Application for revision of preliminary list
35(1)During the period for revision of the preliminary lists of electors, a revision officer shall dispose of the following types of applications:
(a)
an application to be added to a preliminary list made by a person whose name was omitted from the list;
(b)
an application to correct the information on a preliminary list respecting an elector, which application may be made by any of the following:
(ii)
a family member of the elector who has the information necessary to make the application; or
(iii)
any other member of the elector’s household who has the information necessary to make the application;
(c)
an application to delete an elector from a preliminary list because the elector has died or moved from the electoral district, which application may be made by any of the following:
(ii)
a family member of the elector who has the information necessary to make the application; or
(iii)
any other person who has the information necessary to make the application; and
(d)
an application to delete an elector’s name from a preliminary list, which application may be made by a current resident of the address associated with the elector on the preliminary list.
35(2)An application under subsection (1) shall be in the prescribed form and shall be dealt with by the revision officer in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Chief Electoral Officer.
35(3)In order for a revision officer to make an addition to, a correction to or a deletion from a preliminary list of electors, he or she must be satisfied that sufficient information has been provided in the application to justify revising the preliminary list as requested.
1967, c.9, s.35; 1980, c.17, s.11; 1998, c.32, s.34; 2006, c.6, s.10; 2010, c.6, s.29