4.1 (1) At least 79 days before the day on which an election is to be held, the band shall provide the electoral officer with the last known addresses, if any, of all electors who do not reside on the reserve.

(2) A candidate for election as chief or councillor may obtain from the electoral officer a list of the names of electors and the addresses of any electors who have consented to have their addresses released to the candidates.

(3) A document shall be considered to have been properly mailed under paragraphs 4.2(1)(b) and 4.7(a), subsection 5(4) and paragraphs 8(2)(b) and 11.1(2)(g) to electors who do not reside on the reserve if it was mailed or delivered to every elector who does not reside on the reserve and for whom an address was provided.

4.2 (1) At least 30 days before the day on which a nomination meeting is to be held, the electoral officer shall

• (a) post a notice of the nomination meeting and a list of the names of electors in at least one conspicuous place on the reserve; and

• (b) mail a notice of the nomination meeting and a voter declaration form to every elector who does not reside on the reserve.

(2) A notice of a nomination meeting shall include

• (a) the date, time, duration and location of the nomination meeting;

• (b) the date on which the election will be held and the location of each polling place;

• (c) the name and phone number of the electoral officer;

• (d) the statement that any voter may vote by mail-in ballot;

• (e) a description of the manner in which an elector can nominate a candidate, or second the nomination of a candidate;

• (f) the statement that, if the elector wants to receive information from candidates, the elector can agree to have his or her address released to the candidates.

(3) The electoral officer shall record the names of electors to whom a notice of the nomination meeting was mailed, the addresses of those electors, and the date on which the notices were mailed.

4.3 (1) Subject to section 75 of the Act, an elector may nominate a candidate, or second the nomination of a candidate,

• (a) by delivering or, subject to subsection (2), by mailing a written nomination and a completed, signed and witnessed voter declaration form to the electoral officer before the time set for the nomination meeting; or

• (b) orally, at the nomination meeting.

(2) Mailed nominations that are not received by the electoral officer before the time set for the nomination meeting are void.

4.4 (1) A nomination meeting for an election shall be held at least 42 days before the date of the election.

(2) At the start of the nomination meeting, the electoral officer shall read aloud all written nominations and secondments that have been received by mail or delivered.

(3) Where the same person receives two written nominations for the same office, the second nomination shall constitute a secondment of the first nomination.

(4) A person present at a nomination meeting who is eligible to do so may second the nomination of any person nominated in writing.

(5) A nomination meeting shall remain open for at least three hours.

(6) At the end of the nomination meeting, the electoral officer shall

• (a) if only one person has been nominated for election as chief, declare that person to be elected;

• (b) if the number of persons nominated to serve as councillors in an electoral section does not exceed the number to be elected, declare those persons to be elected; and

• (c) where more than the required number of persons are nominated for election as chief or councillors, announce that an election will be held on the day set out in the notice referred to in subsection 4.2(1).