Acts and Regulations

E-3 - Elections Act

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Manner of voting
75.02(1)A ballot issuing officer shall give each elector a ballot paper for the electoral district in which the elector is qualified to vote, explain how to mark the ballot paper, and direct the elector to a voting compartment where the elector can mark the ballot paper without being observed by another person.
75.02(2)An elector who makes a mistake in marking a ballot paper may return it to the ballot issuing officer who issued the ballot paper, who shall mark it as a “spoiled ballot paper” and give the elector a new ballot paper.
75.02(3)When an elector has marked his or her ballot paper,
(a) the ballot paper shall be
(i) folded or placed in a secrecy sleeve so as to ensure that the elector’s vote is not visible to any other person, and
(ii) deposited in the ballot box in accordance with the instructions of the Chief Electoral Officer; and
(b) the voter shall leave the polling station at once.
75.02(4)No elector shall vote more than once at the same election.
2010, c.6, s.63