boundaries.-The commissionmust determinetheboundaries of a voting district by takinginto account any factor within the proposed voting district that could affect the free, fair and orderly conduct of elections, including( a ) the availability of a suitable venue for a voting station; ( b ) the number and distribution of eligible voters; ( c ) the accessibility of a voting station to voters given(i) the radius of the proposed voting district; (ii) the availability of transport; (iii) telecommunications facilities; and (iv) any geographical or physical feature that may impede access to the voting station; (d) municipal and provincial boundaries; and ( e ) tribal, traditional, historical and customary boundaries.
§ Electoral Act s. 61Factorsfordeterminingvotingdistrict
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