Acts and Regulations

E-3 - Elections Act

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Scrutineer at poll
72No person other than the following people may be present at a polling station on an ordinary or an advance polling day:
(a) the Chief Electoral Officer;
(b) an Assistant Electoral Officer;
(c) the returning officer;
(d) an election clerk;
(e) a poll official appointed by the returning officer to that polling station;
(f) a candidate;
(g) one scrutineer per polling division for each candidate;
(h) one scrutineer who may collect voter information sheets from the poll supervisor;
(i) until a scrutineer has delivered his or her written appointment to represent a recognized party or an independent candidate to the poll supervisor, one elector to represent each recognized party or independent candidate on the request of the elector;
(j) an elector engaged in or waiting to vote;
(k) a person assisting an elector in accordance with section 83; and
(l) any other person authorized in writing by the Chief Electoral Officer to be present.
1967, c.9, s.72; 1974, c.92 (Supp.), s.8; 1974, c.12 (Supp.), s.19; 1980, c.17, s.22; 1998, c.32, s.55; 2010, c.6, s.60
Scrutineer at poll
72No person other than the following people may be present at a polling station on an ordinary or an advance polling day:
(a) the Chief Electoral Officer;
(b) an Assistant Electoral Officer;
(c) the returning officer;
(d) an election clerk;
(e) a poll official appointed by the returning officer to that polling station;
(f) a candidate;
(g) one scrutineer per polling division for each candidate;
(h) one scrutineer who may collect voter information sheets from the poll supervisor;
(i) until a scrutineer has delivered his or her written appointment to represent a recognized party or an independent candidate to the poll supervisor, one elector to represent each recognized party or independent candidate on the request of the elector;
(j) an elector engaged in or waiting to vote;
(k) a person assisting an elector in accordance with section 83; and
(l) any other person authorized in writing by the Chief Electoral Officer to be present.
1967, c.9, s.72; 1974, c.92(Supp.), s.8; 1974, c.12(Supp.), s.19; 1980, c.17, s.22; 1998, c.32, s.55; 2010, c.6, s.60
Scrutineer at poll
72Subject to sections 76, 81 and 83, in addition to the deputy returning officer and the poll clerk, the following persons and no others shall be permitted to enter the room where the poll is held during the time the poll remains open, namely:
(a) an elector entitled or claiming to be entitled to vote thereat;
(b) a candidate;
(c) one scrutineer, being a resident of the Province, for each candidate;
(d) until a scrutineer has delivered his written appointment to represent a recognized party or an independent candidate to the deputy returning officer in the form prescribed by regulation, one elector to represent each recognized party or independent candidate on the request of such elector;
(d.1) the Chief Electoral Officer, the Assistant Electoral Officer, the returning officer, the election clerk, or a supervisory deputy returning officer; and
(e) the constable, in the event of one being appointed.
1967, c.9, s.72; 1974, c.92(Supp.), s.8; 1974, c.12(Supp.), s.19; 1980, c.17, s.22; 1998, c.32, s.55