S-4.2, r. 12.1 - Regulation respecting the election by the public of certain members of the board of directors of the public institution referred to in Part IV.2 of the Act respecting health services and social services

Section 28 Disposition versions

2015-10-21

28. The officer or the deputy officer cancels every ballot paper that

(1)  has not been provided by the scrutineer;

(2)  does not bear the initials of the scrutineer;

(3)  has not been marked;

(4)  has been marked in favor of more than 2 candidates;

(5)  has been marked in favor of a person who is not a candidate;

(6)  has been marked elsewhere than in the spaces reserved for that purpose;

(7)  bears fanciful or injurious entries; and

(8)  bears a mark by which the voter can be identified.

Despite the foregoing, no ballot paper may be rejected under subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph where the number of ballot papers found in the ballot box corresponds to the number of ballot papers which, according to the sum of the declarations by voters who voted, were placed in it. The scrutineer then initials the back of the ballot paper and adds a note indicating the correction.

The officer or the deputy officer cancels a ballot paper by writing “Void” on it and initialing it. The number of rejected ballot papers is noted in the vote count report provided in Schedule VIII.

M.O. 2015-017, s. 28.