Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada on the 39th General Election of January 23, 2006

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• Letter from the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada
• Foreword
• 1. Activities Following the 38th General Election of June 2004
  
  
  • Introduction
  • 1.1 Lessons Learned from the 38th General Election
    
    
    • 1.1.1 Post-election Evaluation Studies
    • 1.1.2 Lists of Electors
  • 1.2 Legal Affairs
    
    
    • 1.2.1 Enforcing the Canada Elections Act
    • 1.2.2 Civil Suits
  • 1.3 Political Entities
    
    
    • 1.3.1 Registered Parties
    • 1.3.2 Nomination Contestants
    • 1.3.3 Candidates in the 38th General Election
    • 1.3.4 Registered Electoral District Associations
    • 1.3.5 Leadership Contests
    • 1.3.6 Third Parties
  • 1.4 Other Activities
    
    
    • 1.4.1 By-elections
    • 1.4.2 Relations with Parliament and Political Parties
    • 1.4.3 Outreach Initiatives
    • 1.4.4 The Voter Information Service
    • 1.4.5 International Activities: Missions and Meetings
    • 1.4.6 Office of the Auditor General Report
• 2. Build-up to the 39th General Election
  
  
  • Introduction
  • 2.1 Effect of the Minority Government
  • 2.2 Preparing Field Staff
    
    
    • 2.2.1 Field Liaison Officers
    • 2.2.2 Returning Officers
    • 2.2.3 Pre-election Assignments: February to November 2005
    • 2.2.4 Systems and Information Technology
  • 2.3 Electoral Geography
  • 2.4 Voter Registration
  • 2.5 The Voter Information Service
  • 2.6 Preparations for Political Financing
  • 2.7 The 39th General Election Is Launched
• 3. Conducting the 39th General Election of January 2006
  
  
  • Introduction
  • 3.1 Managing the Election
    
    
    • 3.1.1 The Election Management Process
    • 3.1.2 Longer Election Calendar
    • 3.1.3 Conducting a Winter Election
  • 3.2 Field Staff in Action
    
    
    • 3.2.1 Opening Returning Offices
    • 3.2.2 Recruiting Field Staff
  • 3.3 How We Assisted Electors
    
    
    • 3.3.1 Informing Electors
    • 3.3.2 Getting on the Voters List
  • 3.4 Assisting Political Entities
    
    
    • 3.4.1 Candidates
    • 3.4.2 Registration of Political Parties
    • 3.4.3 Financing Matters – Parties and Candidates
  • 3.5 Regulation of Election Advertising
    
    
    • 3.5.1 Third-party Election Advertising
    • 3.5.2 Broadcasting Time for Political Parties
    • 3.5.3 Blackouts
  • 3.6 Voting
    
    
    • 3.6.1 Special Ballots and the Special Voting Rules
    • 3.6.2 Voting in Advance
    • 3.6.3 Voting on Election Day
    • 3.6.4 International Delegates
  • 3.7 Adaptations During the 39th General Election
• 4. Wrap-up of the 39th General Election and a Look Forward
  
  
  • Introduction
  • 4.1 The Electors Speak
    
    
    • 4.1.1 Final Lists of Electors
    • 4.1.2 Voter Turnout
    • 4.1.3 Preliminary Results on Election Day
    • 4.1.4 After Election Day
    • 4.1.5 Lists of Electors
  • 4.2 Closing Out the Election
    
    
    • 4.2.1 Payments to Election Workers
    • 4.2.2 Shutting Down Offices
    • 4.2.3 Returning Officer Evaluations
    • 4.2.4 Electoral Law Enforcement
    • 4.2.5 Reimbursements and Election Expenses
    • 4.2.6 Reporting
  • 4.3 What We Learned
    
    
    • 4.3.1 Post-election Evaluation Studies
    • 4.3.2 Official Languages
  • 4.4 Preparations for the 40th General Election
    
    
    • 4.4.1 Operational Matters
    • 4.4.2 Political Financing
    • 4.4.3 Systems and Information Technology
    • 4.4.4 Voter Registration Review
  • 4.5 Conclusion
• Appendices
  
  
  • Appendix I – Elections Canada's Data-sharing Agreements
  • Appendix II – Civil Suits Related to the 38th General Election, 2004
  • Appendix III – Chief Electoral Officer's Appearances Before Parliamentary Committees Between the 38th and 39th General Elections
  • Appendix IV – Amendments to the Canada Elections Act Introduced Between June 29, 2004, and November 29, 2005
  • Appendix V – Chief Electoral Officer's Response to Recommendations in the Auditor General's Report
  • Appendix VI – Election Workers, 39th General Election, 2006
  • Appendix VII – Number of Candidates, by Province, Party and Gender, 39th General Election, 2006
  • Appendix VIII – Adaptations to the Canada Elections Act, 39th General Election, 2006

 

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