Local Government Election Act
local_government_election_act_2015_l-30.11.pdf
Nominations
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION ACT, 2015
Nomination paper
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(1) A person may be nominated as a candidate for election by submitting a nomination paper in the prescribed form to the returning officer or nomination officer on a day and during the hours specified in section 74.
(2) Subject to the requirements of this section, nomination papers may be submitted personally or by agent by personal service, by registered mail, by ordinary mail, by fax, by email or as otherwise specified by the returning officer
(4) In a rural municipality, a nomination paper must be signed:
(a) in the case of reeve, by two voters of the rural municipality; and
(b) in the case of councillors, by two voters of the division for which the person is seeking office.
(5) Every nomination paper must include:
(a) the name of the nominee;
(b) the nominee’s street address or the legal description of the land located within the municipality on which the nominee’s eligibility to vote is based;
(c) the nominator’s street address or the legal description of the land located within the municipality on which the nominator’s eligibility to vote is based;
(d) in the case of a nomination for the office of board member, a statement that each nominator is a voter of the school division for which the person is nominated; and
(e) the nominee’s acceptance, in the prescribed form, of the nomination statement.
(6) No nomination is complete or shall be accepted by the returning officer unless the nominee’s acceptance of nomination statement is:
(a) signed by the person nominated;
(b) witnessed by two individuals;
(c) accompanied by any deposit required pursuant to section 68;
(d) accompanied by a completed version of the municipality’s public disclosure statement, as required pursuant to The Cities Act, The Municipalities Act, The Northern Municipalities Act, 2010 or The Lloydminster Charter;
(7) Nomination papers that are not complete or otherwise not accepted may be replaced or corrected if the new or corrected nomination papers are submitted before the nomination period ends.
(8) A returning officer or nomination officer shall:
(a) post in an area to which members of the public have access in the municipal office or the school board office, as the case may be, copies of the nomination papers received;
(b) ensure that the copies remain posted until close of polls on election day; and
(c) provide any information on any nomination paper submitted, or a copy of the nomination paper, to any person on request.
(9) In addition to posting pursuant to subsection (7), nomination papers may be made publicly available by posting on a website or by other electronic means.
Procedure re nomination paper
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(1) Only one person shall be nominated for election on each nomination paper.
(2) A voter may sign the nomination paper of more than one person.
(3) No candidate shall nominate himself or herself.
(4) No proceedings taken pursuant to this Act with respect to the nomination of any candidate are invalid for informality if there has been substantial compliance with this Act. 39 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION, 2015 c. L-30.11
(5) The onus to submit a complete and truthful nomination paper is on the person nominated for election to an office.
Candidates
Candidates in municipal election
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(1) A person is eligible to be nominated as a candidate in a municipal election and to hold office as a member of council if the person:
(a) is at least 18 years of age on the day of the election;
(b) is not disqualified pursuant to this or any other Act;
(c) is a Canadian citizen at the time that he or she submits the nomination paper;
(d) has resided in Saskatchewan for at least six consecutive months immediately preceding the date on which he or she submitted the nomination paper and:
(i) in the case of a municipality other than a rural municipality or a resort village, has resided in that municipality, or on land now in that municipality, for at least three consecutive months immediately preceding the date on which he or she submitted the nomination paper; or
(ii) in the case of a resort village:
(A) has resided in that resort village, or on land now in that resort village, for at least three consecutive months immediately preceding the date on which he or she submitted the nomination paper; or
(B) is the assessed person with respect to property in the resort village, or property now situated in the resort village, pursuant to section 207 of The Municipalities Act, for at least three consecutive months immediately preceding the date on which he or she submitted the nomination paper; or
(C) is the spouse of a person mentioned in paragraph (A) or (B); and (e) in a rural municipality, subject to subsection 72
(1): (i) resides in Saskatchewan; and (ii) is eligible to vote in the rural municipality.
