Bill 218 — Second Session, 21St Legislature, 36 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 218 An Act To Amend the Local Authorities Election Act (Legislature 21, Session 2)

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1987 BILL 218 Second Session, 21st Legislature, 36 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 218

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTION ACT MR. ZARUSKY First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent

Bill 218 Mr. Zarusky BILL 218 1987

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTION ACT (Assented to , 1987) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Local Authorities Election Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 52 is amended (

a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting:

(1) Every person who presents himself at a voting station for the purpose of voting shall (

a) make a declaration, in the prescribed form, that he is eligible to vote as an elector or as a proprietary elector, as the case may be, and (

b) produce to the deputy or other person presiding at the polling station identification in the form of any one or more of the following: (

i) an Alberta motor vehicle operator's licence; (ii) an Alberta health insurance card; (iii) a Senior Citizen's Identification Card; (iv) any identification that is acceptable to the deputy or other person presiding at the polling station, (

b) by adding the following after subsection (3): 1

Explanatory Notes 1 This Bill will amend

chapter L-27.5 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1983. 2

Section 52 presendy reads as follows: 52(1) Every person who presents himself at a voting station for the purpose of voting shall make a declaration, in the prescribed form, that he is eligible to vote as an elector or as a proprietary elector, as the case may be, and that person on subscribing to the declaration shall be permitted to vote.

(2) Every declaration shall be made in the presence of an officer at the voting station.

(3) If a person described in subsection (1) refuses to declare he may not vote for that office or on the by-law or question.

(4) A person who completes a declaration and produces identification in accordance with subsection (1) shall be permitted to vote. Title: 1987 (21st, 2nd) Bill 218,

An Act to Amend the Local Authorities Election Act

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