First Nations Oil and Gas and Moneys Management Voting Regulations

Marginal note:Procedure on opening ballot boxes

• 25 (1) After the mail-in ballots have been deposited under section 24, the electoral officer must, in the presence of a deputy electoral officer and any members of the council of the first nation who are present, open all ballot boxes and

  • (a) examine the ballots;

  • (b) set aside any ballot that does not have the initials of the electoral officer or a deputy electoral officer on the back;

  • (c) reject all ballots

    • (i) that have been marked incorrectly, or

    • (ii) on which anything appears by which an eligible voter can be identified;

  • (d) count the votes cast in favour of and against the question submitted in the vote; and

  • (e) prepare a statement in writing of the number of votes so cast and of the number of ballots rejected.

• Marginal note:Signing and filing statement

  (2) The statement referred to in paragraph (1)(e) must be

  • (a) signed by the electoral officer and by the chief or a member of the council of the first nation; and

  • (b) filed in the regional office of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.