In a tweet Monday afternoon, Elections Canada said it "does not use Dominion Voting Systems."

Election safety and smooth voting have become a focus as Canadians watch the U.S. election drag on.

Mark Feigenbaum, chairman of Republicans Abroad Canada, said the election system is based on important historical precedence and he doesn't see any chance of the two major parties agreeing to change it.

Dr. Barbara Raymond, an executive medical advisor at Public Health Agency of Canada, said two federal byelections in Toronto provided valuable experience that would help Elections Canada overcome challenges.

Voting locations will be open between 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Monday.

Canada's chief electoral officer has called for changes that would make it easier and safer for the country to go to the polls during a pandemic.

According to Civix, 145 Nova Scotia schools registered to participate in the program, with voting being held on Thursday and Friday.

Twitter user Johnta Austin, who lists himself in Atlanta, Ga., said he'd waited 11 hours in line by the time he'd made it to the front of the queue.

An Angus Reid poll released Thursday said that more than half of Canadians would be comfortable voting in person if a fall federal election were to happen.

First past the post isn't going away any time soon, but because of COVID-19, the way in which we vote is going to have to change, Bill Kelly says.