey of Candidates Following the 44th General Election

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Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
  1. Background and Objectives
  2. Methodology
  3. Contract Value
  4. Report
  5. Key Findings
  6. Political Neutrality Statement and Contact Information
• I. Introduction
• II. Detailed Findings
  1. Overall Satisfaction
  2. Nomination Process
  3. Political Entity Service Centre (Online Portal)
  4. Elections Canada's Products and Services
  5. Candidates' Electoral Campaign
  6. Voting and Reporting Process
  7. Attitude Toward Elections Canada
  8. Elections and Technology
  9. Attitudes Toward Democracy in Canada
  10. Socio-demographics
• Appendix A: Methodology
• Appendix B: Research Instruments

List of tables

• Table 1: Reasons why it was not easy to comply with nomination requirements
• Table 2: EC products used
• Table 3: Attendance at all-candidates' briefing
• Table 4: Contact with Elections Canada during election
• Table 5: Satisfaction with EC contact options
• Table 6: Reasons for not providing list of polling station workers
• Table 7: Measures taken to ensure personal information was protected

List of charts

• Chart 1: Satisfaction with EC's administration of election
• Chart 2: Satisfaction with returning officer's performance
• Chart 3: Reasons for dissatisfaction with RO performance
• Chart 4: Ease of complying with nomination requirements
• Chart 5: Satisfaction with timeliness of processing nomination papers
• Chart 6: Had difficulties finding an official agent
• Chart 7: Had difficulties finding an auditor
• Chart 8: Difficulties finding an official agent
• Chart 9: Difficulties finding an auditor
• Chart 10: Ease of collecting signatures for nomination considering COVID-19 restrictions—by previous candidate status
• Chart 11: How informed candidates felt about EC nomination process
• Chart 12: If candidate's campaign used the portal
• Chart 13: Uses of the portal
• Chart 14: Experience with the portal
• Chart 15: Satisfaction with the portal
• Chart 16: Reasons for not using the portal
• Chart 17: Most useful format of polling station lists
• Chart 18: Satisfaction with overall quality of list of electors
• Chart 19: Useful communication tools
• Chart 20: Format of polling place maps
• Chart 21: Usefulness of Elections Canada products in the campaign
• Chart 22: Elections Canada products that were not useful
• Chart 23: Usefulness of all-candidates briefing
• Chart 24: Level of satisfaction with format of all-candidates briefing
• Chart 25: Reasons for dissatisfaction with the format of the all-candidates briefing
• Chart 26: Usefulness of COVID-19 procedures and guidelines
• Chart 27: Interaction with electors during COVID-19
• Chart 28: If campaign provided a list of names of election staff
• Chart 29: If measures taken to ensure protection of personal information
• Chart 30: If took measures to ensure accessibility
• Chart 31: Accessibility measures
• Chart 32: Awareness of financial incentives
• Chart 33: Impact of financial incentives on decision to run
• Chart 34: Satisfaction with location of polling sites
• Chart 35: Reasons for dissatisfaction with location of polling sites
• Chart 36: Satisfaction with voting process
• Chart 37: Reasons for dissatisfaction with the voting process
• Chart 38: If there were problems related to voter identification requirements
• Chart 39: If there were problems related to use of VIC as piece of ID
• Chart 40: Problems witnessed with voter ID process
• Chart 41: Problems witnessed with use of the VIC as ID
• Chart 42: Frequency of problems with voter identification
• Chart 43: Level of agreement that pandemic safety measures made election observation harder
• Chart 44: Perceived fairness of EC's administration of the general election
• Chart 45: Perceived trust in the accuracy of election results in the riding
• Chart 46: Satisfaction with interactions with the returning officer
• Chart 47: Satisfaction with quality of EC services
• Chart 48: Suggestions for improving EC services
• Chart 49: Agreement that the spread of false information, foreign influence and interference were a problem in the election
• Chart 50: Impact of perceived interference in election
• Chart 51: Preference for paper or electronic voter list
• Chart 52: Preference for machine or hand counting of paper ballots
• Chart 53: If electors should be able to vote by using the Internet
• Chart 54: If online voting is risky or safe
• Chart 55: Level of satisfaction with the way democracy works in Canada
• Chart 56: Reasons for dissatisfaction with democracy in Canada
• Chart 57: Level of agreement with lowering the voting age
• Chart 58: Level of agreement that political parties should be required to have more women candidates
• Chart 59: Level of agreement that political parties should receive a financial incentive for having more women candidates

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