Canada Cooperatives Regulations

23.6 (1) For the purposes of section 65(3) of the Act, when a vote is to be taken at a meeting of the cooperative, the voting may be carried out by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility, if the facility

• (a) enables the votes to be gathered in a manner that permits their subsequent verification; and

• (b) permits the tallied votes to be presented to the cooperative without it being possible for the cooperative to identify how each member or shareholder or group of members or shareholders voted.

(2) For the purpose of subsection 65(4) of the Act, a person who is entitled to vote at a meeting of the cooperative may vote by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility, if the facility

• (a) enables the vote to be gathered in a manner that permits its subsequent verification; and

• (b) permits the tallied vote to be presented to the cooperative without it being possible for the cooperative to identify how the person voted.