Instructions to adapt Part 11 of the Canada Elections Act (Special Voting Rules) made pursuant to section 179
Section 179 of the Canada Elections Act authorizes the Chief Electoral Officer to issue an instruction to adapt a provision of Part 11 of the Act (Special Voting Rules) in respect of a particular circumstance. The instruction is issued where the Chief Electoral Officer considers that it is necessary in order to execute the intent of the provision.
- Adaptation to allow for certain special ballots to be counted (41st General Election)
- Incarcerated electors who were unable to vote on account of errors made by liaison officers (41st General Election)
- Assistance to an incarcerated elector in completing the application for registration and special ballot
- Day on which incarcerated electors are entitled to vote (41st General Election)
- Proof of residence when address on pieces of identification does not prove residence but is consistent with information in the Register or on the list of elector
- Application of Division 5 of Part 11 of the Act to incarcerated electors serving a sentence of two years or more
- Setting aside of the outer envelope of an elector who was registered as a national elector and voted in the wrong electoral district
- Elector who did not receive his or her special ballot
- Definition of "voting period" – Canadian Forces electors
- Incarcerated elector using the address of a correctional institution as their place of ordinary residence
- Setting aside of an inner envelope that was not sealed in an outer envelope (Office of the Chief Electoral Officer)
- Setting aside of the outer envelope of an elector who was registered as a local elector and voted in the wrong electoral district
- Elector who marked their special ballot incorrectly on the basis of erroneous information provided by an election officer