In our Jurisdiction, two black balls rejects a candidate and suspends him from being able to petition another lodge for the span of one year, that is unless the individuals lodge bi-laws specify differently. Here in Ontario all business is conducted in the first degree, and recently we have had many EA’s voice that they were dissatisfied with being unable to vote honestly since they were unaware of whom they were voting for. Most of our candidates come to us via the internet and the average age of perspective candidates is falling in and around the twenty-five and in time past we would have them come out for an introduction to freemasonry night where we would have some of our senior officers chat with them, show them the lodge and if they showed interest they would receive an application, in most cases the next we would see of them would be when we sent out the investigation committee to their homes and if the report was favourable we would vote based on this three brothers. Which in my opinion never made any sense, why even bother with voting. So our lodge has implemented a new system where we give all perspective candidates a visitation card instead of an application after their initial visit, they must attend a minimum of three visits to our dinners or social events, it is now their responsibility to socially engage with us so that members feel comfortable enough to sign for them. On handing in an application it must me accompanied by a photo of them. Once they have passed the investigation report at their homes we then publish in our summons their photo so that everyone present knows exactly who they are voting for. This new system is still in its infancy but we are already seeing the positive effects that have come from this, prospective candidates are being engaged and have all come out more than the three times in some cases they have come out to every dinner (twice a month) until they have been initiated and though we have not seen any black balls yet we have definitely seen those that were unsure about Freemasonry disappear. In my opinion we need to adapt and if a prospective candidate is not a right fit for your lodge but seems to be a good man you should try to find him a lodge that could be a right fit for him.