Marc Mayrand
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Liberals running out of time for electoral reform referendumTime is running out to organize a national referendum on electoral reform if the voting system is to be changed in time for the next federal election in October 2019, as Justin Trudeau has promised.PoliticsNov 28, 2016
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Liberals need ‘broadest consensus possible’ to change how you vote, says head of Elections CanadaThe Chief Electoral Officer says it's not enough to have every Liberal MP vote in favour of changing the electoral system. The government needs support from other parties.CanadaSep 28, 2016
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Elections Canada admits long 2015 federal election campaign posed challengesElections Canada experienced some headaches dealing with the longest federal campaign in modern Canadian history, says a new report from the chief electoral officer.CanadaSep 21, 2016
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Marc Mayrand to spend last months on recommending legislative changesCanada's elections watchdog will be leaving his post at the end of this year.CanadaJun 6, 2016
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Chief Electoral Officer to suggest future elections be held on weekendsCanada's Chief Electoral Officer has floated the idea of holding all future federal elections on a weekend to boost the number of people who show up at the polls.CanadaJun 1, 2016
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Mulcair lauds electoral reform amendments, wants to see detailsNDP Leader Tom Mulcair says he wants to see details of amendments the Harper Conservatives say they'll make to their contentious Fair Elections Act.CanadaApr 28, 2014
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Elections watchdog wants more money and power, claims PoilievreWhy Democratic Reform Minister Pierre Poilievre launched a highly personal attack on Canada's chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand on Tuesday.CanadaApr 8, 2014
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Elections Canada clears NDP on use of parliamentary resources in byelectionsElections Canada says New Democrat MPs did nothing wrong when they used their free parliamentary mailing privileges to send partisan flyers into several ridings involved in byelection campaigns last fall.CanadaApr 1, 2014
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‘An interesting leap of logic,’ author of report touted by Conservatives saysElections expert and former B.C. chief electoral officer Harry Neufeld says the Conservatives' proposed election reforms could disenfranchise upwards of half a million voters.CanadaMar 30, 2014
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Author of report touted by Poilievre contradicts minister on voter fraudThe author of a report cited repeatedly to justify cracking down on potential voter fraud says the Harper government is misrepresenting his report and ignoring his recommendations.PoliticsMar 7, 2014
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