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SECTOR ELECTORAL [3 records]

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Record 1 2024-04-03

English

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

... any division, subdivision, district, sub-district or other territorial area fixed by the returning officer, for which a list of electors is prepared and for which one or more polling stations is or are established for the taking of the vote on polling day [Canada Elections Act].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
DEF

[...] une division, une subdivision, un district, un sous-district ou autre zone territoriale fixée par le président d'élection, pour laquelle est dressée une liste électorale et pour laquelle sont établis un ou plusieurs bureaux de scrutin pour recevoir les suffrages le jour de l'élection [Loi électorale du Canada].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
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Record 2 2013-04-18

English

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

An elector who temporarily leaves his domicile to work or to study in another electoral precinct may be considered to be domiciled either in the polling subdivision of his domicile or in that where he resides for the purposes of his work or studies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
CONT

Un électeur qui quitte temporairement son domicile pour travailler ou étudier dans un autre secteur électoral peut être considéré comme domicilié soit dans la section de vote où se trouve son domicile, soit dans celle où il réside aux fins de son travail ou de ses études.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
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Record 3 2012-09-07

English

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

[The returning officer] reviewed their polling division boundaries and advance polling districts, and confirmed the number of acute care hospitals and long-term care institutions in their ridings to plan for special ballot voting and for mobile polls.

OBS

polling division boundaries: term usually used in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
CONT

[Le directeur de scrutin] révise les limites des sections de vote et des districts de vote par anticipation et vérifie le nombre d'établissements de soins de courte et de longue durée dans sa circonscription afin de prévoir les besoins en matière de vote par bulletin spécial et de bureaux de vote itinérants.

OBS

limites des sections de vote: terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel

Spanish

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