Bill C-2
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Secrecy
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Secret vote
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163. The vote is secret.
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Secrecy
during and
after poll
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164. (1) Every candidate, election officer or
representative of a candidate present at a
polling station or at the counting of the votes
shall maintain the secrecy of the vote.
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Secrecy at the
poll
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(2) Except as provided by this Act, no
elector shall
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Procedure in
case of
contravention
of secrecy
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(3) It is the duty of each deputy returning
officer to draw the attention of any elector to
an offence that the elector commits in
contravening subsection (2) and to the
punishment to which the elector is liable, but
the elector shall be allowed to vote in the usual
way if he or she has not already done so.
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Prohibitions |
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Prohibition -
use of
loudspeakers
on polling day
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165. No person shall use a loudspeaking
device within hearing distance of a polling
station on polling day for the purpose of
promoting or opposing a registered party or
the election of a candidate.
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Prohibi- tions - emblems, etc., in polling station
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166. (1) No person shall
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Exception
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(2) Despite paragraph (1)(b), a
representative of a candidate in a polling
station may, in the manner authorized by the
Chief Electoral Officer, wear a badge
identifying his or her function and the political
affiliation of the candidate.
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Prohibitions
re ballots, etc.
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167. (1) No person shall
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Other
prohibitions
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(2) No person shall wilfully
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Prohibi- tions - deputy returning officers
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(3) No deputy returning officer shall
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PART 10 |
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ADVANCE POLLING |
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Establishment of Advance Polling Stations |
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Establish- ment of advance polling districts
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168. (1) Each returning officer shall, as
directed by the Chief Electoral Officer,
establish in his or her electoral district
advance polling districts that group polling
divisions.
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Description of
districts
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(2) The returning officer shall give the
Chief Electoral Officer a description of each
advance polling district that is established.
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Establish- ment of advance polling station
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(3) An advance polling station shall be
established in each advance polling district.
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Combining
advance
polling
districts
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(4) When a request is made to a returning
officer not later than four days after the issue
of the writ, the returning officer may, with the
permission of the Chief Electoral Officer,
combine two advance polling districts into
one district.
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Request to
move an
advance
polling station
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(5) When a request is made to a returning
officer not later than four days after the issue
of the writ to change the location of an
advance polling station, the returning officer,
with the prior approval of the Chief Electoral
Officer, may do so.
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Level access
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(6) An advance polling station shall be in
premises with level access.
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Exception
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(7) If a returning officer is unable to secure
suitable premises with level access for use as
an advance polling station, the returning
officer may, with the prior approval of the
Chief Electoral Officer, locate the advance
polling station in premises without level
access.
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Registration |
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Registration at
advance
polling station
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169. (1) Every elector whose name is not on
the revised list of electors may register in
person before the deputy returning officer in
the advance polling station where the elector
is entitled to vote.
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Conditions
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(2) An elector referred to in subsection (1)
shall not be registered unless he or she
provides satisfactory proof of identity and
residence.
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Registration
certificate
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(3) If the elector satisfies the requirements
of subsection (2), the deputy returning officer
shall complete a registration certificate in the
prescribed form and the elector shall sign it.
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Entry
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(4) The poll clerk shall indicate on the
prescribed form the names of the electors who
are permitted to vote under this section.
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List deemed
to be modified
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170. When a registration certificate is
completed and signed in accordance with
subsection 169(3), the list of electors is
deemed to have been modified in accordance
with the certificate.
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Voting Procedure |
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Conduct of
advance polls
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171. (1) Except as provided in this Part, an
advance poll shall be conducted in the same
manner as the manner in which the vote at a
polling station on polling day is conducted and
shall be regarded as such for all purposes of
this Act.
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When
advance polls
to be open
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(2) An advance poll shall only be open
between the hours of noon and 8:00 p.m. on
Friday, Saturday and Monday, the 10th, 9th
and 7th days, respectively, before polling day.
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Notice of
advance poll
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172. Each returning officer shall, not later
than Saturday, the 16th day before polling day,
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Who may
vote at
advance polls
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173. (1) An elector whose name is on the
revised list of electors for a polling division in
an advance polling district may vote at the
advance polling station established for the
advance polling district.
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Elector not on
the revised list
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(2) An elector whose name is not on the
revised list of electors may not vote at an
advance polling station unless
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Procedure by
poll clerk
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(3) If an elector whose name does not
appear on the revised list of electors has voted,
the poll clerk shall indicate on the prescribed
form that the elector has voted in accordance
with subsection (2).
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Duties of
deputy
returning
officer
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174. (1) If an elector whose name is on the
list of electors makes a request to vote at an
advance polling station that is established for
his or her polling division, the deputy
returning officer shall permit the elector to
vote unless
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Record of
votes cast
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(2) The poll clerk at the advance polling
station shall, under the direction of the deputy
returning officer, keep a record in duplicate, in
the prescribed form, of the names of all
persons who vote at the advance polling
station, in the order in which they vote, and
shall
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Examining
and sealing of
ballot box
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175. (1) At the opening of an advance
polling station at noon on the first day of
voting, the deputy returning officer shall, in
full view of the candidates or their
representatives who are present,
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Close of
advance poll
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(2) At the close of the advance polling
station at 8:00 p.m. on each of the three days
of voting, the deputy returning officer shall, in
full view of the candidates or their
representatives who are present,
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Affixing of
signatures
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(3) The deputy returning officer and poll
clerk shall place their signatures on the seals
affixed to the envelopes referred to in
paragraphs (2)(b) to (d). The candidates or
their representatives who are present may also
place their signatures on the seals.
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Re-opening of
advance poll
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(4) At the re-opening of the advance polling
station at noon on the 2nd and 3rd days of
voting, the deputy returning officer shall, in
full view of the candidates or their
representatives who are present,
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Custody of
ballot box
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(5) In the intervals between voting hours at
the advance polling station and until the
counting of the ballots on polling day, the
deputy returning officer shall keep the sealed
ballot box in his or her custody.
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