What authority does the Electoral Supervisor have to make administrative decisions concerning "practical application of procedure provisions" under section 16 of the Election Law?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Bruno v. Samson Cree Nation, 2006 FCA 249 (CanLII):
In concluding as he did, the Judge placed great emphasis on section 16 of the Election Law which, in his view, gave the Electoral Supervisor broad and general authority "to conduct the entire administration and process of the election". In so concluding, he relied on Martineau J.'s Reasons in Samson Indian Band v. Cutknife, supra, where the learned Judge held, inter alia, that the section conferred upon the Electoral Supervisor the authority to make administrative decisions concerning "the practical application of procedure provisions of the Election Law to situations as they arise during the elections ..."
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