Election forms corrected and reprinted
Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 155, Number 35: PARLIAMENT
The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer published a notice that a consolidated Canada Elections Act has been published and that election forms and instructions affected by recent budget-implementation amendments (S.C. 2021, c. 23) have been corrected and reprinted. The notice also points to an earlier publication of the determination of the number of electors.
- Published
- August 28, 2021
- Department
- Unavailable
- Section
- OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER
- Comment deadline
- Unavailable
- Effective date
- Unavailable
- Publication part
- Part I
Summary
Summary#
On August 28, 2021, the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer published notices in the Canada Gazette. One notice points to a prior publication about the determination of the number of electors (published as Extra Vol. 155, No. 3 on August 20, 2021). The other says a consolidated version of the Canada Elections Act has been published and that forms and instructions changed by An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 19, 2021 and other measures (S.C. 2021, c. 23) (tabled April 19, 2021) have been corrected and reprinted.
What it does#
- Notes that the determination of the number of electors was published earlier (see Extra Vol. 155, No. 3, August 20, 2021). The Gazette item itself just points readers to that earlier notice.
- Announces that a consolidated version of the Canada Elections Act has been published and that the election forms and instructions affected by the recent amendments have been corrected and reprinted.
- The notice is signed by Stéphane Perrault, Chief Electoral Officer.
Who's affected#
- Election administrators and staff who use official forms and instructions (they will need the corrected versions).
- People or groups who run in elections, including candidates and political parties, because they use some of these forms.
- Voters and the general public indirectly, if the published determination of the number of electors changes planning or resources for elections.
- If it’s unclear exactly which specific forms or how big the changes are, the Gazette item does not list them in detail.
Why it matters#
- Corrected and reprinted forms mean election workers and candidates have paperwork that matches the law as it was recently amended. That reduces confusion and the risk of errors during election work.
- A determination of the number of electors feeds into how elections are organized (for example, voter lists and resource planning). The Gazette item points to that determination but does not give the details in this notice.
Key topics
Source: Canada Gazette