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Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 270
Statements of the vote 270 (1) Each pair of special ballot officers shall prepare a statement of the vote in the prescribed form and deliver it to the special voting rules administrator. Safekeeping (2) The special voting rules administrator shall keep the statements of the vote in safe custody until the day after the communication of the results under section 280. Copy to special ballot officer (3) On request, after the day that the results are communicated, a special ballot officer may be given a copy of the statement of the vote that he or she prepared.
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 271
Chief Electoral Officer to be informed of results of vote 271 Without delay after the counting of the votes for every electoral district has been completed, the special voting rules administrator shall inform the Chief Electoral Officer of (a) the number of votes counted for each candidate for every electoral district; (b) the total number of votes counted for each electoral district; and (c) the number of rejected ballots for each electoral district.
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 272
Sending of material to Chief Electoral Officer 272 As soon as practicable after the counting of the votes for every electoral district has been completed, the special voting rules administrator shall send to the Chief Electoral Officer, in separate envelopes, (a) the lists of electors; (b) all other documents and election materials received from commanding officers and election officers; (c) the solemn declarations made under subsection 23(1); and (d) the complete files of correspondence, reports and records in his or her possession. 2000, c. 9, s. 272 2018, c. 31, s. 183
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 273
Notification to candidates 273 The returning officer shall, as soon as possible, notify the candidates of the names of the election officers who he or she assigns to verify the declarations referred to in paragraph 227(2)(c) and to count the special ballots issued to electors in his or her electoral district and received at his or her office. 2000, c. 9, s. 273 2018, c. 31, s. 184
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 274
Candidate present at counting 274 A candidate or his or her representative may be present for the verification of the declarations referred to in paragraph 227(2)(c) and the counting of ballots received at the returning officer’s office. 2000, c. 9, s. 274 2018, c. 31, s. 184
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 275
Ballots to be kept sealed 275 (1) The returning officer shall ensure that the ballots received at his or her office are kept sealed until they are given to an election officer referred to in section 273. Return outer envelopes (2) All outer envelopes received after the prescribed deadline shall be kept separate and sealed and shall be initialled by the returning officer and marked with the date and time of their receipt. 2000, c. 9, s. 275 2018, c. 31, s. 185
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 276
Verification of declarations 276 (1) The election officers referred to in section 273 shall verify the declarations made under paragraph 227(2)(c), at the time fixed by the Chief Electoral Officer and in accordance with his or her instructions, by determining from the information in the declaration whether the elector is entitled to vote in the electoral district. Notice (2) The returning officer shall notify the candidates of the time and place of the verification. Provision of materials to election officer (3) One of the election officers shall be provided with the applications for registration and special ballot received before the deadline, along with any other materials that may be required. 2000, c. 9, s. 276 2018, c. 31, s. 186
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 277
Setting aside of inner envelope 277 (1) An election officer referred to in section 273 shall set aside an elector’s inner envelope unopened if (a) the information concerning the elector, as set out in the elector’s declaration made under paragraph 227(2)(c), does not correspond with the information on the application for registration and special ballot; (b) the declaration — other than one in respect of an elector who has voted with assistance under section 243 or 243.1 — does not bear the elector’s signature; (c) the elector has voted more than once; or (d) the outer envelope was received after the prescribed deadline. Registering objections (2) When the declarations are verified, an election officer referred to in section 273 shall register any objection to an elector’s right to vote in the electoral district in the prescribed form. Noting of reasons for setting aside (3) When an elector’s inner envelope is set aside unopened as described in subsection (1), the election officer who set it aside shall note on it the reasons for the setting aside. The election officer and another election officer referred to in section 273 shall both initial the envelope. Envelopes and declarations kept together (4) When an elector’s inner envelope is set aside unopened as described in this section, it shall be kept with the outer envelope and — if it did not appear on the outer envelope — the declaration. 2000, c. 9, s. 277 2018, c. 31, s. 187
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 278
Counting of inner envelopes 278 (1) The election officers referred to in section 273 shall count all inner envelopes that have not been set aside. Inner envelopes (2) They shall put all the inner envelopes that have not been set aside in a ballot box provided by the returning officer. Counting the votes (3) After the close of the polling stations, one of the election officers shall open the ballot box and, together with another of the election officers, shall open the inner envelopes and count the votes. 2000, c. 9, s. 278 2018, c. 31, s. 188
