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Voter Contact Registry in effect during federal by-electionsOTTAWA AND GATINEAU, QC, Feb. 22, 2017 /CNW/ - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today announced that the Voter Contact Registry is now accepting registrations for the federal by-elections in the ridings of Calgary-Midnapore (Alberta), Calgary-Heritage (Alberta), Markham-Thornhill (Ontario) and Saint-Laurent (Quebec). The registry will be open until the by-elections on April 3, 2017. As part of the legal requirements for the Voter Contact Registry, anyone (including candidates and political parties, corporations, trade associations and other persons or groups) using the services of a calling service provider to call voters during the election will have to register with the CRTC within 48 hours of making the first call. The calling service provider is also obliged to register with the CRTC during federal and by election campaigns. In addition, anyone using their own internal services to make calls to voters using an automatic dialing and announcing device (often referred to as robocalls or ADADs) will have to register with the CRTC within 48 hours of making the first call. Registrations to the Voter Contact Registry must be submitted to the CRTC. Quick Facts
Quote "The Voter Contact Registry was created to protect Canadians from rogue or misleading telephone calls during federal and by-election campaigns. We remind entities and political parties who make calls during this federal by-election that they must continue to abide by the Voter Contact Registry requirements." - Jean-Pierre Blais, Chairman of the CRTC Associated Links
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