Marginal note:Who may be present at polling station
135 (1) The only persons who may be present at a polling station on polling day are
(a) the deputy returning officer and the poll clerk;
(b) the returning officer and his or her representatives;
(c) the candidates;
(d) two representatives of each candidate or, in their absence, two electors to represent each candidate;
(e) an elector and a friend or relative who is helping him or her by virtue of subsection 155(1), only for the period necessary to enable the elector to vote; and
(f) any observer or member of the Chief Electoral Officer’s staff whom he or she authorizes to be present.
Marginal note:Delivery of representative’s authorization
(2) When a representative of a candidate is admitted to a polling station, the representative shall deliver his or her written authorization from the candidate or the candidate’s official agent in the prescribed form to the deputy returning officer.
Marginal note:Representative authorized in writing
(3) A representative bearing a written authorization referred to in subsection (2) is deemed to be a representative of the candidate within the meaning of this Act and is entitled to represent the candidate in preference to, and to the exclusion of, any elector who might otherwise claim the right to represent the candidate.
Marginal note:Oath of secrecy
(4) Each representative of a candidate or each elector described in paragraph (1)(d), on being admitted to the polling station, shall take an oath in the prescribed form.
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