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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
    Financial Agent

    G
    General election (GE)

    H
    Homebound voting

    I
    Independent candidate

    L
    Legislative Assembly
    Legislature
    Lieutenant Governor

    M
    Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)

    N
    Nomination period

    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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