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Elections Canada to launch review following issues with special ballots
Elections Canada will review training and control processes after mishandling special ballots affected ridings including Terrebonne, with about 1.2 million voters using the system, agency said.
- On September 15, 2025, Elections Canada announced it will conduct a review after issues arose regarding the handling of special ballots during the recent federal election.
- The review follows issues such as special ballots being returned due to incorrect postal codes and a court challenge in the Terrebonne riding.
- Over 1.2 million electors used the special ballot system, but some ballots were mishandled, including more than 800 kept in a B.C. office and dozens found after result validation in Nova Scotia and Ontario.
- Chief electoral officer Stephane Perrault stated that there was no evidence of interference affecting how the election was managed, and noted that the agency plans to review its training programs and control measures.
- The review aims to improve ballot handling and prevent future problems, while the ongoing court challenge and detailed investigations continue in affected ridings.
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Elections Canada is launching an investigation into issues related to special ballots in the last federal election.
·Montreal, Canada
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A report cited cases of special ballots that were inadequately dealt with and excluded from official counting.
·Montreal, Canada
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The popularity of special ballots is pushing the electoral system to its limit, warns Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault. A record number of Canadians used this way of voting in advance in the last general election, which led to several irregularities, as in Terrebonne, where only one undistributed ballot could have changed the result.
·Montreal, Canada
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Elections Canada to launch review following issues with special ballots
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