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E-2.2 - Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities

Section 183
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183. Immediately before the time fixed for the opening of the polling station on the second day, where that is the case, the deputy returning officer, in the presence of the poll clerk and the representatives, shall open the ballot box, resume possession of the poll book and of the envelopes containing the unused ballot papers, the forms and the list of electors, and open the envelopes to resume possession of their contents. The envelopes containing the used and cancelled ballot papers shall remain in the ballot box.
After the close of the polling station on the second day, the deputy returning officer and the poll clerk shall observe the same formalities as after the close of the polling station on the first day. The ballot papers used or cancelled on the second day shall be placed in envelopes separate from those containing the ballot papers used or cancelled on the first day.
1987, c. 57, s. 183.
183. Immediately before the time fixed for the opening of the polling station on the second day, where that is the case, the deputy returning officer, in the presence of the poll clerk and the representatives, shall open the ballot box, resume possession of the poll book and of the envelopes containing the unused ballot papers, the forms and the list of electors, and open the envelopes to resume possession of their contents. The envelopes containing the used and cancelled ballot papers shall remain in the ballot box.
After the close of the polling station on the second day, the deputy returning officer and the poll clerk shall observe the same formalities as after the close of the polling station on the first day. The ballot papers used or cancelled on the second day shall be placed in envelopes separate from those containing the ballot papers used or cancelled on the first day.
1987, c. 57, s. 183.
Please refer to the Regulation amending certain municipal provisions to facilitate the conduct of the municipal general election of November 7, 2021, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, (2021) 153 G.O. 2, 1307B.
183. Immediately before the time fixed for the opening of the polling station on the second day, where that is the case, the deputy returning officer, in the presence of the poll clerk and the representatives, shall open the ballot box, resume possession of the poll book and of the envelopes containing the unused ballot papers, the forms and the list of electors, and open the envelopes to resume possession of their contents. The envelopes containing the used and cancelled ballot papers shall remain in the ballot box.
After the close of the polling station on the second day, the deputy returning officer and the poll clerk shall observe the same formalities as after the close of the polling station on the first day. The ballot papers used or cancelled on the second day shall be placed in envelopes separate from those containing the ballot papers used or cancelled on the first day.
1987, c. 57, s. 183.
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