Marginal note:Presence of representatives
136 (1) A candidate or the candidate’s official agent may authorize any number of representatives of the candidate to be present at a polling station, but only two of each candidate’s representatives may be present at any time.
Marginal note:Representatives may absent themselves from poll
(2) A representative of a candidate, or an elector described in paragraph 135(1)(d), may leave a polling station at any time and return at any time before the counting of the votes begins and is not required to produce a new written authorization from the candidate or official agent or to take another oath.
Marginal note:Examination of list of electors and conveying information
(3) A representative of a candidate may, during voting hours,
(a) examine the list of electors, provided that the representative does not delay an elector in casting his or her vote; and
(b) convey any information obtained by the examination referred to in paragraph (a) to a representative of the candidate who is on duty outside the polling station.
Marginal note:Communications device
(4) A representative of a candidate shall not use a communications device at a polling station during voting hours.
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