Introduction

1. Recommendations of the Chief Electoral Officer

1.0.Operational Issues

1.1.Advance Administrative Confirmation Process

1.2.Integration of the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer and Returning Officers

1.3.Expansion of the Statutory Budgetary Authorization

1.4.Extension of the Adaptation Power

1.5.Senate Role in Appointment of the Chief Electoral Officer

1.6.Removal of the Office of the Assistant Chief Electoral Officer

1.7.Appointment of Revising Agents

1.8.Right of Elections Canada Employees to Strike

1.9.Hiring and Payment of Temporary Elections Canada Staff

1.10.Greater Flexibility in the Establishment of Advance Polling Stations

1.11.Transfer Certificates and Accessibility

1.12.Provision of Transfer Certificates

1.13.Establishment of Mobile Polling Stations

1.14.Access to Multiple-residence Buildings, Gated Communities and Other Premises

1.15.Right to Vote of Inmates Serving Sentences of Two Years or More

1.16.Voting by Electors Absent from the Country for More Than Five Consecutive Years

1.17.Review of Special Voting Rules

1.18.Extension of the Limitation Period for the Prosecution of Offences

1.19.Removing the Sunset Provision in Bill C–3

2.0.Registration of Electors

2.1.Registration through Income Tax Returns

2.2.Income Tax Returns as a Source of Information about Deceased Electors

2.3.Removal of the Need for Signed Certification

2.4.Proof of Identity When Registered at Residence

2.5.Inter-District Change of Address

2.6.Authority to Determine When to Send Out Voter Information Cards

2.7.Addition of Year of Birth on Lists of Electors Used on Polling Day

2.8.Retention of Statutorily Authorized Personal Identifiers for Later Use

2.9.Release of Information from the National Register of Electors for Public Safety, Health or Security Purposes

2.10.Use of Personal Information by Political Parties and Members of Parliament

2.11.Stable, Unique Identifiers for Electors

2.12.Distribution of Lists of Electors to Registered and Eligible Parties

2.13.Distribution of Additional Lists of Electors to Candidates on Day 19 Preceding Election Day

2.14.Distribution of Preliminary Lists of Electors to Parties at the Issue of the Writ

2.15.Change in the date for the Annual Distribution of Lists of Electors

2.16.Exception Period for Production of Annual Lists of Electors

2.17.Use of Returning Officers Outside of Elections for Updating Initiatives

2.18.Updating Lists during Elections on the Basis of Information from the National Register of Electors

2.19.Provincial Use of Data from the National Register of Electors

2.20.Sharing Elector Data with Provincial Electoral Authorities for Updating Purposes

2.21.Sharing Neutral Address and Geographic Information

2.22.Verification of Eligibility at Polls

3.0.Broadcasting

3.1.Simpler, Fairer Entitlement to Broadcasting Rights

4.0.Financial Matters

4.1.Examination and Inquiry Powers for the Chief Electoral Officer

4.2.Reports of Volunteer Labour

4.3.Mailing Householders after the Issue of the Writs

4.4.Extension of the Deadline Process for Candidates’ Returns

4.5.Candidate Audit Fees

5.0.Technical Amendments

2. Other Proposed Legislative Changes

6.1.Technical Amendments

6.2.Posted Warnings at Polls

6.3.Voter information cards

6.4.Registration of Voters Not on the Voters List

6.5.Polling Stations

6.6.“Bingo Card” System of Updating Voting Lists on Polling Day

6.7.Roles and Powers of Candidate Representatives at the Polls

6.8.Enumeration

3. Election Finances Issues

Request for Government Response

Supplementary Opinion — The Bloc Québécois

Minutes of Proceedings