I may be wrong about this, but I’ve always been under the impression that voter registration in Canada was somehow tied to their equivalent of our Social Security number — which makes it easier to identify cases of potential fraud simply by cross-checking the voting records against tax filings and hospital records.
Yes, that is true. I’ve worked a few elections in the past. Did not feel like working the current one for many reasons including the fact that I am currently in the midst of trying to find another place to live in this utterly ridiculous real estate market.
But yes, Elections Canada and Elections Ontario still do quite a thorough job at checking voter IDs against Social Insurance Numbers (and other government-issued forms of photo ID).