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Chapter 6 – Selecting Polling Places (04/2023)
Chapter 6 – Selecting Polling Places (04/2023)
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This chapter is divided into the following sections:
6.1 Polling place search (pre–event assignment)
6.2 Voting service enhancements
6.2.1 External service points
6.3 Types of polling places
6.3.1 Ordinary and advance polling places
6.3.2 Mobile polls
6.3.3 Acute Care Voting Program
6.3.4 Single building polls
6.4 Key principles of polling places
6.4.1 Accessibility
6.4.2 Proximity
6.4.3 Contact with First Nations and Indigenous communities
6.4.4 Capacity
6.4.5 Directional signage
6.4.6 Parking
6.4.7 Public transit
6.5 Lease agreement form
6.5.1 Records of decisions
6.6 Polling location management applications
Chapter 5
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