Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Good morning, Mr. Blanchet. Thank you for accepting the Committee's invitation to come to Ottawa.
I am very interested in the actual mechanics of the job, as well as the specific duties performed by these officers. There are a number of details that you did not touch on in your presentation. That is not a criticism, but I would like to clarify a couple of points.
First of all, when we — and here I refer to the Committee — made a similar suggestion to the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, his response was that the costs would be prohibitive and that we would need to have a photocopier in every single polling station. I have the feeling that the people we talked to did not clearly understand what we were talking about, and that perhaps we did not provide an adequate explanation.
You mentioned that the lists are turned over to the officer in charge of information and order approximately every half hour. How exactly are those lists handed out?
First of all, what do electoral list officers at the table use to record that information?