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CCD's second concern is about the government's determination to proceed with the process of registering new voters at the polling stations on election day. In Quebec, voters are required to be registered and on the voters list prior to election day in order to receive a ballot and vote. No Quebecker complains that the legitimate citizens are being disenfranchised by this system, which requires ample time for pre-registration and verification of voters.
CCD urges members of this committee to consider ending the system of registration on election day as a means of preventing potential abuse.
Third, as Canada's population becomes more diverse, the Canadian Coalition for Democracies is concerned about the availability of mail-in ballots to citizens resident in Canada and to Canadians who reside outside the country.
Last year Canada evacuated more than 30,000 dual citizens from Lebanon. We have dual-citizen Canadians fighting as part of the Islamic Courts Union in Somalia, and some dual citizens were in Afghanistan fighting on the side of the country's enemy--