Social Media

Elections Ontario Social Media Terms of Use

Elections Ontario is active on social media on the following official English and French channels:

As Ontario's non-partisan agency that organizes and conducts the province's general elections and by-elections, Elections Ontario's social media mandate is to be a trusted source of election information for the voters of Ontario. On our social media channels, we will engage in conversation, share links, interesting facts and recruitment information and answer questions related to the electoral process.

We are available during our active hours to answer questions related to the electoral process and how, where and when to vote during the provincial election. We will respond to queries posed via social media in a reasonable timeframe during the posted active hours. It's all part of our commitment to make voting easy.

To respect and assist others, contributors are also asked to be concise and to use plain language.

We invite contributors to use tools such as www.easychirp.com to enable various accessibility features for Ontarians with disabilities. Accessibility for mobile devices is also provided through the following mobile web formats: http://m.facebook.com/ , http://mobile.twitter.com/ and http://m.youtube.com/.

Content Standards

Content must not:

Be partisan or political in nature.
Be slanderous of any person, illegal, offensive, abusive, inflammatory, an invasion of privacy, or in the opinion of Elections Ontario be otherwise unacceptable.
Encourage prejudice based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, marital status, family status, disability, pardoned conviction, or sexual orientation.
Make known the personal data of other individuals, including their name and address, phone number, email or other personal data.
Infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark, or other third party right of any other person.
Breach any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence, or breach the terms of use of any third party website.

Be likely to harass, trouble, embarrass, or upset any other person.
Contain content that may cause harm to individuals, computers or systems.
Give the impression that the content originates from Elections Ontario, or impersonate any person, misrepresent your identity or your affiliations.
Encourage anyone to commit any unlawful or criminal act or condone any unlawful or criminal act.
Contain any advertising.
Refer to or disclose information contrary to any court order or statute.

Moderation

Social media content will be moderated and approved by Elections Ontario within a reasonable timeline during the posted active hours.
We reserve the right to remove or disable access to any content which we deem (at our sole discretion) to be in violation of our Content Standards.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of Elections Ontario's social media platforms.
Should content guidelines be breached, your comment will be removed and your account may be blocked from our social media community.

For information on Elections Ontario, the conduct of elections, or other inquiries:

Visit:

wemakevotingeasy.ca or elections.on.ca

Write:

Elections Ontario

51 Rolark Drive

Toronto, ON M1R 3B1

Call:

1-888-668-8683

TTY 1-888-292-2312

Email:

info@elections.on.ca

Fax:

1-416-326-6200