Posting of directions to electors
75(1)The deputy returning officer shall, on polling day, at or before the opening of the poll, cause such printed directions to electors as have been supplied to him pursuant to paragraph 70(a) to be posted up in conspicuous places outside of and near to the polling station and also in each compartment of the polling station.
Information service at multipoll premises
75(1.1)Where two or more polling stations are located in the same premises the returning officer for the electoral district in which those polling stations are located shall direct one of the deputy returning officers to provide a service, in a central and convenient place in those premises, whereby information may be given to any elector respecting the polling station at which that elector may vote.
75(2)Before the opening of the poll, on polling day, the deputy returning officer shall, at the polling station and in full view of such of the candidates, scrutineers or electors representing candidates as are present, affix uniformly and in ink of the same colour his initials in the space provided for that purpose on the back of every ballot paper and the ballot papers shall not then be detached from the books in which they have been bound or stitched.
75(3)At the hour fixed for opening the poll, the deputy returning officer and the poll clerk shall, in the presence of such of the candidates and their representatives as are present, ascertain that there are no ballot papers or other papers in the ballot box, after which the deputy returning officer shall seal it by use of a metal or plastic seal and place it on a table in full view of all present, and it shall be maintained there until the close of the poll.
75(4)Immediately after the ballot box is so sealed, the deputy returning officer shall call upon the electors to vote.
Access of electors to poll
75(5)The deputy returning officer shall secure the admittance of every elector into the polling station, and shall see that they are not impeded or molested at or about the polling station.
Polling station information by candidate prohibited
75(5.1)No candidate, agent or representative of the candidate, or representative of a political party with which a candidate is affiliated, shall, at any time prior to or on polling day, cause any information to be given to an elector respecting the polling station where that elector may vote.
Offence to breach subsection 75(5.1)
75(5.2)Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (5.1) is guilty of an illegal practice.
Exception respecting subsection 75(5.1)
75(5.3)Subsection (5.1) shall not be construed or applied to prohibit any person from responding, to the best of his knowledge and belief, to a question from an elector as to the location of the polling station where that elector may vote.
75(6)Subject to subsection 76(2), subsection 81(1) and subsection 83(1), not more than one elector for each compartment in the polling station shall be permitted to be in the room where the poll is to be held at the same time and each elector shall, upon entering, declare his name and address whereupon the poll clerk shall ascertain if the name of the elector appears on the official list of electors for the polling division.
Elector permitted to vote
75(7)If it is ascertained that the applicant elector’s name appears on the official list of electors or that the elector is otherwise qualified to vote at the polling station, the elector shall immediately be allowed to vote unless an election officer, a scrutineer or an elector representing a recognized party or an independent candidate, present at the polling station, desires that the elector be sworn first.
1967, c.9, s.75; 1974, c.12(Supp.), s.20; 1980, c.17, s.25; 1985, c.45, s.12; 1991, c.27, s.13; 1991, c.48, s.8; 2006, c.6, s.19