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Different system, different outcome? Would a different system of voting make a difference to the result of B.C.’s election on May 14? Votes BC, a research project based out of UBC and Université Laval, is allowing people to find out by looking at how individuals vote under different systems. B.C. voters can participate in the study by voting online (votesbc.org) using three different voting systems: Firstpast-the-post, proportional representation and singletransferable vote. Voting is done anonymously and reflects the current B.C. election, with all candidates in each riding on the ballot. “Our goal is to get as many B.C. voters to cast their vote in the way many others already do around the world,” said Allan Craigie, member of the Votes BC team and a researcher at UBC. “We’ve chosen sys-
How and when to cast your ballot All B.C. voters can vote at any advance voting place in the province from Wednesday, May 8, to Saturday May 11, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Once advance voting is done, all B.C. voters who haven’t already cast a ballot can vote at any general voting place in the province on Tuesday, May 14, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. tems currently used in the Netherlands, Ireland and Australia as an example, so we can assess the results of these different methods of voting.” The study is part of an international research project entitled Making Electoral Democracy Work, and it has already been tested in other
All voters must prove their identity and residential address to receive a ballot or to register when voting. A list of acceptable types of identification is available from Elections BC online at elections.bc.ca or by calling 1-800-661-8683. For more information on the 40th provincial election, go online to elections.bc.ca.
countries and in two other provincial elections — Quebec and Ontario. The Votes BC website uses the same ridings and the same official list of candidates that voters will see when they enter the booth on May 14. “B.C. failed to adopt the single-transferable vote on two different occasions,”
Craigie said. “However, we never actually got the chance to try it out, so wouldn’t it be interesting to see what effect it would have in 2013, even if there are no electoral consequences? “It will give voters an understanding of how all these systems would work.”
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Notice of Disposition Pursuant to Section 26(3) of the Community Charter, the City of Kamloops is disposing road dedication which is not available for acquisition by the public described as: Road dedication in District Lot 257, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan 14561 as shown on Plan EPP29773. The Road is being transferred to Katharine Spowart and Jeffrey Spowart and William Shurvell for the purchase price of $15,848, subject to consolidation with the adjacent Lot A, District Lot 257, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan 10598, Except Plan M11920. The Road is located within the 1100 Block of 8th Street, adjacent to the Hasty Market, in Kamloops, BC. For more information, please contact David Freeman, Assistant Development and Engineering Services Director/Real Estate Manager at 250-828-3548.
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