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General Elections for the ProTince of Quebec

INSTRUCTIONS

TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE*

LIBERAL CANDIDATES

This election is held under the Quebec Electoral Act of 1895, and
its amendments (59 Vict. Cap, 9 as amended by 60 Vict. Cap. 21.) '

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BEFORE POLLING DAY

1st Procure, at the earliest possible moment, a voters' list, study
it, make a private mark shewing those tor and a<ia'nist, the doubttnl
and the absent, and if any name, either christian or surname, is
wrongly spelled, see the voter, and if he is for'na, inform him of the
wrong spelling and have hirn prepared to swear that he is the man
whose name is mentioned on the list.

2nd Urge every voter to vote early and to use his influence to get
others to do likewise.

8rd Make cej-tain before Polling Day where the Poll is situated.

4th It is very necessary to be at the Poll about 6.45 A.M. in cities
and about 8 A.M. in all other places, to see that it is opened at 7 or 9
o'clock as the case may be ; and to remain there until it is closed at
5 P.M. and to be present at the counting of the ballots, after 5 o'clock
if no one comes to replace you.

5th in cities and towns of over 10,000 inhabitants, the Polls will
open at 7 o'clok A. M. and from then till 9 o'clock A. M. laborers mechanics
and those employed in factories have the first right to vote (sec. 149).

6th Before the day of the election procure in writing from the
candidate your autorizatiou to represent him at the Poll.

7th If a voter acts as agent, or deputy returning officer, or clerk of
the poll, outside the polling division where he has the right to vote he

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must' procure a certiticate from the returning officer, permitting him
to vote in the poll in which he will be stationed on polling day, as
provided for by sec. 1 65.

8tii One of the agents of each candidate or in absence one of the
electors representing each candidate, on being admitbed into the poll,
will take the oath required by sec'ts. 219, 220, 221.

9th See that the canaidate has some one at the door of the poll to
give information to friends.

10th Find out if the clerk of the poll has been sworn (sects. 142
and 144). Have the ballot box opened before any ballot paper is put
into it, and see that it contains nothing whatever. Then see
that the box is at once locked and that remains so during the whole
time of voting.

11th See that no one is allowed to enter the poll during the wdiole
time that the voting and counting of the ballots are going on excepjb
the deputy returning officer, the clerk of the poll, the candidates and
their agents (to the number of two only for each candidate) and in the
absence of agents two electors to represent each candidate such
electors having requested it, sec. 150.

DURING THE VOTING ^

12th Insist that the deputy returning officer do not allow more
than one elector at a time, to enter the poll, and that he provide a

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pencil, and not a pen with which to make the ballots. See that he marks
every ballot paper with initials before handing it to the voter, and
that, he marks on the annex, a number corresponding to that opposite
the name of the voter on the poll book ; and see that he detaches the
the annex after the voter has marked his ballot and before putting
the ballot the box, into sec. 156.

When the voter return his ballot, see that the number on the
annex, is the same as the one inscribed on it by the deputy returning
officer, and that his initials are on the back of said ballot.

13th No one can vote except British sujects, 21 years of age and
over, and whose names are inscribed on the voters list.

I4th The deputy returning officer alone, can, and must, if he is
required, give to the voter truly and openly, the information necessa-
ry to shew him how to make his ballot bht without the slightest indi-
cation of preference or suggestion. Sec. 155.

14a The voter on goin^ into the Poll must state his Christian
name, name, and occupation. The law does not oblige him to state
the place of his residence. Sec. 158.

15th According to an opinion given by the Attorney General,
occupcmts and tenants, are not bound to declare (in virtue of the for-
mula of the oath) that they occupy feu et lieu in the immoveable on
which they (qualify, hut that said formula makes reference to the time of
their inscription on the electoral list.

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16th Object to and have every one sworn who attempts to vote
in the name of a dead or absent person.

17th If a voter refuses to take the oath required, see that his re-
fusal is at once entered in the poll book so that he may not be again
admitted to the poll. ^ec. 156.