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 279
Rejection of ballots 279 (1) An election officer shall, in counting the ballots, reject a ballot if (a) it has not been supplied for the election; (b) it is not marked; (c) it is marked with a name other than the name of a candidate; (d) it is marked for more than one candidate; or (e) there is any writing or mark on it by which the elector could be identified. Elector’s intent (2) An election officer shall not reject a special ballot for the sole reason that the elector has incorrectly written the name of a candidate, if the ballot clearly indicates the elector’s intent. Political affiliation (3) An election officer shall not reject a special ballot for the sole reason that the elector has written, in addition to the name of a candidate, the candidate’s political affiliation, if the ballot clearly indicates the elector’s intent. 2000, c. 9, s. 279; 2001, c. 21, s. 15 2018, c. 31, s. 189
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 280
Communication of results 280 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer shall, without delay after the closing of the polling stations at an election, inform each returning officer of the results of the count under Division 6 for the returning officer’s electoral district, giving the number of votes cast for each candidate and the number of rejected ballots. Release of information (2) When the returning officer receives information from the Chief Electoral Officer respecting the results of the count under Division 6, the returning officer shall add those results to the results of the count under Division 7 and release all of them as being the results of the vote under the Special Voting Rules.
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 281
Application 281 The provisions of this Part apply inside and outside Canada. 2000, c. 9, s. 281 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 281.1
Chief Electoral Officer 281.1 The Chief Electoral Officer shall not vote at an election. 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 281.2
Inducing Chief Electoral Officer to vote 281.2 No person shall induce or attempt to induce the Chief Electoral Officer to vote at an election knowing that it is the Chief Electoral Officer whom he or she is inducing or attempting to induce to vote and that the Chief Electoral Officer is prohibited from voting. 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 281.3
Not qualified as elector 281.3 No person shall (a) vote or attempt to vote at an election knowing that he or she (i) is not a Canadian citizen when he or she votes, or (ii) is not 18 years of age or older — or will not be 18 years of age or older — on polling day; or (b) induce or attempt to induce another person to vote at an election knowing that the other person (i) is not a Canadian citizen — or will not be a Canadian citizen — when he or she votes, or (ii) is not 18 years of age or older — or will not be 18 years of age or older — on polling day. 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 281.4
Not ordinarily resident in electoral district 281.4 No person shall (a) vote or attempt to vote at an election in a particular electoral district knowing that his or her place of ordinary residence is not in that electoral district; or (b) induce or attempt to induce another person to vote at an election in a particular electoral district knowing that the other person’s place of ordinary residence is not in that electoral district. 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 281.5
Voting more than once — general election 281.5 (1) No person who has voted in a general election shall vote again, or attempt to vote again, in that general election. Voting more than once — by-election (2) No person who has voted in a by-election shall vote again, or attempt to vote again, at that by-election or at any other by-election that is held on the same day. 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 281.6
Secrecy of the vote 281.6 (1) Every person present at a polling station or at the counting of the votes shall maintain the secrecy of the vote. Attempting to obtain information about elector’s vote (2) Except as provided by this Act, no person shall, in a polling station, attempt to obtain any information as to the candidate for whom any elector is about to vote or has voted. Secrecy at the poll (3) Except as provided by this Act, no person shall (a) on entering the polling station and before receiving a ballot or special ballot, openly declare for whom he or she intends to vote; (b) while in the polling station, show his or her ballot or special ballot, when marked, so as to allow the name of the candidate for whom he or she has voted to be seen; or (c) before leaving the polling station, openly declare for whom he or she has voted. Secrecy — marked ballot (4) No person who has seen a ballot or special ballot that has been marked by an elector shall disclose information as to how it was marked unless he or she is the elector who marked it or he or she has been authorized to make the disclosure by the elector who marked it. Secrecy — counting of the votes (5) No person shall, at the counting of the votes, attempt to obtain information or communicate information obtained at the counting as to the candidate for whom a vote is given in a particular ballot or special ballot. 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 281.7
