Canada Elections Act (S.C. 2000, c. 9)

Marginal note:Rejection of ballots

• 279 (1) An election officer shall, in counting the ballots, reject a ballot if

  • (a) it has not been supplied for the election;

  • (b) it is not marked;

  • (c) it is marked with a name other than the name of a candidate;

  • (d) it is marked for more than one candidate; or

  • (e) there is any writing or mark on it by which the elector could be identified.

• Marginal note:Elector’s intent

  (2) An election officer shall not reject a special ballot for the sole reason that the elector has incorrectly written the name of a candidate, if the ballot clearly indicates the elector’s intent.

• Marginal note:Political affiliation

  (3) An election officer shall not reject a special ballot for the sole reason that the elector has written, in addition to the name of a candidate, the candidate’s political affiliation, if the ballot clearly indicates the elector’s intent.