E-3.3 - Election Act

Section 262 Disposition versions

2013-11-04

262. Electors vote on polling day in accordance with Division III. Alternatively, they may vote, in accordance with Divisions II to II.3, in one of the following manners:

(1)  at the returning officer’s main office or branch offices;

(2)  by mail, in the case of electors outside Québec and of electors who are inmates or are detained in a place of temporary detention or held in a youth custody facility under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (S.C. 2002, c. 1);

(3)  in an advance poll; or

(4)  on the campus of a vocational training centre or a post-secondary educational institution that meets the criteria determined by a directive of the Chief Electoral Officer.

Electors vote for a candidate in the electoral division of their domicile.

1989, c. 1, s. 262; 1992, c. 38, s. 39; 2006, c. 17, s. 15; 2008, c. 22, s. 37; 2013, c. 5, s. 5.

2013-04-24

262. Electors vote on polling day in accordance with Division III. Alternatively, they may vote, in accordance with Divisions II to II.2, in one of the following manners:

(1)  at the returning officer’s main office or branch offices;

(2)  by mail, in the case of electors outside Québec and of electors who are inmates or are detained in a place of temporary detention or held in a youth custody facility under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Statutes of Canada, 2002, chapter 1); or

(3)  in an advance poll.

Electors vote for a candidate in the electoral division of their domicile.

1989, c. 1, s. 262; 1992, c. 38, s. 39; 2006, c. 17, s. 15; 2008, c. 22, s. 37; 2013, c. 5, s. 5.

2008-06-20

262. Electors vote on polling day in accordance with Division III. Alternatively, they may vote, in accordance with Divisions II to II.2, in one of the following manners:

Not in force

(1)  at the returning officer’s main office or branch offices;

(2)  by mail, in the case of electors outside Québec and of electors who are inmates or are detained in a place of temporary detention or held in a youth custody facility under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Statutes of Canada, 2002, chapter 1); or

(3)  in an advance poll.

Not in force

An elector who chooses to vote outside his or her electoral division at one of the returning officer’s offices may not vote in any other manner.

Not in force

Electors vote for a candidate in the electoral division of their domicile.

1989, c. 1, s. 262; 1992, c. 38, s. 39; 2006, c. 17, s. 15; 2008, c. 22, s. 37.

2006-06-14

262. Electors vote on polling day in accordance with Division III. Alternatively, they may vote, in accordance with Divisions II to II.2, in one of the following manners:

Not in force

(1)  at the returning officer’s main office or branch offices;

(2)  in the case of electors outside Québec and inmates, by mail; or

(3)  in an advance poll.

Not in force

An elector who chooses to vote outside his or her electoral division at one of the returning officer’s offices may not vote in any other manner.

Not in force

Electors vote for a candidate in the electoral division of their domicile.

1989, c. 1, s. 262; 1992, c. 38, s. 39; 2006, c. 17, s. 15.

1992-06-23

262. The returning officer shall, no later than the twenty-eighth day preceding polling day, establish in his electoral division as many advance polling stations as he considers necessary and determine which polling subdivisions are attached to each. He shall immediately inform each candidate and each authorized party authority at the level of the electoral division.

The polling stations must be accessible to handicapped persons.

1989, c. 1, s. 262; 1992, c. 38, s. 39.

1989-04-24

262. The returning officer shall, no later than the twenty-eighth day preceding polling day, establish in his electoral division as many advance polling stations as he considers necessary, including mobile polling stations, and determine which polling subdivisions are attached to each. He shall immediately inform each candidate and each authorized party authority at the level of the electoral division.

The polling stations must be accessible to handicapped persons.

1989, c. 1, s. 262.