News by subject: CPN

On January 30, 2019, the Chief Electoral Officer, Stéphane Perrault, received official notice from the Speaker of the House of Commons that the seat for Saint-Léonard?Saint-Michel (Quebec) is vacant. This vacancy occurred less than nine months of a...

The Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, Stéphane Perrault, announced today that registered parties' fourth quarter financial returns for 2018 are now available on Elections Canada's website. A registered political party must submit a quarterly...

Elections Canada is mailing a personalized voter information card to each registered elector in Burnaby South (British Columbia), Outremont (Quebec) and York?Simcoe (Ontario). On the card, electors can find out when and where to vote and whether...

The Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL), gathered today in Montreal, re-elected Mr. Ghislain Picard to the position of Chief of the AFNQL. "I am very proud to have the continued confidence of the Chiefs of our circle for a...

Tulsi Gabbard, 2020 Presidential candidate and Congresswoman, released an op-ed entitled Religious Bigotry is Un-American, published by Religion News Service. Tulsi writes: "Our country was established on the basis of freedom of religion, and the...

The Minister of Democratic Institutions, the Honourable Karina Gould, along with the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, the Honourable Ralph Goodale, and the Minister of National Defence the Honourable Harjit Sajjan, will make an...

Joined by tens of thousands of supporters, Marianne Williamson today announced her candidacy for the 2020 Democratic Party Nomination at the Saban Theater in Los Angeles. "I want to engage voters in a more meaningful...

PCC Technology Inc. (PCC), a leading government software provider, announced today that it has successfully released the latest version of ElectioNet, its award-winning suite of Voter Registration and Election Administration software. Designed to...

For the by-elections now underway in Burnaby South (British Columbia), Outremont (Quebec) and York?Simcoe (Ontario), electors can choose the voting option that best suits their schedule. They can vote in one of the following ways: on election day on...

A leading democratic fundraiser launched Fund 1600 today, a novel campaign to raise at least $200 million over the next 18 months to ensure funding parity between the eventual 2020 Democratic nominee for President and Donald Trump. Fund 1600 is led...

The Commissioner of Canada Elections, Mr. Yves Côté, has announced that a charge has been laid under the Canada Elections Act, as requested by the Director of Public Prosecutions. Mr. Ali Shadzik is charged with attesting to the residence of more...

Azim Rizvee, the 2015 Trudeau Liberal candidate has confirmed that he was forced by the Liberal Party of Canada's leadership to withdraw from the Liberal nomination contest in Milton, scheduled for January 20, 2019.  "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,...

Teamsters Joint Council 7 has issued its early endorsement of Mayor London Breed for reelection. Breed has worked tirelessly to advocate for working people as mayor of San Francisco and throughout her career. She has...

On January 11, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a Canadian elector, living abroad, who has previously resided in Canada, is entitled to vote by special ballot in federal elections regardless of how long they have been living abroad....

The Chief Electoral Officer has released the preliminary election expenses limits for political parties and candidates and the election advertising expenses limits for third parties for the federal by-elections in the electoral districts of Burnaby...

Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS), a leading provider of election services and secure online voting systems, today announced the launch of the Cooperative Series, a collection of guest blog posts written by Jim Struble, President and CEO of Electro...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today announced that the Voter Contact Registry is now accepting registrations for the federal by-elections in the ridings of Burnaby South, B.C., Outremont, Que., and...

Federal by-elections will be held on Monday, February 25, 2019 in the electoral districts of Burnaby South (British Columbia), Outremont (Quebec) and York?Simcoe (Ontario) to fill vacancies in the House of Commons. Elections Canada offices in these...

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced that by-elections will be held on February 25, 2019, in the following three electoral districts: Burnaby South, British Columbia Outremont, Quebec York?Simcoe, OntarioThis document is also...

Polling stations closed throughout the DRC at 17 hours local time. More than 46 million Congolese have been registered to elect the successor to President Joseph Kabila, who has ruled the central African country for 17 years. In Kinshasa, home to...

On Sunday, December 23, 40 million people, about half of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's population, are expected to elect a new leader.  At least 20 candidates will compete for the presidential seat. Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, the former...

The Government of Canada has taken important steps to modernize the Canada Elections Act to address the realities facing Canadian democracy in 2019. The Elections Modernization Act (Bill C-76) received Royal Assent on December 13, 2018. The new...

The We Are All Human Foundation, a non-profit devoted to equity, diversity, and inclusion, issued the following statement regarding Julian Castro's announcement today that he is exploring a candidacy for President of the United States in the 2020...

Electors in Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes (Ontario) are heading to the polls today. Electors must vote at their assigned polling place. To find out where to vote, electors can visit elections.ca or call 1-800-463-6868. They can...

Elections Canada is inviting media to an event that showcases its new civic education resources and website. The event is in collaboration with the East York Collegiate Institute in Toronto. On November 30, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Stéphane...

