The Chief Electoral Officer is the person responsible for overseeing elections in some commonwealth countries and provinces.
Specifically, it may refer to:
- Chief Electoral Officer (Canada)
- Chief Electoral Officer (New Zealand)
- Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec
Famous quotes containing the words chief, electoral and/or officer:
“Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise. Without having any chief or officer or ruler, it prepares its food in summer, and gathers its sustenance in harvest.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 6:6-8.
“Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)
“A true military officer is in one particular like a true monk. Not with more self-abnegation will the latter keep his vows of monastic obedience than the former his vows of allegiance to martial duty.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)