How can a citizen vote if they cannot go to the polls on election day?

Discover Canada records this in one direct sentence about voting alternatives. The guide writes: If you cannot or do not wish to vote on election day, you can vote at the advance polls or by special ballot. The dates and location are on your voter information card. The named alternatives the test wants are therefore advance polls or special ballots.

Two precise commitments. Discover Canada commits the named voting alternatives to TWO specific options: (1) advance polls; (2) special ballot. So citizens who cannot or do not wish to vote on election day have these two named ways to cast a ballot. The dates and location of advance polls are listed on the voter information card.

Voter information cards guide voters. Discover Canada commits the voter information card system to a specific named description: "Electors whose information is in the National Register of Electors will receive a voter information card. This confirms that your name is on the voters' list and states when and where you vote." So the card directs each voter to the right polling station and tells them about advance-poll options. Voters who don't receive a card can call their local elections office or Elections Canada in Ottawa at 1-800-463-6868.

The wider voting framework. Discover Canada commits federal voting management to a specific named neutral agency: "The voters' lists used during federal elections and referendums are produced from the National Register of Electors by a neutral agency of Parliament called Elections Canada." So the voter information card, the advance polls, and the special-ballot option are all coordinated by Elections Canada. The wider context: voting in Canada is described elsewhere in Discover Canada as "one of the privileges of Canadian citizenship" and as a right that comes with a paired responsibility. The named flexibility — advance polls and special ballots — exists to ensure that as many Canadian citizens as possible can exercise that right, even if they cannot reach a polling station on election day. Even if you choose not to be listed in the National Register of Electors or do not receive a voter information card, you can still be added to the voters' list at any time, including on election day. So when the test asks how a citizen can vote if they cannot go to the polls on election day, the source-precise answer is at advance polls or by special ballot.

The question is testing whether new citizens know the alternatives to election-day voting. Discover Canada commits to two named alternatives: advance polls or special ballot. The right test answer matches that.

The wrong answer choices each substitute a different option. The first choice — "they cannot vote" — reverses the source. The third choice — by telephone — is not a named alternative in the source. The fourth choice — by asking someone else to vote for them — is also not a named alternative. Only advance polls or special ballots — the source's exact named alternatives — match.