How to request authorization

In this section, you will learn how to become an independent candidate or a private intervenor and how to obtain authorization from the Directeur général des élections du Québec.

A private intervenor is an elector or a group of electors must obtain an authorization to act as a “private intervenor” when he/it intends to incur advertising expenses during an election period to, without directly promoting or opposing a candidate or a party, either publicize or obtain support for the intervenor’s views on a matter of public interest or to advocate abstention or the spoiling of ballots.