Editing Writ of election (section)

===Canada===
In Canada, a writ is the only way of holding an election for the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]]. When the government wants to or, is required to, dissolve Parliament, a writ of election is drawn up for each [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] (electoral district) in Canada by the [[Chief Electoral Officer of Canada|chief electoral officer]].<ref>{{cite web
| url         = http://www2.parl.gc.ca/marleaumontpetit/DocumentViewer.aspx?Sec=Ch04&Seq=5&Lang=E
| last        = Marleau
| first       = Robert
|author2=Montpetit, Camille
 | title       = The House of Commons and Its Members – The Writ of Election
| work        = House of Commons Procedure and Practice
| access-date  = 27 March 2011
}}</ref> They are then formally issued by the [[Governor General of Canada|governor general]]. Similarly where a single riding becomes vacant, a writ is issued to trigger the [[List of federal by-elections in Canada|by-election]] for that seat. A writ with the name of the successful candidate noted on its back will be returned to the chief electoral officer.<ref>{{cite web |title=The writ of election |url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=bkg&document=writ&lang=e |website=www.elections.ca |publisher=[[Elections Canada]] |access-date=22 January 2023 |date=9 August 2022}}</ref>

===="Dropping the writ"====
An informal term used in Canada to describe the issuing of writs of election is "dropping the writ".<ref name="CBC News">Haydn Watters, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/writ-drop-drawn-federal-election-1.5258112 "Many writs, no 'dropping': What the election call actually means"], ''CBC News'', September 11, 2019</ref><ref name="Student Votes"> [https://studentvote.ca/federal2015/dropping-the-writ-how-a-federal-election-is-called/ "Dropping the Writ: How A Federal Election is Called"], ''studentvote.ca'', July 30, 2015</ref> The usage of the word ''drop'' in this context is likely derived from the phrase "draw up".<ref name ="Statutes of the Province of Manitoba">{{Citation | title = Statutes of the Province of Manitoba | place = Manitoba | publisher = Queen's Printer | year = 1887 | page = 148 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yKdRAAAAYAAJ}}</ref>{{verify inline|date=January 2023}} Although it is still considered stylistically inappropriate by some,<ref name="CBC News" /> who assert that the correct phrase is "the writs are issued",<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dickson |first1=Janice |title=Writ's end: Everybody please stop saying 'drop the writ' |url=https://ipolitics.ca/2015/07/31/writs-end-everybody-please-stop-saying-drop-the-writ/ |access-date=22 January 2023 |work=www.ipolitics.ca |date=July 31, 2015 |language=en}}</ref> or the "writs are drawn up",<ref>{{citation |title=Season 1 Episode 38 - Nerds On Politics: Why You Never 'Drop' A Writ |url=https://www.tvo.org/video/nerds-on-politics-why-you-never-drop-a-writ |website=www.tvo.org |publisher=[[TVO]] |access-date=23 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref> the term has been recorded in academic text.<ref name="Bhatia2010">{{cite book |last1=Bhatia |first1=Prof Dr K. L. |title=Textbook on Legal Language and Legal Writing |date=2010 |publisher=Universal Law Publishing |isbn=978-81-7534-894-3 |page=356 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wg1dvc2lfcEC |language=en}}</ref>