Ballots 281.7 (1) No person shall (a) request or apply for a ballot or special ballot in a name that is not his or her own; (b) vote using a forged ballot or forged special ballot; (c) request or apply for a ballot or special ballot to which he or she is not entitled; (d) provide a ballot or special ballot to any person when not authorized under this Act to do so; (e) have a ballot or special ballot in his or her possession when not authorized under this Act to do so; (f) alter, deface or destroy a ballot, the initials of the election officer that are signed on a ballot or the number of the polling division or advance polling district that is marked on a ballot; (g) put or cause to be put into a ballot box a ballot, special ballot or other paper otherwise than as provided by this Act or by instructions of the Chief Electoral Officer; (h) take a ballot out of the polling station or the office of the returning officer otherwise than as provided by this Act or by instructions of the Chief Electoral Officer; or (i) destroy, take, open or otherwise interfere with a ballot box or book or packet of ballots or special ballots otherwise than as provided by this Act or by instructions of the Chief Electoral Officer. Ballots — election officer (2) No election officer shall (a) with the intent of causing the reception of a vote that should not have been cast or the non-reception of a vote that should have been cast, put his or her initials on the back of any paper purporting to be or capable of being used as a ballot at an election; or (b) place on a ballot or special ballot any writing, number or mark with intent that the elector to whom the ballot or special ballot is to be given, or has been given, can be identified. Special ballots — unit election officer (3) No unit election officer shall place on a special ballot any writing, number or mark with intent that the elector to whom the special ballot is to be given, or has been given, can be identified. 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 281.8
Photograph, video or copy of marked ballot 281.8 (1) No person shall (a) take a photograph or make a video recording of a ballot or special ballot that has been marked, at an election, by an elector; (b) make a copy, in any manner, of any ballot or special ballot that has been marked, at an election, by an elector; or (c) distribute or show, in any manner, to one or more persons, a photograph, video recording or copy of a ballot or special ballot that has been marked, at an election, by an elector. Exception — persons with visual impairment (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any person with a visual impairment who takes a photograph or makes a video recording or copy of a ballot or special ballot that he or she has marked for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of their marking. Exception — legal proceedings (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who does anything referred to in that subsection for the purpose of a recount under Part 14 or for the purpose of any other legal proceeding. 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 281.9
False statement 281.9 No person shall (a) make a false statement in an application for registration and special ballot; or (b) make a false statement in a declaration signed by him or her before an election officer or unit election officer. 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 282
Person who assists elector — limit 282 (1) At an election, no person shall, as a friend, assist under section 155 or 243.01, more than one elector for the purpose of marking a ballot. Person who assists elector — secrecy (2) No person who assists an elector under section 155 or 243.01 shall, directly or indirectly, disclose the name of the candidate for whom the elector voted or that candidate’s political affiliation. 2000, c. 9, s. 282 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 282.1
Vouching for more than one person 282.1 (1) No person shall vouch for more than one person at an election, except in the cases referred to in subsections 143(3.01), 161(2) and 169(2.01). Voucher not qualified as elector, etc. (2) No person shall vouch for another person if (a) the person who vouches is not qualified as an elector; (b) the person who vouches does not personally know the other person; or (c) the person who vouches does not reside in a polling division assigned to the same polling station as the polling division in which the other person resides or, in the cases referred to in subsections 143(3.01), 161(2) and 169(2.01), in a polling division in the other person’s electoral district or an adjacent electoral district. Vouchee acting as voucher (3) No person who has been vouched for at an election shall vouch for another person at that election. 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 282.2
Influencing electors 282.2 No person shall, in a polling station or in any place where voting at an election is taking place, influence or attempt to influence electors to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate or registered party, at the election. 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 282.3
Influencing electors — election officers and staff of returning officers 282.3 Subject to section 141, no election officer, unit election officer or member of the staff of a returning officer shall, while exercising their powers or performing their duties, influence or attempt to influence an elector to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate or registered party, at an election. 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 282.4
