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Regulation Adapting the Canada Elections Act for the Purposes of a Referendum — 219
End of voting period — delivery of documents 219 (1) At the end of the voting period, the deputy returning officer for a unit shall deliver to the unit’s commanding officer (a) the outer envelopes that contain the marked special ballots; (b) any unused or spoiled outer envelopes; (c) any unused or spoiled special ballots and unused inner envelopes; and (d) in a separate and clearly identified parcel, every statement of ordinary residence completed at the time of voting. Duties of commanding officer (2) On receipt of the documents referred to in subsection (1), the commanding officer shall (a) deal with the originals and copies of the statements of ordinary residence in accordance with this Division; and (b) deliver to the Chief Electoral Officer all other documents and referendum materials received from the deputy returning officers.
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Definitions 220 The definitions in this section apply in this Division. elector means an elector, other than a Canadian Forces elector, who resides temporarily outside Canada. ( électeur ) register means the register referred to in subsection 222(1). ( registre )
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elector means an elector, other than a Canadian Forces elector, who resides temporarily outside Canada. ( électeur )
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register means the register referred to in subsection 222(1). ( registre )
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Inclusion in register of electors temporarily resident outside Canada 221 An elector may vote under this Division if his or her application for registration and special ballot is received in Ottawa by 6:00 p.m. on the 6th day before polling day and his or her name is entered on the register.
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Register of electors 222 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer shall maintain a register of electors who are temporarily resident outside Canada in which is entered the name, date of birth, civic and mailing addresses, sex and electoral district of each elector who has filed an application for registration and special ballot and who (a) at any time before making the application, resided in Canada; (b) has been residing outside Canada for less than five consecutive years immediately before making the application; and (c) intends to return to Canada to resume residence in the future. Exception (2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to an elector who is (a) employed outside Canada in the federal public administration or the public service of a province; (b) employed outside Canada by an international organization of which Canada is a member and to which Canada contributes; (c) a person who lives with an elector referred to in paragraph (a) or (b); or (d) a person who lives with a member of the Canadian Forces or with a person referred to in paragraph 191(d).
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Inclusion in register 223 (1) An application for registration and special ballot may be made by an elector. It shall be in the prescribed form and shall include (a) satisfactory proof of the elector’s identity; (b) if paragraph 222(1)(b) does not apply in respect of the elector, proof of the applicability of an exception set out in subsection 222(2); (c) the elector’s date of birth; (d) the date the elector left Canada; (e) the address of the elector’s last place of ordinary residence in Canada before he or she left Canada or the address of the place of ordinary residence in Canada of the spouse, the common-law partner or a relative of the elector, a relative of the elector’s spouse or common-law partner, a person in relation to whom the elector is a dependant or a person with whom the elector would live but for his or her residing temporarily outside Canada; (f) the date on which the elector intends to resume residence in Canada; (g) the elector’s mailing address outside Canada; and (h) any other information that the Chief Electoral Officer considers necessary to determine the elector’s entitlement to vote or the electoral district in which he or she may vote. Optional information (2) In addition to the information specified in subsection (1), the Chief Electoral Officer may request that the elector provide other information that the Chief Electoral Officer considers necessary for implementing agreements made under section 55 of the Canada Elections Act , but the elector is not required to provide that information.
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Prohibition — change of address 224 The address chosen as the place of ordinary residence in Canada in the application for registration and special ballot cannot be changed after the elector’s name is entered in the register.
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Information to be provided 225 The Chief Electoral Officer may require an elector whose name appears in the register to provide, within the time fixed by the Chief Electoral Officer, any information that is necessary to update the register.
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Deletion of names from register 226 The Chief Electoral Officer shall delete from the register the name of an elector who (a) does not provide the information referred to in section 225 within the time fixed by the Chief Electoral Officer; (b) makes a signed request to the Chief Electoral Officer to have his or her name deleted from the register; (c) has died and concerning whom a request has been received to have the elector’s name deleted from the register, to which request is attached a death certificate or other documentary evidence of the death; (d) returns to Canada to reside; (e) cannot be contacted; or (f) except for an elector to whom any of paragraphs 222(2)(a) to (d) applies, has resided outside Canada for five consecutive years or more.
