Acts and Regulations

E-3 - Elections Act

Section 87.61
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Issuance of special ballot paper
87.61(1)Before issuing a special ballot paper, a special voting officer shall ensure that the applicant’s name appears on the list of electors for the electoral district in which the applicant ordinarily resides and shall ensure that the applicant has not previously voted at the election.
87.61(2)A special voting officer shall issue a special ballot paper by doing one of the following:
(a) giving it to the elector at an office of the returning officer; or
(b) forwarding it by registered mail or courier to the address of the elector shown on the application.
87.61(3)Despite subsection (2), the special voting officers may issue a special ballot paper by personally delivering it to an elector outside an office of the returning officer if they are satisfied that the elector will be unable to attend the ordinary or advance polls due to the illness or incapacity of the elector or due to the illness or incapacity of a person for whose care the elector is primarily responsible.
87.61(4)On issuing a special ballot paper to an elector, a special voting officer shall record the following in the special ballot poll book:
(a) the name and address of the elector;
(b) the electoral district and the polling division in which the elector ordinarily resides;
(c) where and when the special ballot paper was issued to the elector; and
(d) whether the special ballot paper was issued in person, by registered mail or by courier.
87.61(5)If a special voting officer is unavailable, a returning officer or an election clerk may issue a special ballot paper to an elector under paragraph (2)(a) and shall take the vote of an elector in the same manner as a special voting officer under subsection 87.62(1).
87.61(6)If a special ballot paper is issued to an elector under paragraph (2)(b), the following shall be issued with the special ballot paper:
(a) instructions indicating how to complete and return the special ballot paper; and
(b) a ballot envelope and a certificate envelope.
2010, c.6, s.94
Issuance of special ballot paper
87.61(1)Before issuing a special ballot paper, a special voting officer shall ensure that the applicant’s name appears on the list of electors for the electoral district in which the applicant ordinarily resides and shall ensure that the applicant has not previously voted at the election.
87.61(2)A special voting officer shall issue a special ballot paper by doing one of the following:
(a) giving it to the elector at an office of the returning officer; or
(b) forwarding it by registered mail or courier to the address of the elector shown on the application.
87.61(3)Despite subsection (2), the special voting officers may issue a special ballot paper by personally delivering it to an elector outside an office of the returning officer if they are satisfied that the elector will be unable to attend the ordinary or advance polls due to the illness or incapacity of the elector or due to the illness or incapacity of a person for whose care the elector is primarily responsible.
87.61(4)On issuing a special ballot paper to an elector, a special voting officer shall record the following in the special ballot poll book:
(a) the name and address of the elector;
(b) the electoral district and the polling division in which the elector ordinarily resides;
(c) where and when the special ballot paper was issued to the elector; and
(d) whether the special ballot paper was issued in person, by registered mail or by courier.
87.61(5)If a special voting officer is unavailable, a returning officer or an election clerk may issue a special ballot paper to an elector under paragraph (2)(a) and shall take the vote of an elector in the same manner as a special voting officer under subsection 87.62(1).
87.61(6)If a special ballot paper is issued to an elector under paragraph (2)(b), the following shall be issued with the special ballot paper:
(a) instructions indicating how to complete and return the special ballot paper; and
(b) a ballot envelope and a certificate envelope.
2010, c.6, s.94