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 (hereafter referred to as the "Act").

On September 20, 2013, and pursuant to section 517 of the Act, the Commissioner of Canada Elections entered into a compliance agreement with Mr. Simon Poulin (hereafter referred to as the "Contracting Party"), of the city of Montréal, Quebec, who was an elector in the electoral district of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie during the 2011 federal general election.

The Contracting Party has acknowledged acts that may have constituted a failure to comply with section 7 of the Act, which provides that no elector who has voted at an election may request a second ballot at that election.

The Contracting Party has acknowledged that, on May 2, 2011, polling day for the 2011 federal general election, he voted in the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie electoral district before proceeding that same day to the Laurier–Sainte-Marie electoral district and requesting and obtaining a second ballot.

Specifically, the Contracting Party has acknowledged the following:

The Contracting Party has accepted responsibility for these acts and he is now aware of section 7 of the Act and the offence provision at paragraph 483(b) of the Act.

Prior to the conclusion of the agreement, the Commissioner took into consideration that the Contracting Party understands the importance and the seriousness of his acts and that the integrity of the voting process is based on honesty and on the trust of all Canadians in a system that respects the fundamental principle of one elector, one vote.

Ottawa, October 23, 2013

Yves Côté, QC
Commissioner of Canada Elections



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