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Sending of special ballot and envelopes 227 (1) After approving an application for registration and special ballot and after the issue of the writs, the Chief Electoral Officer shall send a special ballot, an inner envelope and an outer envelope to every elector whose name is entered in the register, at the address referred to in paragraph 223(1)(g). Voting by special ballot (2) An elector shall vote by special ballot by (a) marking a cross or other mark in the circular space provided opposite the word “yes” or “no” on the ballot; (b) placing the ballot in the inner envelope and sealing it; (c) placing the inner envelope in the outer envelope; and (d) signing the declaration on the outer envelope and sealing it. (3) Not applicable.
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Sending of outer envelope 228 An elector shall send the sealed outer envelope to the Chief Electoral Officer (a) by mail or any other means; or (b) by delivering it to a Canadian Embassy, Canadian High Commission or Canadian Consular Office, to a Canadian Forces base or to any place that the Chief Electoral Officer may designate.
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Deadline for return of vote 229 The special ballot must arrive at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer in Ottawa not later than 6:00 p.m. on polling day in order to be counted.
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Responsibilities of elector 230 For the purpose of this Division, an elector has the sole responsibility to ensure that (a) his or her application for registration and special ballot is made within the period specified; and (b) his or her special ballot is received within the period specified to be counted.
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Definition of elector 231 For the purpose of this Division, elector means an elector, other than a Canadian Forces elector or an incarcerated elector, who resides in Canada and who wishes to vote in accordance with this Division.
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Conditions for voting by special ballot 232 An elector may vote under this Division if his or her application for registration and special ballot is received after the issue of the writs and before 6:00 p.m. on the 6th day before polling day (a) by a returning officer in an electoral district; or (b) by the special voting rules administrator.
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Information required for application 233 (1) The application for registration and special ballot shall be in the prescribed form and shall include the following information: (a) the elector’s name and place of ordinary residence; (b) the elector’s date of birth; (c) satisfactory proof of the elector’s identity and residence; (d) the elector’s mailing address; and (e) any other information that the Chief Electoral Officer considers necessary to determine the elector’s entitlement to vote or the electoral district in which he or she may vote. Electors in danger (1.1) An elector who would be under reasonable apprehension of bodily harm if he or she were to indicate the mailing address of his or her dwelling place for the purpose of paragraph (1)(d) may apply to the returning officer or special voting rules administrator to use another address for that purpose. The returning officer or special voting rules administrator, unless he or she considers that it would not be in the public interest to do so, shall grant the application and shall not reveal that other address except as required to send the special ballot to the elector. For greater certainty, the granting of the application does not change the elector’s place of ordinary residence for the purposes of this Act. Optional information (2) In addition to the information specified in subsection (1), the Chief Electoral Officer may request that the elector provide other information that the Chief Electoral Officer considers necessary to implement agreements made under section 55 of the Canada Elections Act , but the elector is not required to provide that information. Information provided (3) An elector who makes an application for registration and special ballot shall indicate whether his or her name is already on a list of electors and, if it is, in which electoral district.
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Name of elector previously included on list of electors 234 (1) The special voting rules administrator shall inform the returning officer of any elector whose name is on a list of electors for the returning officer’s electoral district and who has received a special ballot from another electoral district. The returning officer shall indicate on the list of electors that the elector has received a special ballot. Name of elector not previously included on list (2) If an elector’s name is not already included on a list of electors, the special voting rules administrator shall so inform the returning officer for the electoral district in which the elector is to vote by special ballot. The returning officer shall enter the elector’s name on the list of electors for the appropriate polling division in that electoral district and shall indicate that the elector has received a special ballot.
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Vote by special ballot only 235 Once an elector’s application for registration and special ballot has been accepted, the elector may only vote under this Division.