18th When a voter believed to be favorable, receives his ballot
paper from the deputy returning officer, if the latter does not clearly
explain the mode of voting or make his mark the representative
must see that he does so.

' 19th if a voter asks the deputy returning officer to assist him in
voting the agent must make sure that the deputy returning officer
places the cross opposite the name of the candidate for whom the
voter wishes to v jte. Sec. 163.

20th Place the name of each voter as he comes in to vote, upon
a list kept for that purpose.

21th Warn voters that they have the right to vote even when
someone ha^i provisiously voted in their place by falsely using their
name. Sec. 167. . .;;,.:. ,.> ..■,;,.-.„ .'^-i .■.:•. ,r.- .,i-::",vi:-/,. ,

22th If a voters f polls, l^ears or destroys his ballot paper by accident,
he can obtain another from the deputy returning officer, by returning
the spoiled one, if by so doing he does not disclose how he votes.
Sec. 166.

23th If during the voting, there appears to be a movement on foot
to seize the ballot boxes notify the friends outside at once. Also, call

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attentiou to any irregularity which you see committed in the poll
house and notify the returning officer of it. Watch eveiything that
happen during the voting and on no account allow yourself to be
absent at any time.

24th The voter who cause the mark on his ballot paper to l)e
known loses his right to vote. Sec. 171.

25th No more than two agents have the right to vote on the certi-
ficate of the returning officer, in the poll 'louses in which they are act-
ing as agents. Sec. 175.

26th If it is wished simply to prove the iden- Hy of the voter, it will
be sufficient (after the oath has been taken) to ask him the first, of the
cpiestions mentioned in the formula of. the oath. Sec. 158.

PERSONS WHO CANNOT VOTE

27th The following cannot vote :

A. The judges of the Supreme Court, Court of Exchequer, Court
of Queen's Bench, and of the Superior Court, judges of Sessions,
District Magistrates and Recorders.

B. Clerks of the Crown, Clerks of the Peace, Sheriffs, registrars,
Crown land and timber agents, (collectors of provincial revenue, and
the officers and men of the provincial police. Sec. 13.

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28th The followinjj^ cannot vote :

(a) Contractors having a contract with the government of (Canada
or with that of the Province of Quehec, which was not completed and
closed at least six months l)efore polling (iay.

(b) Those who have taken an oath of allegiance to a foreign
power or have become naturalized in a foreign country.

(c) All persons other than proprietors (as designated in art. 2 of
par. J 6 of the Electoral Act) whose names are on the voters list, but
who for over a year and a day have left their domicile in the Pro-
vince of Quebec, to live in the United States, unless they have retur-
ned to the country with their families and intend to remain in it.
Sec. 14.

AFTER THE POLLlSn

29th As soon as the voting is finished pay strict attention to the
opening of the ballot hox to see that nothing is put into it.

30th When the ballots are taken out of the box don't lose sight
of them for one instant uiitil it has been decided for which candidate
they are to be counted.

31th Object to the admission of ballots in the following cases :

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(a) If they have not been initialed by the deputy returning offi-
cer.

(b) If they are not similar to those furnished by the deputy re-
turning officer. ; .

(e) If they are marked otherwise than by a cross.

{(1) If, besides the cross, there is any writing or any mark which
could serve to identify the elector e, g, a second cross, a straight
line, etc. But it would be well to make no definite objection before
the counting of the ballots is finished, in order to see if the objection
will turn for or against us.

32th Insist that the deputy returning officer note the objections
and mark, on the back of the ballot that tney have been made, and the
number of the order of this objection, etc. Sec. 185.

33th As soon as the counting of the ballot is finished make* the
deputy returning officer give a certificate of the number votes given
for each candidate, and of the number spoiled for each of them, and
take good care of said certificate.

34th As soon as the counting is finished go to the central com-
mittee or wherever the representatives of the candidate have agreed
upon.

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