Electors in the electoral district of Leeds?Grenville?Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes (Ontario) who are not registered can still vote in the Monday, December 3 by-election. They can register at their polling place on election day. To find their...

Lorena Garcia, Executive Director at Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition, has announced that she will challenge Cory Gardner for his seat in the U.S. Senate 2020 race. The first to announce a challenging bid for U.S. Senate, Garcia has been...

Preliminary figures indicate that 6,492 electors voted at the advance polls in the by?election of Leeds?Grenville?Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes (Ontario). As these figures are preliminary, they may differ from the official turnout results. The...

Elections Canada is inviting media to an event that showcases its new civic education resources and website. The event is in collaboration with the East York Collegiate Institute in Toronto. On November 30, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Stéphane...

Elections Canada is inviting media to an event that showcases its new civic education resources and website. The event is in collaboration with the East York Collegiate Institute in Toronto. On November 30, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Stéphane...

The Chief Electoral Officer has released the final election expense limit for political parties and candidates in the by-election to be held on Monday, December 3. View the final election expense limit for political parties with candidates in...

Donald Eugene Lowe respects politics. He was a 2016 presidential candidate, but this time around he's hoping to run on the Democratic ticket. He considers himself a "man of the people," not "for the people" and believes he's "a better choice." "I...

For the federal by-election in Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes (Ontario), electors who will be away during advance polls or on election day, or who find it more convenient, can vote by mail or vote in person at a local Elections...

Advance voting for the federal by-election in Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes (Ontario) begins on Friday, November 23, and continues on Saturday, November 24, Sunday, November 25, and Monday, November 26. Advance polls are open from...

Michael E. Arth is an author and polymath with professional experience in art, printmaking, photography, film, architecture, building construction, landscape design, urban design, city planning, future studies, and public policy analysis. As a...

Benenson Strategy Group (BSG), a strategic research consultancy, celebrates the Democratic wins across the nation in an election that drew a record number of voters to the polls. Democrats triumphed in key races where they ousted GOP incumbents in...

Elections Canada has mailed a reminder brochure to each household in Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes (Ontario), where a by-election is taking place. The reminder brochure states that, if electors have not received a voter...

The Commissioner of Canada Elections has entered into a compliance agreement with Daryl Black. In signing the agreement, Mr. Black acknowledged that he had negotiated a prohibited lease agreement with the now deceased Official Agent of the...

Westport RTM Member Greg Kraut today stated, "I urge all Democrat and Republican Leaders in Connecticut to allow unaffiliated voters to back their candidates. Never has there been such a need to have Open Primaries in Connecticut. Its time to allow...

Seattle-based Democracy Live closed its latest round of financing, fully subscribed at $4.5 million, fittingly on Election Day, November 6, 2018.  The convertible note round was originally limited to $3.5 million, but excess demand together with...

Benenson Strategy Group (BSG), a strategic research consultancy, is proud to have been part of eight different successful ballot initiatives in the nation's midterm elections, including the expansion of Medicaid coverage to low-income adults and a...

As 2018 rushes to a close, Donald Mann, the president of Negative Population Growth, a national grassroots organization fighting for responsible immigration policies, has openly denounced the Congressional leaders of the 115th Congress. Mann's...

The Commissioner of Canada Elections, Mr. Yves Côté, has announced that three charges have been laid under the Canada Elections Act, as requested by the Director of Public Prosecutions. Mr. Ghislain Giroux is charged with applying for a ballot in a...

While many candidates in competitive House races doubled down on harsh immigration rhetoric -- five times as many immigration ads ran this cycle than ran four years ago -- the anti-immigrant strategy proved to be a losing bet in many of the districts...

In the most comprehensive accounting of its kind to date, new Georgetown Law research finds that 138 elected and appointed officials were accused of sexual misconduct in the last election cycle. After this week's election, at least 104 ? or 75...

Elections Canada is mailing a personalized voter information card to each registered elector in Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes (Ontario). The card tells electors when and where to vote and whether their polling place is...

Today SiriusXM announced that ABC News Political Contributor, pollster, and author, Kristen Soltis Anderson, will host a show on SiriusXM P.O.T.U.S. channel 124. "The Trendline with Kristen Soltis Anderson" will air Saturdays from 10:00 ? 11:00 am ET...

Mei App Inc. today released details of its pre-election and exit poll results for the 2018 Midterm Senate and Governor races. The company conducted polls through its mobile messaging app, Mei.  Approximately 5,000 pre-election polls were answered...

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak extends his heartfelt congratulations to Commissioner-elect Glen Mulready today. Mulready won last night's election to become the next state insurance commissioner. "Commissioner-elect Glen Mulready will...

A new Governor, Tony Evers, was elected yesterday, along with a sweep of other statewide races.  Wisconsin Teamsters have worked diligently educating their members since Labor Day to elect pro-working family candidates, achieving additional success...