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One Year Later: Reflections on the One Year Anniversary of the Canadian Federal Election (The Canadian Vote Summit - Session 6)
- Date
- October 21, 2020
- Time
- 1:00 PM EDT - 2:30 PM EDT
- Location
- Online
- Open To
- Students, Public
- Contact
- John Beebe, john.beebe@torontomu.ca
- Website
- https://www.engagedemocracy.ca/democracydialogues-canadianvotesummit (external link)
At a moment when delivering safe, secure and accessible elections is as challenging as it has ever been and confidence in election administration is being actively undermined around the world, join Prof. Andre Blais, Canada’s preeminent scholar (external link) on voting behaviour and electoral systems, as he reflects on the latest scholarship on what motivates individuals to vote. Voter turnout has been high in recent elections held during the pandemic during general elections from South Korea to Sri Lanka and many primary elections in the US. In last year’s Canadian federal election, more people voted than in any election in Canada’s history. What can we learn from new scholarship that seeks to understand people’s motivations to vote?