APPLICATION FORM FOR COMPLIANCE AUDIT

Municipal Elections Act, 1996 (Section 88.33 and 88.34)

An elector who is entitled to vote in an election and believes on reasonable grounds that a Candidate or Registered Third Party has contravened a provision of the Municipal Elections Act relating to campaign finances may apply for a Compliance Audit of the Candidate’s or Registered Third Party’s campaign finances, even if the Candidate or Registered Third Party has not filed a financial statement. 

An application for a compliance audit must be received by the Clerk of the municipality within 90 days after the latest of the following dates:

• the filing date, which is the last Friday in March following the election;
• the date the Candidate or Registered Third Party filed a financial statement, if the statement was filed within 30 days after the filing date, which is the last Friday in March following the election;
• the Candidate’s or Registered Third Party’s supplementary filing date, if any, which is the last Friday in September in the year following the election;
• the date on which the Candidate’s or Registered Third Party’s extension approved by the court, if any, expires.

APPLICANT INFORMATION

CANDIDATE OR REGISTERED THIRD PARTY

REASONS FOR COMPLIANCE AUDIT

APPLICANT CONFIRMATION

The personal information on this form is collected under the authority of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.  The information will be used by the Joint Lanark County 2022 Election Compliance Audit Committee to process a Compliance Audit review.  Pursuant to s. 88 of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, this document is a public record, despite anything in the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, and, until its destruction, may be inspected by any person at the Clerk’s Office of any member municipality at a time when the office is open.  Questions about this collection can be directed to the Clerk of any of the member municipalities.