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Conservative Party of Canada Finalizes Voter List for 2022 Leadership Race

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Ottawa (July 29, 2022) – The Conservative Party of Canada has released the final voters list to leadership campaigns, with 678,708 eligible party members who will be selecting the next party leader.  This makes the Conservative Party the largest party in Canadian history by membership.

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Process and Background

Members of the public were able to join the party by June 3rd, in order to be eligible to vote in the contest.  A preliminary list of approximately 675,000 members was distributed to leadership campaigns on June 30th for review, initiating a challenge period.  An updated list was provided on July 18th.  This list represents the final list, and is no longer subject to appeal.  The final list is larger than the preliminary, as virtually all non-compliant memberships were screened out by the party prior to circulation of the preliminary voters list, whereas campaigns had an opportunity to challenge some exclusions by providing additional information on new members – such as missing contact information – that would make them eligible to receive a ballot.

Balloting is by mail, with members ranking candidates by preference.  As candidates drop off the ballot, their second-choices are redistributed to remaining candidates until one candidate surpasses 50% + 1 points.  Points are allocated according to electoral district, with each electoral district representing 100 points.  Points from each riding represent the proportional support for candidates in that electoral district at each tabulation.

Members may return their ballots anytime; to be counted, they must be received by September 6th.  Ballots are received and registered by Deloitte, which is serving as validator of the vote.  Campaigns in turn scrutinize the validation and processing of ballots at the Ballot Processing Centre in Ottawa.  To date, the party has received approximately 80,000 ballots back from members.

Ballots will be counted and tabulated on September 10th with results announced at an event in Ottawa.

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