I can only speak to what I have seen personally within the process. As you can imagine, at the Canadian Armed Forces, we're all about procedures, so there's a way of doing things for everything. While we may transport completed ballots through couriers in the same manner that Global Affairs or other government departments do, our internal process ensures that our liaison officers and the unit election officers are fully trained to take those ballots, make sure they're sealed properly and make sure they get back on time.
As I mentioned, this year, out of the 25,000 ballots sent out, every single ballot was received. We did have, I believe—I can count on one hand—four spoiled ballots. That was due to improper procedures conducted by the unit election officer on site. There were four CAF members who cast a vote, but it did not count because it was considered a spoiled ballot. Those procedures were reviewed. We will tighten things up as need be to make sure that our liaison officers and election officers ensure that those types of small errors don't happen.
