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• National Register of Electors
• If you check "Yes"
• If you check "No" (or do not make a choice)
• Confidentiality
• Contacting Elections Canada

Please check the "Yes" box on page 1 of your return if you are a Canadian citizen and you want to authorize the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to provide your name, address, and date of birth to Elections Canada. Elections Canada will use this information to make sure that the National Register of Electors is kept up to date. Your authorization is needed every year, whether your information has changed or not.

Please check the "No" box on page 1 of your return if you do NOT authorize the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to provide your name, address and date of birth to Elections Canada.

National Register of Electors

The National Register of Electors is an automated data base maintained by Elections Canada, containing the name, address, and date of birth of eligible electors (Canadian citizens who are 18 years of age or older). The National Register of Electors is used to produce electoral lists without having to conduct door-to-door enumerations, saving approximately $30 million for each federal general election or referendum.

If you check "Yes"

• You authorize the CRA to give only your name, address, and date of birth to Elections Canada, to ensure that your information on the National Register of Electors is up to date.
• If you are an eligible elector who is not already on the National Register of Electors, Elections Canada will accept this as your request to have your information added to it.

Notes
The CRA updates the information provided to Elections Canada several times throughout the year. Your authorization remains in effect for a period of 12 months. Therefore, if you move during this period, and you advise the CRA of your new address, the CRA will advise Elections Canada the next time information is provided.

If, during the year, you change your mind about the CRA sending your information to Elections Canada, please contact the CRA at 1-8001-9591-8281 to have your consent removed. However, your information will remain on the National Register of Electors. To remove your information from the Register, see "Confidentiality", below.

If you check "No" (or do not make a choice)

• The CRA will not give any of your information to Elections Canada.
• You will not lose your right to vote.
• Elections Canada will not remove your information from the National Register of Electors if it is already there.
• If there is an election or referendum, your information may not be up to date on electoral lists produced from the National Register of Electors. In that case, you will have to take the necessary steps to correct your information.

Confidentiality

Information on the National Register of Electors will be used only for electoral purposes as permitted under the Canada Elections Act. You can write to Elections Canada requesting not to be included on the National Register of Electors, or that your information not be shared with provinces, territories, municipalities, and school boards that use the National Register of Electors to produce their electoral lists.

Contacting Elections Canada

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