(1) Every person present at a polling station or at the counting of the votes shall maintain the secrecy of the vote. Attempting to obtain information about elector’s vote (2) Except as provided by this Act, no person shall, in a polling station, attempt to obtain any information as to the candidate for whom any elector is about to vote or has voted. Secrecy at the poll (3) Except as provided by this Act, no person shall (a) on entering the polling station and before receiving a ballot or special ballot, openly declare for whom he or she intends to vote; (b) while in the polling station, show his or her ballot or special ballot, when marked, so as to allow the name of the candidate for whom he or she has voted to be seen; or (c) before leaving the polling station, openly declare for whom he or she has voted. Secrecy — marked ballot (4) No person who has seen a ballot or special ballot that has been marked by an elector shall disclose information as to how it was marked unless he or she is the elector who marked it or he or she has been authorized to make the disclosure by the elector who marked it. Secrecy — counting of the votes (5) No person shall, at the counting of the votes, attempt to obtain information or communicate information obtained at the counting as to the candidate for whom a vote is given in a particular ballot or special ballot.
§ CEA s. 281.6Secrecy of the vote
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