MPs eye support for expat voters as PROC study on special ballot challenges wraps

Committee members say they're looking at changes to improve special ballot voting processes, including for voters living abroad who cast ballots in record numbers in the April 2025 election.

Special ballots are counted by Elections Canada workers in Ottawa in the 2021 federal election. The agency is working to improve—and in many cases automate—processes related to mailing special ballot envelopes, tracking return rates, and monitoring counts.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

January 28, 2026

A House committee study on challenges related to special ballot voting—particularly the experiences of expat voters—is coming to a close, and Liberal MP Arielle Kayabaga says she has her sights on what more the foreign affairs department can do to help Canadians abroad c...

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