Thank you, Chair.
I move that Bill C-25 be amended by adding after line 2 on page 3 the following:
5.1 Subsection 175(5) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(4.1) The candidates or their representatives may, when an advance polling station closes on each of the four days of advanced polling, sign the seal on any ballot box that was used on that day.
(5) Until the counting of the ballots on polling day, an election officer shall keep the sealed ballot box or boxes in their custody in accordance with the Chief Electoral Officer's instructions. The election officer shall
(a) take every precaution to ensure the safekeeping of the sealed ballot box or boxes and to prevent any person from having unlawful access to the box or boxes; and
(b) if they deliver the custody of the sealed ballot box or boxes into custody of another election officer, make a record that they have done so and ensure that the candidates are notified in writing.