Elections Canada expecting between four and five million mail-in ballots in the next federal election

An exponential increase in the use of mail-in ballots has dramatically altered the dynamics of GOTV, a critical aspect of any winning election campaign, say current and former MPs and candidates in recent provincial elections.

B.C. NDP Premier John Horgan, pictured in Ottawa in 2017, won a majority government last week. B.C. NDP MLAs and current and former federal MPs told The Hill Times that a dramatic increase in mail-in ballots in the provincial election has changed the dynamics of GOTV, a key component of any successful election campaign.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

November 2, 2020

If the next federal election happens before the COVID-19 pandemic is over, Elections Canada is expecting that between four and five million Canadians will cast their votes using mail-in ballots, a huge increase over the 55,000 mail-in ballots used in the 2019 general election. “At PROC [Procedure...

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