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Canada Elections Act

Version of section 162 from 2019-06-13 to 2024-03-06:


Marginal note:Duties

 An election officer assigned to a polling station — and not necessarily the same election officer for all of the following — shall

  • (a) make, on the prescribed form, the entries required under this Act;

  • (b) as soon as the elector’s ballot has been deposited in the ballot box, indicate, beside the name of the elector on the list of electors, that the elector has voted;

  • (c) indicate, if applicable, on the prescribed form that the elector has voted under a transfer certificate issued under section 158 or 159 and give the number of the certificate;

  • (d) [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 110]

  • (e) indicate, if applicable, on the prescribed form that the elector has voted under section 146;

  • (f) indicate, if applicable, on the prescribed form that the elector has made a solemn declaration and the type of solemn declaration;

  • (g) indicate, if applicable, on the prescribed form that the elector refused to comply with a legal requirement to provide the piece or pieces of identification referred to in paragraph 143(2)(a) or (b), respectively, or to make a solemn declaration;

  • (h) indicate, if applicable, on the prescribed form that the elector has been allowed to vote under subsection 148.1(2);

  • (i) indicate, if applicable, on the prescribed form that an elector has voted in the circumstances described in section 147, that the solemn declaration referred to in subsection 549.1(1) has been made or that any other solemn declaration that was required to be made was made, note any objection that was made on behalf of any of the candidates and indicate the candidate’s name;

  • (i.1) prepare, at intervals of no less than 30 minutes, using the prescribed form and as directed by the Chief Electoral Officer, a document permitting the identification of every elector who during that interval has exercised his or her right to vote on polling day — excluding electors who registered on that day — and, on request, provide it to a candidate’s representative;

  • (i.2) prepare, each day after the close of the advance polling station, using the prescribed form and as directed by the Chief Electoral Officer, a document permitting the identification of every elector who has exercised his or her right to vote on that day — excluding electors who registered on that day — and, on request, provide it to a candidate’s representative; and

  • (j) indicate, if applicable, on the prescribed form, that an elector has voted under a registration certificate issued under subsection 161(4).

  • 2000, c. 9, s. 162
  • 2007, c. 21, s. 28
  • 2014, c. 12, s. 52
  • 2018, c. 31, s. 110

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