Bill C-2
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special ballot
officer
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(3) On request, after the day that the results
are communicated, a special ballot officer
may be given a copy of the statement of the
vote that he or she prepared.
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Chief
Electoral
Officer to be
informed of
results of vote
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271. Without delay after the counting of the
votes for every electoral district has been
completed, the special voting rules
administrator shall inform the Chief Electoral
Officer of
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Sending of
material to
Chief
Electoral
Officer
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272. As soon as practicable after the
counting of the votes for every electoral
district has been completed, the special voting
rules administrator shall send to the Chief
Electoral Officer, in separate envelopes,
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DIVISION 7 |
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Counting of Votes in the Office of the
Returning Officer
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Appointment
of deputy
returning
officer and
poll clerk
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273. (1) The returning officer shall appoint
a deputy returning officer and poll clerk to
verify the outer envelopes and to count the
special ballots issued to electors in his or her
electoral district and received in his or her
office. More than one deputy returning officer
and poll clerk may be appointed if the number
of votes warrants it.
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Assignment of
duties
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(2) The returning officer shall assign duties
so that a deputy returning officer chosen from
among the persons recommended by the
registered party whose candidate finished first
in the last election in the electoral district
works with a poll clerk chosen from among the
persons recommended by the registered party
whose candidate finished second in that
election in that electoral district.
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Merger of
parties
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(3) For the purpose of subsection (2), in
determining whether the candidate of a
registered party finished first or second in the
last election in a case where the registered
party is the result of a merger with one or more
parties that were registered parties at the last
election, there shall be attributed to the
candidate of the merged party, the number of
votes of the candidate of the merging party
with the largest number of votes at that last
election.
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Notification to
candidates
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(4) The returning officer shall, as soon as
possible, notify the candidates of the name
and address of the persons appointed as the
deputy returning officer and the poll clerk.
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Candidate
present at
counting
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274. A candidate or his or her representative
may be present for the verification of the outer
envelopes and the counting of ballots received
at the office of the returning officer.
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Ballots to be
kept sealed
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275. (1) The returning officer shall ensure
that the ballots received at his or her office are
kept sealed until they are given to the deputy
returning officer.
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Return outer
envelopes
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(2) All outer envelopes received after the
prescribed deadline shall be kept separate and
sealed and shall be initialled by the returning
officer and marked with the date and time of
their receipt.
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Verification of
envelopes
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276. (1) A deputy returning officer and a
poll clerk shall verify the outer envelopes, at
the time fixed by the Chief Electoral Officer
and in accordance with his or her instructions,
by determining from the information on the
outer envelope whether the elector is entitled
to vote in the electoral district.
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Notice
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(2) The returning officer shall notify the
candidates of the time and place of the
verification.
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Provision of
materials to
deputy
returning
officer
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(3) The deputy returning officer shall be
provided with the applications for registration
and special ballot received before the
deadline, along with any other materials that
may be required.
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Setting aside
of outer
envelope
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277. (1) The deputy returning officer shall
set aside an outer envelope unopened when he
or she ascertains on its examination that
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Registering
objections
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(2) When the outer envelopes are verified,
the poll clerk shall register any objection to an
elector's right to vote in the electoral district
in the prescribed form.
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Noting of
reasons for
setting aside
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(3) When an outer envelope is set aside
unopened as described in subsection (1), the
deputy returning officer shall note on it the
reasons for the rejection. The deputy returning
officer and the poll clerk shall initial the
envelope.
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Counting of
outer
envelopes
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278. (1) The deputy returning officer and
the poll clerk shall count all valid outer
envelopes.
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Inner
envelopes
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(2) The deputy returning officer and the poll
clerk shall open the outer envelopes and put all
the inner envelopes in a ballot box provided by
the returning officer.
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Counting the
votes
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(3) After the close of the polling stations,
the deputy returning officer shall open the
ballot box and he or she together with the poll
clerk shall open the inner envelopes and count
the votes.
