Compliance Agreements

COMMISSIONER OF CANADA ELECTIONS

CANADA ELECTIONS ACT

Compliance Agreement

This notice is published by the Commissioner of Canada Elections, pursuant to section 521 of the Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000, c. 9.

On May 13, 2002, the Commissioner of Canada Elections, pursuant to section 517 of the Canada Elections Act, entered into a compliance agreement with the contracting party, of Windsor, in Ontario, Canada.

In this agreement, the contracting party acknowledges having breached section 7 of the Canada Elections Act, by requesting a second ballot at the general election held on November 27, 2000, after registering on polling day in the electoral district of York West. The contracting party had already voted at that election on November 20, 2000, at an advance poll in the electoral district of Windsor West. He held the mistaken belief that election officers would determine the proper electoral district where he was eligible to vote and would only count that ballot.

Prior to the conclusion of the agreement, the Commissioner of Canada Elections has taken into account that the contracting party has contributed to the works of a non-partisan charitable organization, the Windsor Community and Rehabilitation Centre, located in the city of Windsor, in the province of Ontario, as a recognition of the seriousness of the offence.

In summary, the agreement required the contracting party to:

• admit to the truthfulness of the facts and admit responsibility for the acts that constitute the offence;
  
  
• recognize that requesting a second ballot at the same federal election is prohibited by the Act regardless of whether one has more than one residence in one or more electoral districts;
  
  
• appreciate the gravity of his actions in the electoral process;
  
  
• undertake to comply with the provisions of the Canada Elections Act and to cast a vote only once and in accordance with the provisions of the Act where he decides to exercise his right to vote at a future election.

Ottawa, May 13, 2002

 

 

 

Raymond A. Landry
Commissioner of Canada Elections