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E-3.3 - Election Act

Section 489
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489. The Chief Electoral Officer may recommend to the leaders of the authorized parties represented in the National Assembly the use of alternative voting procedures, new polling formalities or new rules concerning the counting and addition of votes in a by-election or a general election, in the latter case for all or only some of the electoral divisions.
The recommendation must specify the electoral divisions concerned. It must describe all the new measures proposed, stating the advantages and disadvantages of each and mentioning the provisions of this Act that the new measures replace.
If the recommendation is accepted by the leaders of the parties, it must be recorded in an agreement signed by them and the Chief Electoral Officer, which has force of law for the election concerned.
1989, c. 1, s. 489; 2006, c. 17, s. 29.
489. The chief electoral officer may, at a by-election, test new voting procedures, following an agreement with the leaders of the authorized parties represented in the National Assembly.
The agreement shall describe the new voting procedures, refer to the provisions of this Act that it replaces and be signed by each of the persons concerned.
The agreement has force of law.
1989, c. 1, s. 489.
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