Pre-Electoral Process
The Electoral Officer is responsible for managing and executing all pre-electoral process procedures including:
- publication and distribution of the official notices of electoral processes;
- production of an initial Voters List;
- The Electoral Officer is responsible for managing and conducting the candidate nomination process including:
- presiding over the nomination meeting and process;
- declaring acclaimed candidates; and/or,
- declaration of a poll.
- The Electoral Officer will be responsible for managing and executing all aspects of the election process including:
- production of election documents and materials such as ballot papers, declaration forms, oaths of office, etc.;
- management of voting process;
- management of counting and recounting processes;
- production, publication, and distribution of electoral results.
- The Electoral Officer will cooperate fully with the Complaint and Appeal Board, and any Complaint Tribunal or Appeal Tribunal, as may be required.
- The Electoral Officer will:
- manage any petition process and assist any petitioning party in the execution of their petition; and,
- manage any referendum process.
- The Electoral Officer will be responsible for ensuring the safekeeping of electoral documents for reference in any Complaint and Appeal Board process, submitting electoral documents to the Snaw’naw’as First Nation Council for archival purposes, and the destruction of ballot papers upon the expiry of the Complaint and Appeal period or the resolution of any outstanding complaints or appeals.
- In the event that the Electoral Officer becomes incapacitated or dies during their term of office, an existing Deputy Electoral Officer will be chosen by the Snaw’naw’as First Nation Council, through a Band Council Resolution, to undertake the duties of the Electoral Officer. In the absence of an existing Deputy Electoral Officer, the Council will appoint a new Electoral Officer to protect the integrity of the electoral process.
- The Electoral Officer is responsible for appointing any deputy Electoral Officers that may be needed to assist the Electoral Officer in the conduct of the electoral processes. The Electoral will be guided by the same criteria and procedures established in sections 3.2 and 3.3 of this Code.
Deputy Electoral Officers are authorized to carry out the duties of the Electoral Officer when directed to do so by the Electoral Officer.
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