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- Last Update: 7 Nov 2008
Election day rules
On Election Day, candidates, political parties and others must:
- Cover up or take down all election signs.
- Cover up or place away from public view vehicles advertising parties or candidates (this includes bumper stickers).
- Not distribute any campaign material.
- Not distribute or display anything showing political party or candidate names.
- Not post any new material on websites. Existing website material does not have to be removed, as long as the website is not proactively promoted to voters.
- Not display clothing (such as T-shirts) promoting a party or candidate
Parties, party supporters or candidates may
- Wear party lapel badges (including rosettes) in public bearing the party’s name, emblem, slogan or logo (but not the candidate’s name)
- Display streamers, rosettes, ribbons and similar items in party colours on people or vehicles.
- Contact voters to offer help to get to a polling place. They must not say or do anything that influences voters as to the party or candidate they should or should not vote for.
- Leave in place fixed signs exhibited before polling day on party headquarters that include party names, slogans or logos that do not relate specifically to the election campaign.
Scrutineers
- Scrutineers may be appointed by candidates, or in some cases parties, to observe in polling places and during the preliminary count. Scrutineers may wear party lapel badges. They must not communicate with voters. When the electoral official reads out from the electoral roll the line and page number of the voter the scrutineer is entitled to record this.