At the same time, it is the group that participates the least in the electoral process. We must also point out that for young students on college or university campuses, it is their first experience with the voting process.
The act is structured in such a way that every voter must be tied to a riding. Those students living outside of their home ridings must do what other voters cannot do: they must choose where their residence is in terms of the vote. It may be the family home that they return to in the summer or the place where they live during their studies. The student can register in the riding they live in while they are studying. This riding is not necessarily the riding in which the university is. For example, students at the University of Ottawa may come from many ridings and temporarily reside in different ridings. Students must register in the riding they live in while they are studying. The other alternative is to vote by special ballot in their home riding.