POLI 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Returning Officer, Federal Accountability Act, Elections Canada
15 Dec 2015
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Until 2007, the pm had the prerogative to set the date of the election within a 5 year period from the previous electoral contest. The defeat of a government in a nonconfidence vote in the hocs is the alternative way in which an election is precipitated. However, polls might change and opinions might be altered. Chief electoral officer: responsible for the overall administration of the election and must function with absolute impartiality. Harper"s government 2006 federal accountability act: since then, elections canada chooses returning officers on a nonpartisan basis. Historically compiled from scratch after the election writ was. Door-to-door enumeration in which the returning officer appointed two enumerators to collect the names of eligible voters in each polling division. (canadian elections lasted at least. About 95% of the candidates are nominated at a meeting of a political party, but they must then submit formal nomination papers (etc)
