Editing Postal voting (section)

===Canada===
The ability to vote when in-person voting is not possible was first introduced with the federal ''[[Military Voters Act]]'' in 1917, giving all Canadian soldiers and their spouses the right to vote. Public servants became eligible in 1970. The right was further extended to civilian support personnel on Canadian Forces bases in the 1977. In 1993, Bill C-114 extended the special ballot vote (Special Voting Rules) by mail to all Canadian citizens.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Maas|first=Willem|title=Access to Electoral Rights Canada|publisher=EUDO Citizenship Observatory Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies|year=2015|location=San Domenico di Fiesole (FI), Italy|pages=7}}</ref>

Use of special voting rules, including mail voting, has grown with each election. In the 42nd general election (2015), the number of voters increased by 117 percent over the previous election to roughly 619,000.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canada|first=Elections|title=Report on the 42nd General Election of October 19, 2015|url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/sta_2015&document=p2&lang=e|access-date=2020-08-06|website=www.elections.ca|date=27 August 2018|archive-date=2020-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727004335/https://elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/sta_2015&document=p2&lang=e|url-status=live}}</ref> This number grew to roughly 660,000 in the 43rd election (2019) representing 3.6 percent of electors.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canada|first=Elections|title=Report on the 43rd General Election of October 21, 2019|url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/sta_ge43&document=p3&lang=e#p3h6|access-date=2020-08-06|website=www.elections.ca|date=18 February 2020|archive-date=2020-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725180218/https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/sta_ge43&document=p3&lang=e#p3h6|url-status=live}}</ref>