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 providedby 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.

Ballots — election officer

(2) No election officer shall

(a) with the intent of causing the reception of a vote that should not have been cast or the non-reception of a vote that should have been cast, put his or her initials on the back of any paper purporting to be or capable of being used as a ballot at an election; or

(b) place on a ballot or special ballot any writing, number or mark with intent that the elector to whom the ballot or special ballot is to be given, or has been given, can be identified.

Special ballots — unit election officer

(3) No unit election officer shall place on a special ballot any writing, number or mark with intent that the elector to whom the special ballot is to be given, or has been given, can be identified.