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in the two years before the 1995 referendum to register on the electoral list. Quebec lawyer Casper Bloom, chairman of the committee, and Liberal MNA

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worked together to "make all eligible voters outside Quebec aware of their rights, to have them register and finally vote" said the pamphlet. Since 1989, a clause of the Quebec electoral law allows for ex-residents of Quebec to signal, in writing, their intention of returning to Quebec and vote by mail. The committee, which operated during the referendum campaign, handed-out pamphlets including the form to be added to the list of voters by the Directeur général des élections du Québec. The pamphlet gave out a toll-free number as contact information which was the same number as the one used by the

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Sources

* Macpherson, Don. (August 22, 1995)
"Vote-hunting Bid to lure outside voters not a formula for stability"
''The Gazette'', (Montreal). Political history of Quebec {{Quebec-stub

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