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A
Absentee voting
Advance voting

B
Ballot
Ballot box
Boundaries
By-election

C
Campaign period
Candidate
Candidate’s representative (also know as a scrutineer)
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO)
Constituency (also known as ridings, electoral districts)

D
Deputy Chief Electoral Officer (DCEO)
Deputy Returning Officer (DRO)

E
Election clerk (EC)
Election day (also called polling day or voting day)
Election Management Body (EMB)
Electoral event
Enumeration
Enumerator

F
Final Count

G
General election (GE)

H
Homebound voting

I
Independent candidate
Initial count

L
Legislative Assembly
Legislature
Lieutenant Governor

M
Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)

N
Nomination period

O
Official agent

P
Permanent register of voters
Plebiscite
Poll
Poll clerk (PC)
Poll key
Polling division (also called a voting area)
Polling station (also called a voting station)
Proclamation

R
Redistribution
Referendum
Registered political party
Rejected ballot
Returning officer (RO)

S

Scrutineer (also called a candidate’s representative)
Special voting opportunity
Spoiled ballot
Statement of Votes (SOV)
Supervisory returning officer (SRO)

V

Voter (also called an elector)
Voter information card (VIC)
Voters list
Voting book
Voting screen
Vouching

W
Writ of election

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