Thanks, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that Section 144(1) of the Elections and Plebiscites Act be amended to allow for voting in the Office of the Returning Officer to commence on the 21st day before polling day. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. In the last election in 2019, what happened was that voting in the Office of the Returning Officer opened up the very next day after the nominations were cleared and accepted. If you did go in, you were given a slip of paper where you had to write in the candidate's name. That ballot doesn't look a lot like what you actually get if you go to the poll on election day.
This is to allow for a few more days to make sure that the proper ballots can be put together so that everybody is voting using the same ballots. This was raised by Mr. Wasylciw, as well, so I want to give him some credit. This is just to make sure that people don't have to know how to spell or write; they can just mark their X on a ballot, and everybody is using the same ballots. This will just give a few more days to get the proper ballots prepared. Thanks, Mr. Chair.
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Some Hon. Members
Question.
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The Chair Rocky Simpson
Question has been called. All those in favour? Opposed? Abstentions? The motion is carried.
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Mr. O'Reilly.