Referendum - Please Vote

BC is currently holding a referendum on what voting system we should use to elect members of the BC legislature (MLAs).  If you haven't yet voted in the referendum, please do so -- it's important for our democracy!

You can either mail your ballot or bring it in person to an Elections BC office (e.g., the Duncan or Nanaimo Service BC offices).  The deadline for receipt of ballots is now December 7, 2018.

In our current voting system, in each riding the candidate with the most votes is elected as an MLA. This system is simple, but it tends to leave smaller parties under-represented in the legislature (in theory a party could get 49% of the votes everywhere in BC without having any MLAs).

The referendum asks two questions:

(1) Should BC want to keep the current system, or change to some type of proportional representation system, and

(2) If BC adopts a proportional representation system, which of three different types do you prefer?

There's a brief explanation of the issues included in your voting package (which you should have gotten in the mail a few weeks ago).  For more information, see the Elections BC website

https://elections.bc.ca/referendum/

The CBC also has a nice "explainer" article on their website, with links to further information if you want it:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/first-past-the-post-vs-proportional-representation-b-c-s-referendum-explained-1.4889912