"Special" votes cast by federal inmates are counted at the
same time as votes cast by Canadian citizens temporarily
residing outside Canada and members of the Canadian armed
forces.  So there is no way to separate inmates' votes from
the votes of expatriates or soldiers.  They are all counted at
the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer in Ottawa.

Antoine

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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:12:14 -0800
From: "Even, Jeff \(ATG\)" <JeffE@ATG.WA.GOV>  
Subject: Data on How Felons Vote?  
To: <election-law@majordomo.lls.edu>

  Would the development mentioned below lead to data
  as to how incarcerated felons actually vote?  That
  is, are they being treated as separate precincts, so
  that when totals are certified we could compare the
  felon vote to the general totals?

  Jeff Even
  Deputy Solicitor General
  Office of the Attorney General
  PO Box 40100
  Olympia, WA 98504-0100
  voice: (360) 586-0728
  fax: (360) 664-2963
  jeffe@atg.wa.gov

  Canada: prisoners voting in national election
  CBC News reports: Advance polls opened across the
  country Friday, including at the Stony Mountain
  Institution, north of Winnipeg, where inmates cast
  their ballots in the federal election. Inmates were
  allowed a few at a time into an open area...

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