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Req # A-2020-00046
I would like all briefing notes, emails, memos or other records contributing to or related to the crafting of Elections Canada’s Nov. 16 tweet that read, “Elections Canada does not use Dominion Voting Systems. We use paper ballots counted by hand in front of scrutineers and have never used voting machines or electronic tabulators to count votes in our 100-year history. #CdnPoli”. The timeframe I am interested in is Nov. 13 to Nov. 16.Organization: Elections Canada
December 2020
Req # A-2020-00035
I would like a copy of any records created between October 21, 2019 and November 4, 2020 referencing the number of special ballots received by Elections Canada or at a returning office by mail after the deadline that were therefore not counted. If it is available, I would like this number broken down by electoral district. Clarification: I would like that requested information in relation to ballots cast for the 2019 election and relating to the ballot deadline for that election.Organization: Elections Canada
December 2020
Req # A-2020-00039
Provide copies of any documents, including e-mails, reports, memos, briefing notes, etc., about the use of Dominion Voting Systems electronic voting machines in Canada, since January 1, 2015.Organization: Elections Canada
December 2020
Req # A-2020-00033
Requesting complaints made to the returning officer in the riding of Winnipeg Centre during the October 2019 general election and whether police had been called to any polling stations.Organization: Elections Canada
November 2020
Req # A-2020-00002
Provide the 2019 and 2020 records, including briefing notes, and contingency plans, to shift voting to electronic ballots; to shift how individual election riding contests are run without physical polling places; to shift campaign and advertising rules should public health in the context of social isolation or other emergencies change elections campaigning; to shift toward counting electronic ballots and challenging those results; and to shift the needed protections throughout such election voting changes. The COVID-19 crisis in particular has had in other jurisdictions an effect either in their looking at or adopting new ways of voting.Organization: Elections Canada
August 2020
Req # A-2019-00095
This request is in regard to the release of voter turnout at on-campus and special polling locations for the 2015 and 2019 general elections. Requesting documentation of the voter turnout for all campuses during on-campus voting for both the 2015 and the 2019 federal elections.Organization: Elections Canada
April 2020
Req # A-2020-00072
Any correspondence between the New Democratic Party of Canada and Elections Canada officials regarding the party’s privacy policy. Timeframe: December 13, 2018, to present.Organization: Elections Canada
April 2020
Req # A-2019-00088
We would like a list of Canadians abroad who voted in Quebec ridings in the last federal election. CLARIFICATION: Information on the distribution of Canadians who voted abroad in Quebec ridings, by country, by profession (if possible).Organization: Elections Canada
March 2020