Indian Band Election Regulations — 6
6 (1) Subject to subsection 5(6.8), where a person attends at a polling place for the purpose of voting, the electoral officer or deputy electoral officer shall, if the person’s name is set out in the voters list, provide the person with a ballot. (2) The electoral officer or his deputy shall cause to be placed in the proper column of the voters’ list a mark opposite the name of every voter receiving a ballot paper. (3) An elector to whom a mail-in ballot was mailed or provided under subsection 5(4) or (6) may obtain a ballot and vote in person at a polling place if (a) the elector returns the mail-in ballot to the electoral officer or deputy electoral officer; or (b) where the elector has lost the mail-in ballot, the elector provides the electoral officer or deputy electoral officer with a written affirmation that the elector has lost the mail-in ballot, signed by the elector in the presence of the electoral officer, deputy electoral officer, a justice of the peace, a notary public or a commissioner for oaths. (4) The electoral officer or his deputy may and when requested to do so shall explain the mode of voting to a voter. (5) After receiving a ballot, an elector shall (a) immediately proceed to the compartment provided for marking ballots; (b) mark the ballot by placing a cross, check mark or other mark, that clearly indicates the elector’s choice but does not identify the elector, opposite the name of the candidate or candidates for whom he or she desires to vote; (c) fold the ballot in a manner that conceals the names of the candidates and any marks, but exposes the initials on the back; and (d) deliver the ballot to the electoral officer or deputy electoral officer. (5.1) On receipt of a completed ballot, the electoral officer or deputy electoral officer shall, without unfolding the ballot, verify the initials placed on it and deposit it in the ballot box in the presence of the voter and any other persons entitled to be present at the polling place. (6) While any voter is in the compartment for the purpose of marking his ballot paper, no other person shall, except as provided in subsection (7), be allowed in the same compartment or be in any position from which he can see the manner in which such voter marks his ballot paper. (7) At the request of any voter who is unable to vote in the manner set out in subsection (5), the electoral officer or deputy electoral deputy shall assist that voter by marking his or her ballot in the manner directed by the voter in the presence of another elector selected by the voter as a witness and place the ballot in the ballot box. (8) The electoral officer or his deputy shall state in the voters’ list in the column for remarks opposite the name of such elector the fact that the ballot paper was marked by him at the request of the voter and the reasons therefor. (9) A voter who has inadvertently dealt with his ballot paper in such a manner that it cannot be conveniently used shall, upon returning it to the electoral officer or his deputy, be entitled to obtain another ballot paper, and the electoral officer or his deputy shall thereupon write the word “cancelled” upon the spoiled ballot paper and preserve it. (10) Any person who has received a ballot paper and who leaves the polling place without delivering the ballot paper to the electoral officer or his deputy, in the manner provided, or if, after receiving the ballot paper, refuses to vote, shall forfeit his right to vote at the election, and the electoral officer or his deputy shall make an entry in the voters’ list in the column for remarks opposite the name of such person to show that such person received the ballot paper and declined to vote, and the electoral officer or his deputy shall mark upon the face of the ballot paper the word “declined”, and all ballot papers so marked shall be preserved. (11) An elector whose name does not appear on the voters’ list may vote at an election if the electoral officer or his deputy is satisfie