Regulation Adapting the Canada Elections Act for the Purposes of a Referendum
Division 8
Communication of the Results of the Vote
Communication
of results
280. (1) The Chief Electoral Officer shall,
without delay after the closing of the polling
stations at a referendum, inform each returning
officer of the results of the count under Division
6 for the returning officer's electoral district,
giving the number of votes cast for each answer
to a referendum question and the number of
rejected ballots.
Release of
information
(2) When the returning officer receives information
from the Chief Electoral Officer respecting
the results of the count under Division 6,
the returning officer shall add those results to
the results of the count under Division 7 and
release all of them as being the results of the
vote under the Special Voting Rules.
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