The day of the elections is less than a month and the Canadians will have a series of options when they throw their tickets.
“We try to meet the Canadians where they are,” said CBC News, the election spokesman Canada, Matthew McKenna.
Here is everything you need to know how to register to vote and exercise your democratic right.
How to register to vote
If you voted in the last federal elections and has not moved since 2021, it is likely that you are already registered to broadcast your ballot this year.
“The good news is that most Canadians are already [registered]”McKenna said.
But if he votes for the first time, he must register in the Canada elections. Alternatively, if it has moved since the 2021 vote, you must update your information. Registering or updating your information can be done in several ways.
“The easiest way is to go to our website,” McKenna said.
TO Register online On the Elections Canada website, you must ask a brief series of questions and provide your name, address and postal code.
Another option is to call Canada’s elections.
“If they are not so expert in technology or do not want to do it online, they can call us, 1-800-463-6868, and people will help them walk through the record,” McKenna said.
- Do you have any questions about federal elections? Send an email to ask@cbc.ca.
Voters can also go to any of the approximately 500 Canadian election offices throughout the country to register.
“There is at least one configuration in each driving,” McKenna said.
Once registered, the Canada elections will send to the voters an information card with everything you need to know.
If you forget to register in advance, you can always do it in your voting station on election day. You will only need to prove your identity and address.
Voting in a voting station
Canada’s elections provides several ways for voters to cast an electoral ballot, but the most obvious is to go to their local voting station on election day. There will also be four days of early voting, between April 18 and 21.
If you have registered in advance, you will get an information card by mail that will tell you where to vote on the day of the elections or during the days of anticipated voting.
“That voter information card will tell them exactly where they should go, the hours that their surveys are open. It will tell them about the accessibility of their voting sites,” McKenna said.
Having voter information card can also be useful as some The currents have changed for the 2025 elections – The driving limits are updated every 10 years to reflect population changes.
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When you vote, you must prove your identity and direction.
“For many people, that will be an identification issued by the Government with its direction and a photo of them,” said McKenna.
If you do not have a driver’s license, you can use a combination of a Number of various documents To show who you are and where you live.
Any official card with your name can be used to prove your identity, including a library card, a student card or an employee identification. Your voter information card can be used as a management test, but a lease or public services bill can also be leased.
“It could be anything from a bank card and its lease or a hydroelectric bill that has its direction and a firearms license,” McKenna said.
Voters traditionally mark their vote with an X with their favorite candidate. But McKenna said that as long as they are clear who they vote for, any brand will do it.
“Whether an X or a check or a happy face, the counter will see it and say: ‘Ok, it is very clear who intended to vote this person,’ and everything will be fine,” he said.
If you make a mistake on your ballot, you can exchange it for another.
Mail vote
When you register, there will be an option to request a ballot by mail, but there are some additional steps involved.
You must send copies of your identification of Canada’s elections: this can be done online or by sending copies by fax or sending copies.
If you intend to vote by mail within your own driving, you will be sent a special voting kit with instructions to your home address. If you vote from outside your driving, you must provide an address where you can receive your voting kit.
“It’s very simple. You enter some information, you click on the right buttons on the whole way and you will receive a kit with everything you need to vote by mail,” McKenna said.
For Canadians who live abroad, they must apply to join the International Electores Registry To receive a voting kit.
Anyway, if you plan to vote by mail, McKenna said it is better to do it as soon as possible.
“We cannot tell the tickets that are late. So, for those who vote by mail, [it’s] He always encouraged to apply early, to make a plan to have some options in mind to recover the ballot, “he said.
On Tuesday before the day of the elections, on April 22, it is the last day to register to vote by mail. The tickets that are received after the day of the elections will not be counted. Voters can consult online or call the elections to Canada to verify whether their bags have been sent or received.
Unlike regular ballots, mail tickets require voters to write the name of their favorite candidate. A ballot will not have just a party name.
Voting in a local Canadian election office
Anyone can vote in a local election office in Canada at any time before April 22.
“People can vote as of today [and] Really from the day the elections were called, “McKenna said.
Voting in a local office is a useful option for those who do not conduct the day of the elections or advance the days of voting.
“Many people do not know that you can enter any day, request a special ballot and, whenever the name of the candidate you want to vote, you can write it in your special vote and vote and end it,” McKenna said.
Voters can cast their ballot in any of the local offices, even those that are not at home.
Between April 13 and 16, Elections Canada will operate its voting program on the campus in a Number of colleges and universities.
While the program is mainly destined to allow students to vote, McKenna said that the electoral plants of the campus operate similarly to a local office.
“The good thing about that program is that it is open to anyone. It is very similar if you go to a local Canadian elections office to vote,” he said.
How are the votes
Canada elections tells each vote by hand, but where and when they can depend on how the tickets were thrown.
The votes cast on the day of the elections are counted at the voting station after the surveys are closed. At least two witnesses are required to verify each ballot. In general, these witnesses are representatives of local candidates, but any employee of no Canada’s elections can witness.
“It is a fairly manual process. The tickets develop one by one. They are shown to all those who are present for counting,” McKenna said.
Once the ballot is confirmed in front of the witnesses, it is contained. After all the tickets are counted, the results are calling the headquarters of the Canada elections.
The tickets cast during the advance days are counted in a local Canadian elections office. They have the night of the elections, but they can start counting an hour before the surveys are closed if a large number of voters throw their vote in advance.
The special tickets issued in the local office before the day of the elections are counted in those offices on the night of the elections after the closure of the surveys, as well as the tickets by mail that were sent by voters of their driving.
The tickets by those who vote from outside their driving, from abroad or using the Campus program are counted in the Cervical Cervice of Canada in Ottawa. They can be counted up to 14 days before the night of the elections, depending on the volume.
In the week following election day, Canada’s elections will verify the results.
“When you are talking about hundreds of thousands of voting places and many results, errors may occur. If it is something that mixes on the phone or someone accidentally writes in the incorrect number on the keyboard,” said McKenna.
“The officer returning for each driving goes through the statements of the vote of each survey and ensures that this is verified in the records so that we can adjust for small errors or errors.”
