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MOVING POLL [3 records]

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Record 1 2011-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
CONT

... Parliament may wish to consider making provisions in the Act to allow Returning Officers to establish "mobile polls," such as those that exist in at least one province, which could serve a number of small institutions.

OBS

Statutes cited : mobile poll-Canada Elections Act, Sch. II; moving poll-The Elections Act, Manitoba.

OBS

mobile polling station: (An Act to amend certain Acts with respect to persons with disabilities, Bill C-78, (assented to June 18, 1992), (3rd Sess.), 34th Parliament (Can.), s. 18 amending subsection 107.1 (1) of the Canada Elections Act.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
DEF

Bureau de vote que l'on déplace d'institution en institution où résident des électeurs qui ne peuvent se déplacer pour voter.

OBS

Projet de loi cité : Loi modifiant certaines lois relativement aux personnes handicapées, a. 18 modifiant le paragraphe 107.1 (1) de la Loi électorale du Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
  • Ayudas técnicas para personas minusválidas
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Record 2 2010-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

Muscles of the neck, shoulder, chest, and back... Trapezius : originates along the dorsal side of the neck near the poll, inserts on the spine of the scapula. Includes the trapezius cervicalis(originates along the cervical vertebrae) and trapezius thoracis(originates along the thoracic vertebrae). Helps to raise the shoulder, also involved in moving the scapulohumeral joint. Well-developed if horse is worked round and "up through the back".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

... the returning officer, with the consent of the Chief Electoral Officer, may establish a moving poll or a moving advance poll or both that, on polling day for the election or on a day fixed for an advance poll, as the case may be, during the hours when polls are required to be kept open, will be moved from place to place within that part of the electoral division. [The Election Act, Manitoba]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
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