Day 11: Electoral process. Voter apathy.

Answers to remaining crossword clues from yesterday


handout: Voting procedures
Pg 313 - 315.

• Electoral districts - ridings/constituencies
• Chief electoral officer
• 18 years + Canadian citizen to be able to vote
• Party mechanics
• Candidates: nomination
• Polling
• Election campaigns
• Figure 9-25: Dissolution, enumeration, nomination, campaigning, voting or balloting, tabulating

Click to watch the electoral process by Student Vote
Click to watch clip on arguments for and against mandatory voting
Click to watch opinions on mandatory voting (New Zealand)


Page 316 to 319.
Polling stations
Voter apathy.
FPTP system vs. Single Transferable Vote (STV)
Read case study on Compulsory Voting in Australia.


Journal #1: Should voting be mandatory in Canada?  Why or why not?
                 : What could be done to increase voter turnout for youth?