Pursuant to the Local Government Elections Act, the rules and regulations surrounding advertising during your campaign are as follows:

Advertising 182(1) In this section:

(a) “advertisement” means any of the following that refers to any election or promotes the candidacy of a particular person:

(i) a visual publication, display or representation consisting of images or text;

(ii) any audio publication or representation;

(iii) any advertisement, hand bill, placard, poster, circular or circular letter pamphlet;

(iv) any electronic or digital display;

(v) any radio or television broadcast that refers to any election or promotes the candidacy of a particular person;

(b) “distribute” means to do any of the following:

(i) print, or produce by any other process;

(ii) publish;

(iii) distribute by mail or otherwise;

(iv) post;

(v) disseminate or broadcast.

(2) No person shall distribute or cause to be distributed any advertisement that promotes the candidacy of a particular person unless there is included in, or unless there appears on the face of the advertisement:

(a) the name of the candidate on behalf of whom the advertisement is distributed; and

(b) the name of the person who has authorized its printing, display and distribution.

(3) Every person who distributes an advertisement in a manner that is not in accordance with subsection (2) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $5,000, to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years or to both.