Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Counting of outer envelopes

• 278 (1) The deputy returning officer and the poll clerk shall count all valid outer envelopes.

• Marginal note:Inner envelopes

  (2) The deputy returning officer and the poll clerk shall open the outer envelopes and put all the inner envelopes in a ballot box provided by the returning officer.

• Marginal note:Counting the votes

  (3) After the close of the polling stations, the deputy returning officer shall open the ballot box and he or she together with the poll clerk shall open the inner envelopes and count the votes.