E-2.2 - Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities

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152. The returning officer shall withdraw the recognition of a ticket which has changed its name to include the word “independent” or if the new name is likely to mislead the electors as to which ticket they are voting for or the recognition of a ticket which changes its name during the election period within the meaning of section 364.
1987, c. 57, s. 152; 1999, c. 25, s. 19; 2005, c. 28, s. 77.
152. The returning officer shall, unless the election procedures are recommenced pursuant to subdivision 2 of Division VII, withdraw the recognition of a ticket where, at the end of the period prescribed for filing nomination papers, it presents candidates for less than one-third or two-thirds, as the case may be, of the offices of councillors open for nominations at the regular election or where the number of candidates remaining after that period but before the end of the polling period is under the required minimum.
The returning officer shall also withdraw the recognition of a ticket which has changed its name to include the word “independent” or if the new name is likely to mislead the electors as to which ticket they are voting for or the recognition of a ticket which changes its name during the election period within the meaning of section 364.
1987, c. 57, s. 152; 1999, c. 25, s. 19.
152. The returning officer shall, unless the election procedures are recommenced pursuant to subdivision 2 of Division VII, withdraw the recognition of a ticket where, at the end of the period prescribed for filing nomination papers, it presents candidates for less than one-third or two-thirds, as the case may be, of the offices of councillors open for nominations at the regular election or where the number of candidates remaining after that period but before the end of the polling period is under the required minimum.
The returning officer shall also withdraw the recognition of a ticket which has changed its name to include the word “independent” or if the new name is likely to mislead the electors as to which ticket they are voting for.
1987, c. 57, s. 152.