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Note on the list of electors 236 If an elector applies for registration and special ballot in his or her electoral district, the returning officer shall, if necessary, add the elector’s name to the appropriate list of electors and shall indicate on the list that the elector has received a ballot in accordance with this Division.
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Provision of special ballot 237 On acceptance of an elector’s application for registration and special ballot, the elector shall be given a special ballot, an inner envelope and an outer envelope.
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Voting by special ballot 238 An elector who has received a special ballot under this Division may vote in accordance with subsection 227(2).
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Sending to Chief Electoral Officer 239 (1) An elector who does not vote in his or her electoral district shall send the sealed outer envelope to the special voting rules administrator (a) by mail or any other means; or (b) by delivering it to a Canadian Embassy, High Commission or Consular Office, to a Canadian Forces base outside Canada or to any place that the Chief Electoral Officer may designate. Deadline for receipt (2) In order to have the special ballot counted, an elector shall ensure that the ballot is received (a) if the special ballot is cast in the elector’s electoral district, at the office of the returning officer before the close of the polling stations on polling day; or (b) if the special ballot is cast outside the elector’s electoral district, at the office of the special voting rules administrator in Ottawa, not later than 6:00 p.m. on polling day.
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Responsibilities of elector 240 For the purpose of this Division, an elector has the sole responsibility to ensure that (a) his or her application for registration and special ballot is made within the period specified; and (b) his or her special ballot is received within the period specified to be counted as a vote.
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Spoiled ballot 242 (1) If an elector has inadvertently handled a special ballot in such a manner that it cannot be used, the elector shall return it to the referendum officer who shall mark it as spoiled and give the elector another special ballot. Limit (2) An elector shall not be given more than one special ballot under subsection (1).
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Assistance 243 (1) When an elector personally goes to the office of the returning officer and is unable to read or because of a physical disability is unable to vote in the manner described in this Division, the designated referendum officer shall assist the elector by (a) completing the declaration on the outer envelope and writing the elector’s name where his or her signature is to be written; and (b) marking the ballot as directed by the elector in his or her presence. Note on outer envelope (2) A referendum officer who assists an elector under subsection (1) shall indicate, by signing the note on the outer envelope, that the elector was assisted.
Regulation Adapting the Canada Elections Act for the Purposes of a Referendum — 243.1
Registration, voting at home 243.1 (1) On application of an elector who is unable to read, or who is unable to vote in the manner described in this Division because of a physical disability, and who is unable to personally go to the office of the returning officer because of a physical disability, the designated referendum officer shall go to the elector’s dwelling place and, in the presence of a witness who is chosen by the elector, assist the elector by (a) completing the declaration on the outer envelope and writing the elector’s name where the elector’s signature is to be written; and (b) marking the ballot as directed by the elector in the elector’s presence. Note on outer envelope (2) The referendum officer and the witness who assist an elector under subsection (1) shall indicate, by signing the note on the outer envelope, that the elector was assisted.
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Definition of elector 244 For the purpose of this Division, elector means an incarcerated elector.
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Entitlement to vote 245 (1) Every person who is incarcerated and who is otherwise qualified to vote under this Act is entitled to vote under this Division on the 10th day before polling day. Exercise of right to vote (2) An elector is not entitled to vote under this Division unless he or she has signed an application for registration and special ballot under section 251 and a declaration described in section 257. Vote to be in electoral district (3) An elector is entitled to vote under this Division only in respect of the electoral district in which his or her place of ordinary residence is situated as shown on the application for registration and special ballot made by the elector under section 251.
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Designation of coordinating officers 246 The ministers responsible for corrections in the provinces shall each designate a person as a coordinating officer to work, during and between referendums with the Chief Electoral Officer to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Division.
