1. Canadian Electoral Process
Is the Canadian electoral process a suitable model for emerging democracies?

2. Take home messages… Understand the Canadian electoral process (rules)
Assess if the process is free and fair and is a worthy model

3. Areas to explore today…
Election: from writ to vote (stages)
Free and Fair?
Current Election

4. Election: from writ to vote (stages)
How did we get here?
In your group, determine 8 steps of the election from start to finish.
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5. Election: from writ to vote (stages)
Something goes wrong…. OR
Things have been going really well, but…

6. Election: from writ to vote (stages)
The writ (ing) is on the wall.

7. Election: from writ to vote (stages)
Campaign Preparation
Chief Electoral Officer Returning Offices Open
Preliminary Voter Lists Established
Nomination Papers Received

8. Election: from writ to vote (stages)
Game On
Ridings
National
36 Days

9. Election: from writ to vote (stages)
Early Birds and Jail Birds

10. Election: from writ to vote (stages)
Get your vote on
Eligible voters
Polling hours
Communicating results

11. Election: from writ to vote (stages)
Validation
Within 7 days
The official results

12. Election: from writ to vote (stages)
Election Reports
Return of writs
Chief Electoral Officer’s Reports

13. Election: from writ to vote (stages)
By- Elections
Special Circumstances
Judicial Recounts
Referendums

14. Election: from writ to vote (stages)

15. Free and Fair? How can we assess if the Canadian process
is “free and fair”?