Canada Elections Act: consecutive hours for voting
Published by Patrick January 13th, 2006 in Federal Election 2006 Tags: election-2006.In BC, the polls will be open from 7AM-7PM. Part 9 of the Elections Act says the following:
132. (1) Every employee who is an elector is entitled, during voting hours on polling day, to have three consecutive hours for the purpose of casting his or her vote and, if his or her hours of work do not allow for those three consecutive hours, his or her employer shall allow the time for voting that is necessary to provide those three consecutive hours.
(2) The time that the employer shall allow for voting under subsection (1) is at the convenience of the employer.
(3) This section and section 133 do not apply to an employee of a company that transports goods or passengers by land, air or water who is employed outside his or her polling division in the operation of a means of transportation, if the additional time referred to in subsection (1) cannot be allowed without interfering with the transportation service.
133. (1) No employer may make a deduction from the pay of an employee, or impose a penalty, for the time that the employer shall allow for voting under subsection 132(1).