Addresses from Electors The Electors business area records addresses collected from electors through ongoing registration, registration from secondary sources, and registration in conjunction with voting. Electoral Geography derives the corresponding physical address through geo-coding processes, assigns the physical addresses to the correct electoral district and polling division, and returns this information to Electors. Elector counts by polling division from Electors The Electors business area provides counts of registered electors by polling division to Electoral Geography to assist in the identification of polling divisions that require boundary redistribution. Confirmed office and polling place addresses from Events As Returning Officers identify the location of their field offices and their polling places, the addresses are provided to so that they can be identified as such in the Electoral Geography address register and represented on paper and electronic maps. Polling division assignments from Events The assignment of polling divisions to polling places takes place in the business area. Events This information is used by Electoral Geography in the creation of where-to-vote maps. Settlement and other local information from Events As part of their field work, Returning Officers provide information about local geography and new building to Electoral Geography (e.g., subdivisions, condominiums, schools, long-term care facilities, changes to the road network, etc.). Data updates from external stakeholders The Electoral Geography business area receives updates regarding the placement of and regional government, school district, and federal electoral district boundaries, changes to the street network, and new features, such as parks, schools, long-term care facilities, etc. from external stakeholders. Business processes in Electoral Geography There are three business processes in the Electoral Geography business area: Polling Division Boundary Management Address Register Management Mapping and Related Products What follows is a description of the business processes in of inputs to the processes, what is produced as a result of the processes and where those outputs are used. Polling Division Boundary Management Polling divisions are an important building block of electoral administration in almost all Canadian jurisdictions. Legislation limits the number of registered electors in a polling division because of the direct linkage with the workload of election officials who administer voting and counting on Voting Day. Polling Division Boundary Management processes are concerned with
Addresses from Electors The Electors business area records addresses collected from electors through ongoing registration, registration from secondary sources, and registration in conjunction with voting. Electoral Geography derives the corresponding physical address through geo-coding processes, assigns the physical addresses to the correct electoral district and polling division, and returns this information to Electors. Elector counts by polling division from Electors The Electors business area provides counts of registered electors by polling division to Electoral Geography to assist in the identification of polling divisions that require boundary redistribution. Confirmed office and polling place addresses from Events As Returning Officers identify the location of their field offices and their polling places, the addresses are provided to Electoral Geography so that they can be identified as such in the address register and represented on paper and electronic maps. Polling division assignments from Events The assignment of polling divisions to polling places takes place in the Events business area. This information is used by Electoral Geography in the creation of where-to-vote maps. Settlement and other local information from Events As part of their field work, Returning Officers provide information about local geography and new building to Electoral Geography (e.g., subdivisions, condominiums, schools, long-term care facilities, changes to the road network, etc.). Data updates from external stakeholders The Electoral Geography business area receives updates regarding the placement of and regional government, school district, and federal electoral district boundaries, changes to the street network, and new features, such as parks, schools, long-term care facilities, etc. from external stakeholders. Business processes in Electoral Geography There are three business processes in the Electoral Geography business area: Polling Division Boundary Management Address Register Management Mapping and Related Products What follows is a description of the business processes in of inputs to the processes, what is produced as a result of the processes and where those outputs are used. Polling Division Boundary Management Polling divisions are an important building block of electoral administration in almost all Canadian jurisdictions. Legislation limits the number of registered electors in a polling division because of the direct linkage with the workload of election officials who administer voting and counting on Voting Day. Polling Division Boundary Management processes are concerned with