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Notification of issue of the writs 247 (1) Without delay after the issue of the writs, the Chief Electoral Officer shall inform the minister responsible for corrections in a province of their issue and of the location of administrative centres. Designation of liaison officers (2) On being informed of the issue of the writs, each minister responsible for corrections in a province shall (a) inform the coordinating officer for that province of the issue of the writs; (b) designate one or more persons to act as liaison officers in connection with the taking of the votes of electors; and (c) inform the Chief Electoral Officer and the coordinating officer for that province of the name and address of each liaison officer.
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Liaison officers 248 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer shall appoint persons designated under paragraph 247(2)(b) in the prescribed form. Duty to cooperate (2) During the referendum period, a liaison officer shall cooperate with the Chief Electoral Officer in the administration of the registration and the taking of the votes of electors.
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Duty of coordinating officer 249 When a coordinating officer is informed that a liaison officer has been designated, the coordinating officer shall give the liaison officer all necessary information on taking the votes of electors.
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Notice of entitlement to vote 250 (1) A liaison officer shall, without delay after being appointed, post a notice in the prescribed form in a prominent place in the correctional institution that informs electors of the date on which they are entitled to vote in accordance with this Division. Voting hours (2) The polling stations shall be open on the 10th day before polling day from 9:00 a.m. and shall be kept open until every elector who is registered under subsection 251(1) has voted, but in no case shall they be kept open later than 8:00 p.m. on that day.
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Application for registration and special ballot 251 (1) Before the 10th day before polling day, each liaison officer shall ensure that an application for registration and special ballot in the prescribed form is completed for every eligible elector of the correctional institution who wishes to vote, indicating his or her place of ordinary residence as determined under subsection (2). Residence of elector (2) The place of ordinary residence of an elector is the first of the following places for which the elector knows the civic and mailing addresses: (a) his or her residence before being incarcerated; (b) the residence of the spouse, the common-law partner, a relative or a dependant of the elector, a relative of his or her spouse or common-law partner or a person with whom the elector would live but for his or her incarceration; (c) the place of his or her arrest; or (d) the last court where the elector was convicted and sentenced. Optional information (3) In addition to providing his or her place of ordinary residence, the Chief Electoral Officer may request that the elector provide other information that the Chief Electoral Officer considers necessary to implement agreements made under section 55 of the Canada Elections Act , but the elector is not required to provide that information. Validation (4) The liaison officer shall validate the application for registration and special ballot by signing it and indicating on it the name of the electoral district that includes the place of ordinary residence as determined under subsection (2). Dispute about electoral district (5) If a dispute arises as to in which electoral district an elector may vote, the elector may refer the matter to the returning officer for the electoral district where the correctional institution is located, and the returning officer shall make a final determination in accordance with the process for revising lists of electors.
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List of incarcerated electors 252 Applications for registration and special ballot are deemed to be the list of electors who vote under this Division.
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Appointment of deputy returning officers and poll clerks 253 (1) Before the 18th day before polling day, each returning officer shall, for each correctional institution in his or her electoral district, in consultation with the liaison officer for the institution, establish one or more polling stations and appoint a deputy returning officer and a poll clerk for each polling station. Provision of referendum materials (2) A liaison officer shall, on receiving the referendum materials and the text of any referendum question, (a) provide the materials in sufficient quantities to the deputy returning officers appointed under subsection (1) for the correctional institution; and (b) post the text of any referendum question in one or more conspicuous places in the correctional institution.
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Duties of deputy returning officer 254 On the day on which the electors cast their ballots, the deputy returning officer shall, at each polling station, (a) post two or more copies of the voting instructions, in the prescribed form, in conspicuous places; and (b) keep readily available for consultation by electors a copy of this Part, a set of street indexes, and a guide to electoral districts.
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Mobile polling stations 255 (1) A liaison officer shall, when required, establish a mobile polling station within a correctional institution to take the votes of the electors who are confined to their cells or in an infirmary. Common mobile polling stations (2) A returning officer may, in cooperation with liaison officers, create a mobile polling station for correctional institutions of fewer than 50 electors that are within the returning officer’s electoral district and that are within reasonable travelling distance of each other.