(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting any other matter necessary for determining a person’s eligibility as a candidate.
local_government_election_act_2015_l-30.11.pdf
Nominations
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION ACT, 2015
Nomination paper
67
(1) A person may be nominated as a candidate for election by submitting a nomination paper in the prescribed form to the returning officer or nomination officer on a day and during the hours specified in section 74.
(2) Subject to the requirements of this section, nomination papers may be submitted personally or by agent by personal service, by registered mail, by ordinary mail, by fax, by email or as otherwise specified by the returning officer
(4) In a rural municipality, a nomination paper must be signed:
(a) in the case of reeve, by two voters of the rural municipality; and
(b) in the case of councillors, by two voters of the division for which the person is seeking office.
(5) Every nomination paper must include:
(a) the name of the nominee;
(b) the nominee’s street address or the legal description of the land located within the municipality on which the nominee’s eligibility to vote is based;
(c) the nominator’s street address or the legal description of the land located within the municipality on which the nominator’s eligibility to vote is based;
(d) in the case of a nomination for the office of board member, a statement that each nominator is a voter of the school division for which the person is nominated; and
(e) the nominee’s acceptance, in the prescribed form, of the nomination statement.
(6) No nomination is complete or shall be accepted by the returning officer unless the nominee’s acceptance of nomination statement is:
(a) signed by the person nominated;
(b) witnessed by two individuals;
(c) accompanied by any deposit required pursuant to section 68;
(d) accompanied by a completed version of the municipality’s public disclosure statement, as required pursuant to The Cities Act, The Municipalities Act, The Northern Municipalities Act, 2010 or The Lloydminster Charter;
(7) Nomination papers that are not complete or otherwise not accepted may be replaced or corrected if the new or corrected nomination papers are submitted before the nomination period ends.
(8) A returning officer or nomination officer shall:
(a) post in an area to which members of the public have access in the municipal office or the school board office, as the case may be, copies of the nomination papers received;
(b) ensure that the copies remain posted until close of polls on election day; and
(c) provide any information on any nomination paper submitted, or a copy of the nomination paper, to any person on request.
(9) In addition to posting pursuant to subsection (7), nomination papers may be made publicly available by posting on a website or by other electronic means.
Procedure re nomination paper
69
(1) Only one person shall be nominated for election on each nomination paper.
(2) A voter may sign the nomination paper of more than one person.
(3) No candidate shall nominate himself or herself.
(4) No proceedings taken pursuant to this Act with respect to the nomination of any candidate are invalid for informality if there has been substantial compliance with this Act. 39 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION, 2015 c. L-30.11
(5) The onus to submit a complete and truthful nomination paper is on the person nominated for election to an office.
Candidates
Candidates in municipal election
42
(1) A person is eligible to be nominated as a candidate in a municipal election and to hold office as a member of council if the person:
(a) is at least 18 years of age on the day of the election;
(b) is not disqualified pursuant to this or any other Act;
(c) is a Canadian citizen at the time that he or she submits the nomination paper;
(d) has resided in Saskatchewan for at least six consecutive months immediately preceding the date on which he or she submitted the nomination paper and:
(i) in the case of a municipality other than a rural municipality or a resort village, has resided in that municipality, or on land now in that municipality, for at least three consecutive months immediately preceding the date on which he or she submitted the nomination paper; or
(ii) in the case of a resort village:
(A) has resided in that resort village, or on land now in that resort village, for at least three consecutive months immediately preceding the date on which he or she submitted the nomination paper; or
(B) is the assessed person with respect to property in the resort village, or property now situated in the resort village, pursuant to section 207 of The Municipalities Act, for at least three consecutive months immediately preceding the date on which he or she submitted the nomination paper; or
(C) is the spouse of a person mentioned in paragraph (A) or (B); and (e) in a rural municipality, subject to subsection 72
(1): (i) resides in Saskatchewan; and (ii) is eligible to vote in the rural municipality.
(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting any other matter necessary for determining a person’s eligibility as a candidate.
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