Deputy Returning Officer & Poll Clerk Guidebook – Ordinary Poll
Table of Contents
- What supplies should I have?
- Getting Ready
- Serving Electors
- When an elector arrives
- How do I issue a ballot?
- How do I check a returned ballot?
- An elector needs extra help
- I think the elector might need help
- The elector has a disability
- Tools for electors who need extra help
- Service animals
- The elector wants help to mark their ballot (Helper Form)
- The elector wants to be served in French
- The elector wants help from an interpreter (Helper Form)
- Situations with ID
- Eligibility
- Acceptable ID
- The elector’s face is covered
- ID Option 3 (Vouching)
- ID is a letter confirming where they live
- ID shows a mailing address
- Someone doubts the elector’s age or citizenship (Qualification Form).
- The elector refuses to show their ID to a candidate or representative
- Situations with the List
- Someone refuses to make a declaration
- The elector is not on the List (Registration Certificate)
- ID doesn’t match the List
- The elector is crossed off the List (Voting Status Certificate)
- The elector has a Transfer Certificate
- How do I use the Poll Key?
- The elector makes a mistake with their ballot (Spoiled ballot)
- Situations with Ballots
- The elector declines a ballot
- Closing
- Counting
- Returning
- Good to Know
- Reference Forms and Certificates
If you are facing a situation that isn’t described in this guidebook, or you need additional help, see your CPS.
Colour conventions followed in this manual
- RO Returning Officer
- CPS Central Poll Supervisor
- DRO Deputy Returning Officer
- PC Poll Clerk
- Reg. O Registration Officer
- IO Information Officer
- Both Both Audiences