Acts and Regulations

E-3 - Elections Act

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Voting secrecy
81(1)Every candidate, officer, clerk, scrutineer or other person in attendance at a polling station or at the counting of the votes shall maintain and aid in maintaining the secrecy of the voting, and shall not attempt to obtain, or communicate or attempt to communicate, any information as to the candidate for whom any elector has voted.
81(2)Except as provided in section 83, no elector shall during the time he is in the polling station disclose in any manner the name of a candidate for whom he intends to vote or has voted.
81(3)Every person who contravenes or fails to observe any provision of this section is guilty of an illegal practice.
1967, c.9, s.81; 1991, c.48, s.13