Cree-Naskapi Band Elections Regulations (SOR/88-315)

7. Where a band election is to be held, the Returning Officer of the band shall prepare and sign an electoral list that sets out, in alphabetical order, the names of the electors of the band.

• 8. (1) The Returning Officer of a band may, on the application of an elector, revise an electoral list of the band to add the name of an elector whose name had been omitted from the list, correct the name of an elector whose name had been incorrectly set out or delete the name of a person who is not an elector.

• (2) The Returning Officer of a band may, on his own initiative, correct any clerical errors in an electoral list of the band.

• (3) A Returning Officer shall initial each revision and correction made to an electoral list pursuant to subsection (1) or (2), as the case may be.

9. At least 15 clear days prior to the day determined for the poll for a band election, the Returning Officer of the band shall prominently post, in the head office of the band and in one or more public places within the land of the band,

• (a) a copy of the notice of election in the form set out in Schedule I and signed by the Returning Officer; and

• (b) a copy of the electoral list for the election.

10. A nomination meeting for a band election shall be held during the period commencing five clear days after the posting of the notice of election for the election and ending five clear days prior to the day determined for the poll for the election.

11. No person shall be a candidate for the position of council member unless that person is an elector who is eligible to be elected to that position.

12. A nomination may be made in writing, on a nomination paper, or orally, at a nomination meeting.

13. A written nomination for a band election shall be in the form set out in Schedule II and shall be signed by the candidate nominated and by three other electors of the band and shall be forwarded to the Returning Officer of the band prior to the nomination meeting for the election.

14. On the day, at the hour and at the location specified in the election notice for a band election, the Returning Officer of the band shall declare the nomination meeting open and announce and post the names of the candidates for the position of chief or councillor for whom a written nomination has been received by the Returning Officer pursuant to section 13.

• 15. (1) An oral nomination presented at a nomination meeting for a band election shall be proposed by an elector of the band and seconded by another elector of the band.

• (2) A person who is nominated orally at a nomination meeting for a band election shall indicate his acceptance or refusal of the nomination to the Returning Officer of the band prior to the close of the meeting and, where he does not so indicate, he shall be considered to have refused the nomination.

• (3) Where a person who is nominated orally at a nomination meeting for a band election is not present at the meeting, the person shall indicate his acceptance or refusal of the nomination to the Returning Officer of the band by telephone, radio or any other means considered appropriate by the Returning Officer.

• (4) At the nomination meeting for a band election, the Returning Officer of the band shall indicate the requirements of subsections (1) to (3) to the persons at the meeting.