Undue influence by foreigners 282.4 (1) No person or entity referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (e) shall, during an election period, unduly influence an elector to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate or registered party, at the election: (a) an individual who is not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and who does not reside in Canada; (b) a corporation or entity incorporated, formed or otherwise organized outside Canada that does not carry on business in Canada or whose primary purpose in Canada during an election period is to influence electors during that period to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate or registered party, at the election; (c) a trade union that does not hold bargaining rights for employees in Canada; (d) a foreign political party; or (e) a foreign government or an agent or mandatary of a foreign government. Meaning of unduly influencing (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person or entity unduly influences an elector to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate or registered party, at an election if (a) they knowingly incur any expense to directly promote or oppose a candidate in that election, a registered party that has endorsed a candidate in that election or the leader of such a registered party; (b) one of the things done by them to influence the elector is an offence under an Act of Parliament or a regulation made under any such Act, or under an Act of the legislature of a province or a regulation made under any such Act. Exceptions (3) For greater certainty, subsection (1) does not apply if the only thing done by the person or entity to influence the elector to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for the particular candidate or registered party, consists of (a) an expression of their opinion about the outcome or desired outcome of the election; (b) a statement by them that encourages the elector to vote or refrain from voting for any candidate or registered party in the election; or (c) the transmission to the public through broadcasting, or through electronic or print media, of an editorial, a debate, a speech, an interview, a column, a letter, a commentary or news, regardless of the expense incurred in doing so, if no contravention of subsection 330(1) or (2) is involved in the transmission. Collusion (4) No person or entity shall act in collusion with a person or entity to whom subsection (1) applies for the purpose of contravening that subsection. Selling advertising space (5) No person or entity shall sell any advertising space to a person or entity to whom subsection (1) applies for the purpose of enabling that person or entity to transmit an election advertising message or to cause an election advertising message to be transmitted. 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 282.5
Interfering with marking of ballot 282.5 No person shall interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, an elector who is marking a ballot or special ballot. 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 282.6
Preventing elector from voting 282.6 No person shall prevent or attempt to prevent an elector from voting at an election. 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 282.7
Offering bribe 282.7 (1) No person shall, during an election period, directly or indirectly, offer a bribe to influence an elector to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate or registered party, at the election. Accepting bribe (2) No person shall, during an election period, accept or agree to accept a bribe that is offered to them to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate or registered party, at the election. 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 282.8
Intimidation, etc. 282.8 No person shall (a) by intimidation or duress, compel or attempt to compel a person to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate or registered party, at an election; or (b) by any pretence or contrivance, including by representing that the ballot or special ballot or the manner of voting at an election is not secret, influence or attempt to influence a person to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate or registered party, at an election. 2018, c. 31, s. 190
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 283
Counting the votes 283 (1) Immediately after the close of a polling station, an election officer who is assigned to the polling station shall count the votes in the presence of (a) another election officer who is assigned to the polling station; and (b) any candidates or their representatives who are present or, if no candidates or representatives are present, at least two electors. Tally sheets (2) One of those election officers shall supply all the persons referred to in paragraph (1)(b) who are present and who request one with a tally sheet to keep their own score of the voting. Steps to follow (3) The election officer who counts the votes shall, in the following order, (a) count the number of electors who voted, count the number of those to whom a certificate was given under subsection 161(4), make an entry at the end of the list of electors that states “The number of electors who voted at this election is ( stating the number ). Of these, the number of electors to whom a certificate was given under subsection 161(4) is ( stating the number ).”, sign the list and place the list in the envelope supplied for that purpose; (b) count the spoiled ballots, place them in the envelope supplied for the purpose, indicate on the envelope the number of spoiled ballots, and seal it; (c) count the unused ballots that are not detached from the books of ballots, place them with the stubs of the used ballots in the envelope supplied for the purpose, indicate on the envelope the number of unused ballots, and seal it; (d) total the number of electors indicated under paragraph (a) who voted and the numbers arrived at in paragraphs (b) and (c) in order to ascertain that all ballots that were provided by the returning officer are accounted for; (e) open the ballot box and empty its contents onto a table; and (f) examine each ballot, show the ballot to each person who is present, and ask the election officer referred to in paragraph (1)(a) to make a note on the tally sheet beside the name of the candidate for whom the vote was cast for the purpose of arriving at the total number of votes cast for each candidate. 2000, c. 9, s. 283; 2014, c. 12, s. 61 2018, c. 31, s. 191