The practice right now, notwithstanding the provision in the act, is that we instruct election officials to call the police. This provision is somewhat anachronistic in that it predates the institution of police forces, for example.
It's one of the oldest provisions in the act and reflects a time when election administration was quite dispersed and elections could be administered in very remote areas. This version was updated somewhat to reflect the advent of the charter, but it still provides for extraordinary powers that we do not—