Canada
○ Parliamentary Elections
· Prime Minister
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 4 years
· Senate
- Seats: 105
- Term of office: Permanent
· House of Commons
- Seats: 338
- Term of office: 4 years
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 20,000
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- Newfoundland 8:30 a.m. 8:30 p.m. respectively
- Atlantic 8:30 a.m. 8:30 p.m. respectively
- Eastern 9:30 a.m. 9:30 p.m. respectively
- Central 8:30 a.m. 8:30 p.m. respectively
- Mountain 7:30 a.m. 7:30 p.m. respectively
- Pacific 7:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m respectively
· Number of registered voters: 27,300,000 (2019 elections)
· Voter turnout: 67.2% (2019 federal elections)
· Voting age: 18
- Prime Minister: appointed by Governor General from leader of governing party
- Senate: 105 appointed by Governor General on recommendation of the Prime Minister
- House of Commons: single member plurality, elected through First-past-the-post voting
- Local elections: plurality voting system in federal elections in Canada’s ten provinces and Yukon
· Voting process
1. Verify identity and address.
2. Receive Ballots
3. Mark Ballots
4. Cast Ballots
· Counting process
1. Manual Count in Polling Station: take each ballot out of the box one by one consecutively, and display it to the attending public witnesses.
2. The validation of the results of a vote is done by a returning officer generally in the week following polling day.
3. Once validation has been completed, the original certificate of the returning officer validating the result of votes is delivered to the Chief Electoral Officer and a copy is provided to the candidates or their representatives.
4. The returning officer declares elected the candidate and transmits the completed writ document to the Chief Electoral Officer.