Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Assistance by unit election officer

• 216 (1) If an elector is unable to read or because of a disability is unable to vote in the manner described in this Division, the unit election officer shall assist him or her by

  • (a) completing the declaration referred to in section 212 and writing the elector’s name where the elector’s signature is to be written; and

  • (b) marking the special ballot as directed by the elector in the elector’s presence and in the presence of another elector selected by the elector as a witness.

• Marginal note:Note and keeping vote secret

  (2) The unit election officer and an elector acting as a witness shall

  • (a) sign a note on the declaration indicating that the elector was assisted; and

  • (b) keep secret the name of the candidate for whom the elector voted.