Another set of municipal elections across the province has come and gone. Voter turnout was miserable in most municipalities, as usual, and just 35 per cent in Whistler. Sad.
Like many people, I work Saturdays, and don’t have time to go to an archaic polling station. I opted to vote by mail, and received my ballot on Friday, Oct. 7. Given that Monday was a stat holiday, if I had mailed it on Tuesday, it would have probably not made it to the muni in time. I drove to the village and dropped my ballot off in person.
Polling stations are hundreds of years old, and yet we still use them. Why we don’t have online voting is something I just don’t understand. I can register to vote online…
Hundreds of municipalities across Canada now have the option of e-voting, with voter turnout that has increased.
Catch up, British Columbia, and change the Local Government Act to mirror Ontario, Nova Scotia and the NWT!