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Rejection of
ballots
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279. (1) The deputy returning officer shall,
in counting the ballots, reject a ballot if
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Elector's
intent
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(2) The deputy returning officer shall not
reject a special ballot for the sole reason that
the elector has incorrectly written the name of
a candidate, if the ballot clearly indicates the
elector's intent.
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Political
affiliation
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(3) The deputy returning officer shall not
reject a special ballot for the sole reason that
the elector has written, in addition to the name
of a candidate, the name of the registered party
or the word ``independent'', if the ballot
clearly indicates the elector's intent.
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DIVISION 8 |
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Communication of the Results of the
Vote
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Communica- tion of results
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280. (1) The Chief Electoral Officer shall,
without delay after the closing of the polling
stations at an election, inform each returning
officer of the results of the count under
Division 6 for the returning officer's electoral
district, giving the number of votes cast for
each candidate and the number of rejected
ballots.
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Release of
information
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(2) When the returning officer receives
information from the Chief Electoral Officer
respecting the results of the count under
Division 6, the returning officer shall add
those results to the results of the count under
Division 7 and release all of them as being the
results of the vote under the Special Voting
Rules.
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DIVISION 9 |
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Prohibitions
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Prohibitions
- inside or
outside
Canada
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281. No person shall, inside or outside
Canada,
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Prohibitions
- outside
Canada
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282. No person shall, outside Canada,
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PART 12 |
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COUNTING VOTES |
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Polling Stations |
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Counting the
votes
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283. (1) Immediately after the close of a
polling station, the deputy returning officer
shall count the votes in the presence of the poll
clerk and any candidates or their
representatives who are present or, if no
candidates or representatives are present, in
the presence of at least two electors.
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Tally sheets
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(2) The deputy returning officer shall
supply the poll clerk and at least three of the
persons referred to in subsection (1) who are
present with a tally sheet to keep their own
score of the voting.
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Steps to
follow
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(3) The deputy returning officer shall, in the
following order,
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Rejection of
ballots
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284. (1) In examining the ballots, the
deputy returning officer shall reject one
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Limitation
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(2) No ballot shall be rejected by reason
only that the deputy returning officer placed
on it any writing, number or mark, or failed to
remove the counterfoil.
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Counterfoils
remaining
attached
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(3) When a ballot is found with the
counterfoil attached, the deputy returning
officer shall, while concealing the number on
it from all persons present and without
examining it, remove and destroy the
counterfoil.
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Ballots not
initialled by
deputy
returning
officer
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285. If the deputy returning officer
determines that he or she has failed to initial
a ballot, the deputy returning officer shall, in
the presence of the poll clerk and witnesses,
initial and count the ballot if he or she is
satisfied that
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Objections to
ballots
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286. (1) The deputy returning officer shall
keep a record, in the prescribed form, of every
objection to a ballot made by a candidate or his
or her representatives, give a number to the
objection, write that number on the ballot and
initial it.
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Decision of
deputy
returning
officer
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(2) The deputy returning officer shall
decide every question that is raised by an
objection described in subsection (1), and the
decision is subject to reversal only on a
recount or on application under subsection
524(1).
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Statement of
the vote
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287. (1) The deputy returning officer shall
prepare a statement of the vote, in the
prescribed form, that sets out the number of
votes in favour of each candidate and the
number of rejected ballots and place the
original statement and a copy of it in the
separate envelopes supplied for the purpose.
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Copies of the
statement of
the vote
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(2) The deputy returning officer shall give
a copy of the statement of the vote to each of
the candidate's representatives present at the
count.
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Marked
ballots
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288. (1) The deputy returning officer shall
place the ballots for each candidate into
separate envelopes, write on each envelope
the name of the candidate and the number of
votes he or she received, and seal it. The
deputy returning officer and the poll clerk
shall sign the seal on each envelope, and the
witnesses may also sign them.
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Rejected
ballots
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(2) The deputy returning officer shall place
into separate envelopes the rejected ballots,
the registration certificates and the list of
electors, and shall seal the envelopes.
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Documents to
be enclosed in
a large
envelope
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(3) The deputy returning officer shall seal in
a large envelope supplied for the purpose
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