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Article 281
 

Ballots


(1) No person shall


(a) request or apply for a ballot or special ballot in a name that is not his or her own;


(b) vote using a forged ballot or forged special ballot;


(c) request or apply for a ballot or special ballot to which he or she is not entitled;


(d) provide a ballot or special ballot to any person when not authorized under this Act to do so;


(e) have a ballot or special ballot in his or her possession when not authorized under this Act to do so;


(f) alter, deface or destroy a ballot, the initials of the election officer that are signed on a ballot or the number of the polling division or advance polling district that is marked on a ballot;


(g) put or cause to be put into a ballot box a ballot, special ballot or other paper otherwise than as provided by this Act or by instructions of the Chief Electoral Officer;


(h) take a ballot out of the polling station or the office of the returning officer otherwise than as provided by this Act or by instructions of the Chief Electoral Officer; or


(i) destroy, take, open or otherwise interfere with a ballot box or book or packet of ballots or special ballots otherwise than as provided by this Act or by instructions of the Chief Electoral Officer.