Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Assistance

• 243 (1) When an elector personally goes to the office of the returning officer and is unable to read or because of a disability is unable to vote in the manner described in this Division, the designated election officer 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 ballot as directed by the elector in the elector’s presence.

• Marginal note:Note on outer envelope

  (2) An election officer who assists an elector under subsection (1) shall indicate, by signing the note on the outer envelope, that the elector was assisted.