1. What are the differences between PROVINCIAL and LOCAL/MUNICIPAL
Electoral Process
What are the differences between PROVINCIAL and LOCAL/MUNICIPAL

2. Step 1: Nomination
*** Remember about LOCAL *** Don’t belong to a party. _______________ can run for Mayor or Councilor! Mayor/Reeve/Chief/Chairperson: __________ _____________: MLA
Party (NDP, PC, Wildrose etc) nominates a _____________ PER CONSTITUENCY.
Only______person for each party can run in one ______________________
If there’s more than one who wants to run, then the________chooses who will represent them (___________)
If they are ________ by their party, then they must get the __________ of 25_____________voters from their area.

3. Step 2: Campaigning Very ____________ to the local government
Campaign offices
Volunteers to help
Literature (brochures, signs, posters etc)
Forums
Interviews
Door-to-door
_________ HELP ____________the candidates through ______________
Membership to a party costs ________________ $$$
*** Remember in Local*** You ______ _______have a party you belong to, so you can have any __________, symbols or pictures that represent __________! Candidates are NOT supported by a _______________ ______________

4. 3: Preparing the Polling Stations
Alberta has a ______ about how an election is run
____________________ makes sure the law is followed. They:
Make sure there’s a_______ of registered voters
____________ election officials and
Make sure they have the right______________
*** Remember in Local***
Even though both have polling stations/voting site, the province is based on __________________, locally is just by __________.
Not as ‘___________’

5. 4: Showing Eligibility to vote
18+
LIVED in the ___________ for __________________
LIVE in the ____________
IF you do NOT register before hand, you need
________pieces of ID and
Take an ____________ (Solemn promise you are telling the truth. Breaking an oath is the same as breaking a law.)
*** Remember in Local***
You just need to live in the ______________
You still need to be registered to vote (in an area close to where you live)

6. *** Remember in Local***
5: Casting and Counting
Ballots have the ______________ attached to the name
_______________ polls and ________________voting
________officials supervise a ________________ballot box
If voters are away or busy or cannot make it to the polling stations, there are _____________days/ways to vote
All ballots must still be at the polling stations by ________________
Votes are counted by ___________
*** Remember in Local***
______ party attached to the name (just the candidate)
Only counted by hand IF the counting _______________ malfunctions

7. 6: Declaring the Outcome
When voting is over, officials tip the box onto_____________and count by ____________
_________________ observe the count, and makes sure the numbers __________the___________of voters
Vote counts from polling station goes to an ______________________in the constituency to be counted again.
If votes are __________, a ___________ is done.
Then the office declares a ____________ for that constituency! They are an ____________!
Majority of MLA’s throughout the province becomes the __________________________________
*** Remember in Local***
Votes are ___________counted __________ unless they need to be
Transparency is_________than a province
When the winning ________is declared, so is the __________
Premier of the province is always the party with the ______ seats in the _______________

8. Think about it… Who would win?
For LETHBRIDGE WEST, what party would win the seat in the legislature?
Which party came in 2nd?
What colour would the winning party be?
How many seats would the following parties have in the Legislature?
Liberal
Conservative
Independent
Assume that these results reflected the outcome of the rest of the province, and not just the constituency. Who would be the:
Government?
Opposition?
Official opposition?
Think about it… Who would win?
Lethbridge West Constituency
Conservative
NDP
Green
Independent
Liberal
Poll 1 highlands
171 90 19 7
201
Poll 2
Copper wood 57 71 16 1 60
Poll 3
Heritage 20 30 4 27
Poll 4
riverstone
114
121 6 95

9. Think about it… Who would win?
For Little Bow, what party would win the seat in the legislature?
Which party came in 2nd?
What colour would the winning party be?
How many seats would the following parties have in the Legislature?
Liberal
Conservative
Green
How many people live in this constituency?
Who is the MLA representing Little Bow?
Who will get to sit in the provincial legislature and vote on laws and bills?
Little Bow
Conservative
Mr. James
NDP
Mrs. Legge
Green
Mrs. Valgardson
Independent
Mrs. Wehlage
Liberal
Mr. Bohnert
Poll 1 Coaldale 92 50 80 12 7
Poll 2
Tabler 10
100 55 1 15
Poll 3
Vauxhaul 97 45 17
Poll 4
Warner 49 8 84

10. What do you know? Define the following in your own words.
Nomination _________________________________________________
Campaign ___________________________________________________
Polling station ________________________________________________
Political party ________________________________________________
Constituency ________________________________________________
Ballot _______________________________________________________
MLA ________________________________________________________
Premier ______________________________________________________
Seat _________________________________________________________