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December 19, 2012Electoral participation in the 2012 Québec general elections - Electors aged 18 – 44 years old came back to the polling stations in large numbers during the last general election
Québec City, December 19, 2012 – If we compare with the 2008 general election, Québec electors aged from 18 to 44 returned to the ballot boxes in large numbers, during the September 4, 2012 vote. Looking at specific age cohorts, this increase in participation rate varied between 21% for the 35 to 44 year olds and nearly 26% for the 18 to 24 year olds. This observation is one of those coming out of a study made public today and is the fruit of collaboration between the Chief Electoral Officer of Québec and Université Laval’s Research Chair in Democracy and Parliamentary Institutions.Categories : Provincial, General election 2008, Election system, General election 2012
June 9, 2009Publication of the summary of the returns of election expenses for the December 8, 2008 general election
Québec, June 9, 2009–– Marcel Blanchet, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, has made public the Summary of the returns of election expenses of the parties and candidates having run in the general election held on December 8, 2008. The figures appearing in this summary were taken from the returns of election expenses submitted to the Chief Electoral Officer by the official agents of the parties and the candidates.Categories : Provincial, General election 2008
December 15, 2008Official results
Categories : Provincial, General election 2008
December 8, 2008Preliminary results
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December 7, 2008Press release no. 29 - More than 5 ½ million electors are invited to the polls tomorrow
Québec, December 7, 2008 – Mr. Marcel Blanchet, Chief Electoral Officer, invites more than 5 ½ million electors to exercise their right to vote tomorrow, election day. From 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., 21,315 polling stations will be open and more than one hundred thousand election officers will be on hand to administer the election. A total of 651 candidates are hoping to win the favour of the electorate.Categories : Provincial, General election 2008
December 6, 2008Press release no. 28 - Final advance polling figures: 11.78% of the electors registered prior to the special revision exercised their right to vote
Québec, December 6, 2008 –– Mr. Marcel Blanchet, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, wishes to announce that 674,569 electors exercised their right to vote in the advance poll by using the various methods offered to them between November 28th and Thursday, December 4th. This total corresponds to 11.78% of the total number of electors registered prior to the special revision, which also ended Thursday. This number of electors comprises those electors who voted at the office of the returning officer, those who voted at their domicile or in a residential facility, and those who voted during the two days of "traditional" advance polling, namely on November 30th and December 1st.Categories : Provincial, General election 2008
December 3, 2008Press release no. 27 - Tomorrow, December 4th, last day to register on the list of electors
Québec, December 3, 2008 – Mr. Marcel Blanchet, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, wishes to remind electors that tomorrow, December 4th, is the last day to register on the list of electors in preparation for the upcoming December 8th general election. Electors will have up until 2:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon to register. Today, December 3rd, applications for revision may be submitted until 9:00 p.m.Categories : Provincial, General election 2008
December 3, 2008An appeal to Québec electors
Categories : Provincial, General election 2008
December 2, 2008Press release no. 26 - 625 687 electors have exercised their right to vote at the end of the second day of advance polling
Québec, December 2, 2008 –– At the end of the second day of advance polling held on Monday, December 1st, Mr. Marcel Blanchet, Chief Electoral Officer, announces that 625 687 electors exercised their right to vote to date. This total corresponds to 10,93 % of the total number of electors registered on the lists of electors prior to the special revision. It should be noted that this number of electors includes those who voted at the office of the returning officer on November 28th and 29th, as well as the electors who voted at their domicile or in a residential facility on these same days.Categories : Provincial, General election 2008
December 1st, 2008Press release no. 25 - An increase in the turnout rate in comparison with the 2007 general election: 419 457 electors exercised their right to vote by the end of the first day of advance polling
Québec, December 1, 2008 –– At the end of the first day of advance polling held on Sunday, November 30th, Mr. Marcel Blanchet, Chief Electoral Officer, announces that 419 457 electors exercised their right to vote to date. This total corresponds to 7.32 % of the total number of electors registered on the lists of electors prior to the special revision. It should be noted that this number of electors includes those who voted at the office of the returning officer on November 28th and 29th, as well as the electors who voted at their domicile or in a residential facility on these same days.Categories : Provincial, General election 2008
November 29, 2008Press release no. 24 - Bring voting closer to electors: more than 10 500 applications to vote in a residential facility and some 6 100 applications for domiciliary voting
Québec, November 29, 2008 –– At the end of the periods to register for domiciliary voting or to vote in a residential facility, Mr. Marcel Blanchet, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, announces that more than 10 500 electors who are unable to move about have asked to vote in their room or apartment in a hospital, a rehabilitation centre, a residential and long-term care centre (CHSLD) or a retirement home identified in the register of the Ministère de la santé et des services sociaux. In addition, Mr. Blanchet announces that some 6 100 electors have applied to vote at home in the advance poll.Categories : Provincial, General election 2008
November 28, 2008Press release no. 22 – Québec electors will be able to take advantage of advance polling, which will be held on November 30th and December 1st
Québec, November 28, 2008 –– One of the high points of the election period leading up to the December 8th general election will take place this Sunday and Monday (November 30th and December 1st) when Québec electors will be able to take advantage of advance polling. Mr. Marcel Blanchet, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, wishes to remind electors that polling stations will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., namely during the same hours as for regular polling on December 8th. During the 2007 general election, the proportion of registered electors who availed themselves of advance polling was 10.23%.Categories : Provincial, General election 2008
November 28, 2008Press release no. 23 – The posters with the pictures of candidates are now on the website of the Chief Electoral Officer
Québec, November 28, 2008 – Electors wishing to see the faces of the candidates of their electoral division can now see their photos on the website of the Chief Electoral Officer. Posters with the photos intended for posting in the various polling places may also be found in the "Parties and candidates" section, accessible by clicking on the left side of the home page at the following address: www.monvote.qc.caCategories : Provincial, General election 2008
November 26, 2008Press release no. 21 – Special revision period : one last chance to register on the list of electors
Québec, November 26, 2008 –– Mr. Marcel Blanchet, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, wishes to inform those electors who were not able to take advantage of the regular revision period that they will have one last chance to register during the special revision period that starts today and that ends at 2 p.m. on December 4th.Categories : Provincial, General election 2008
November 22, 2008Press release no. 19 – 5,487 Quebecers residing in 95 countries are registered
Categories : Provincial, General election 2008Québec, November 22, 2008 –– Mr. Marcel Blanchet, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, would like to announce that 5,487 electors who are temporarily absent from Québec have registered to vote by mail in the upcoming December 8th general election. These electors reside or plan to reside in 95 countries, on all continents, at the time of the election. This total of 5,487 electors registered "to vote outside Québec" is less than the total of the March 26, 2007 general election, when the number of registrations was 11,539 and is also less than the number of registrations for the April 14, 2003 general election, which stood at 5,531. At the time of the November 30, 1998 general election, 16,606 electors were registered to vote outside Québec.
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