1.1 |
Substantive provisions in the Canada Elections Act that fix polling day as a Monday and the hours of operation of ordinary polls would need to be temporarily superseded in order to set Saturday and Sunday as polling days. |
1.2 |
The electoral calendar would need to be temporarily adjusted to reflect the change from a Monday polling day to a Saturday-and-Sunday polling period, with eight hours of voting per day. |
1.3 |
It is recommended that advance polling days be temporarily moved to Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday before the polling period to ensure a long enough period between advance polls and ordinary polls and that voting hours be reduced to eight hours each day. |
1.4 |
It is recommended that the deadline for receipt of mail-in ballots be moved to 6:00 p.m. on the Monday following the second polling day. |
2 |
It is recommended to allow for more discretion in how and when the vote is administered in long-term care facilities. |
3 |
It is recommended to adjust the adaptation power in section 17 of the Canada Elections Act in order to provide additional flexibility to respond to pandemic related circumstances. |