Judicial Recount Handbook
Judicial Recount Handbook
(PDF format)
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Judicial Recounts Preliminary Explanations
- 2.1. What is a Judicial Recount?
- 2.2. Automatic Judicial Recount After a Close Result
- 2.3. Judicial Recount on Application by an Elector
- 2.4. Attendees at a Judicial Recount and Their Roles
- 2.5. Recount Logistics
- 2.6. How the Recount is Conducted
- 2.7. Information About Ballot Boxes and Ballots
- 2.8. Handling Ballot Boxes; Assigning Ballot Boxes and Special Ballots
- 3. Process for Counting Ballots During a Judicial Recount
- 4. Process for Determining Disputed Ballots
- 5. Examining Ballots and Grounds to Reject Ballots
- 6. The Completed Recount
- 7. Costs and Expenses
- Appendix A Part 14 and Schedule 4 to the Canada Elections Act
- Appendix B Counting Regular and Special Ballots
- Introduction
- Counting Votes at the Close of Polling Day
- Statement of the Vote
- Contents of the Ballot Box
- Validation of the Results
- Voting Results
- Counting Votes Cast by Special Ballot
- Counting Special Ballots at the Returning Office
- Counting Special Ballots at Elections Canada's Distribution Centre
- The Results of Votes Cast by Special Ballot
- Communication to returning officers
- Release of information by returning officers
- Appendix C Checklist for Returning Officers
- Appendix D Election Forms (Forms Used at the Initial Count of Regular
and Special Ballots)- Form 1 Form of the Regular Ballot
- Form 2 Form of Special Ballot, Inner Envelope and Outer Envelope
- Form 3 Tally Sheet
- Form 4 Statement of the Vote
- Form 5 − Statement of the Vote − Local Special Ballots
- Form 6 Result of Voting
- Form 7 SVR Results
- Form 8 Return of the Writ
- Form 9 Sample Sheet of Marked Ballots
- Appendix E Judicial Recount Forms
- Form 1 Notice of an Application by the Returning Officer for a Judicial Recount
- Form 2 Notice of a Judicial Recount
- Form 3 Recount Ballot Box Report
- Form 4 Master Recount Report
- Form 5 Certificate of the Judge
- Form 6 Time Sheet (Recount)
- Form 7 Application for Reimbursement of Costs at a Judicial Recount
- Form 8 Appointment and Solemn Declaration
- Form 9 Authorization of Candidate's Representative