Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Assistance

• 259 (1) If an elector is unable to read or because of a disability is unable to vote in the manner described in this Division, an election officer who is assigned to the polling station shall assist the elector by

  • (a) completing the declaration on the outer envelope and writing the elector’s name where his or her signature is to be written; and

  • (b) marking the special ballot as directed by the elector in his or her presence and in the presence of another election officer who is assigned to the polling station.

• Marginal note:Note on outer envelope

  (2) The election officers shall sign a note on the outer envelope indicating that the elector was assisted.