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Canada Elections Act

Version of section 279 from 2003-01-01 to 2019-06-12:


Marginal note:Rejection of ballots

  •  (1) The deputy returning 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) The deputy returning 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) The deputy returning 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.

  • 2000, c. 9, s. 279
  • 2001, c. 21, s. 15

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