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• 5 (1) Subject to subsection (3), the electoral officer shall prepare ballots setting out

  • (a) the names of the candidates nominated for election as chief, in alphabetical order; and

  • (b) the names of the candidates nominated for election as councillors, in alphabetical order.

• (2) Where two or more candidates have the same name, the electoral officer shall add to the ballots such additional information as is necessary to distinguish between those candidates.

• (3) Where the reserve consists of more than one electoral section, the electoral officer shall prepare separate ballots for the candidates for election as chief and for the candidates for election as councillors.

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• (7) The electoral officer shall procure or cause to be procured as many ballot boxes as there are polling places, and shall cause to be prepared a sufficient number of ballot papers for the purpose of the election.

• (8) The electoral officer shall, before the poll is open, cause to be delivered to his deputy the ballot papers, materials for marking the ballot papers, and a sufficient number of directions-for-voting as may be prescribed.

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• (13) The electoral officer or his deputy shall, immediately before the commencement of the poll, open the ballot box and call such persons as may be present to witness that it is empty; he shall then lock and properly seal the box to prevent it being opened without breaking the seal and shall place it in view for the reception of the ballots, and the seal shall not be broken nor the box unlocked during the time appointed for taking the poll.

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7 Immediately after the mail-in ballots have been deposited under section 6.1, the electoral officer or deputy electoral officer shall, in the presence of any candidates or their agents who are present, open all ballot boxes and

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• (b) declare a ballot paper containing the names of candidates for more than one office, on which votes are given for more candidates for any office than are to be elected, to be void as regards all the candidates for such office; but such ballot paper shall be good as regards the votes for any other offices in respect of which the voter has not voted for more candidates than are to be elected;

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• (d) number such objection and place a corresponding number on the back of the ballot paper with the word “allowed” or “disallowed”, as the case may be, with his initials;

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• (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).

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• 13 (1) The Minister may, if the material that has been filed is not adequate for deciding the validity of the election complained of, conduct such further investigation into the matter as he deems necessary, in such manner as he deems expedient.

6.1 As soon as is practicable after the close of the polls, the electoral officer or deputy electoral officer shall, in the presence of any candidates or their agents who are present, open each envelope containing a mail-in ballot that was received before the close of the polls and, without unfolding the ballot,

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