Media Visits to Voting Places

During the Referendum

Media visits to voting places during the Referendum are permitted for outside the voting places due to the expected turnout and resulting difficulty in obtaining permission to film from all individuals inside a voting place.

If you wish to gather footage, take photos, or otherwise cover activities outside a voting place, please take note of the following guidelines:

• Arrangements must be made in advance with the returning officer.
• Upon arrival at the voting place, members of the media should make their presence known to the supervisor inside the location.
• Care must be taken not to block access to the voting place entrance or otherwise interfere with the orderly operation of the voting place. Media visits must be brief.
• Cameras cannot go inside voting places.

During Elections

If you wish to gather footage, take photos, or otherwise cover activities at the voting place, please take note of the following guidelines: 

• Arrangements must be made in advance with the returning officer. 
• Upon arrival at the voting place, members of the media should make their presence known to the supervisor. 
• The supervisor will inform the election officers and voters present as to the presence of the media.  
• If any voter objects to media taking video or pictures in the voting place, the media must wait until the elector has voted and exited the voting place.  
• Care must be taken not to block access to the voting place entrance or otherwise interfere with the orderly operation of the voting place. Media visits must be brief. 
• Cameras cannot go behind the voting screen. No picture or video may be taken of a ballot, such that the secrecy of the vote is compromised.