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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF KINCARDINE
BY-LAW
NO. 2006 - 067
BEING A BY-LAW TO AUTHORIZE VOTING BY MAIL FOR THE 2006
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
WHEREAS Section 42 of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, S.D. 1996, c. 32
provides that the council of a local municipality may pass a by-law authorizing
electors to use an alternative voting method, such as voting by mail, that does not
require electors to attend at a voting place in order to vote;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Kincardine
deems it appropriate to conduct the 2006 municipal election using a vote by mail
method;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of
Kincardine ENACTS as follows:
1. That the alternative voting method of Vote by Mail is hereby authorized for
the municipal election to be held in 2006.
2. That the provisions relating to proxy voting and to advance voting will not
apply in the 2006 municipal election.
3. The Municipal Clerk shall prepare procedures and rules for the vote by mail
municipal election and provide these procedures and rules to each
candidate no later than September 01, 2006.
4.
Any person, corporation or trade union guilty of corrupt practices or
contravening the provisions of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 or the
procedures and rules as established in paragraph 3 of this by-law may be
prosecuted pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996.
5. This by-law shall come into full force and effect upon its final passage.
6. This by-law may be cited as the "2006 Municipal Election - Vote by Mail
By-law·.
READ a FIRST, SECOND and a THIRD time and FINALLY PASSED this 3RD
day of May, 2006.
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