Notice of List of Electors

ELECTOR REGISTRATION

Registration for those qualified electors not on the provincial voters list will take place at the time of voting. Two pieces identification (one with photo) and proof of residency/property ownership will be required.

ELECTOR QUALIFICATIONS

RESIDENT ELECTORS:

•    18 years of age or older on general voting day for the election or assent voting; and
•    a Canadian citizen; and
•    a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and
•    a resident of the North Coast Regional District electoral area for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and
•    not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law.

NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS:

•    18 years of age older on general voting day for the election or assent voting; and
•    a Canadian citizen; and
•    a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and
•    a registered owner of real property in the North Coast Regional District electoral area for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and
•    the only persons who are registered owners of the property, either as joint tenants or tenants in common, are individuals who are not holding the property in trust for a corporation or another trust; and
•    not entitled to register as a resident elector; and
•    not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law; and
•    if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.

LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORS

Beginning August 30, 2022 until the close of general voting for the election on October 15, 2022, a copy of the list of registered electors will be available for public inspection, at the NCRD office in Prince Rupert, B.C., during regular office hours, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Before inspecting the list, a person must sign a statement that they will not inspect the list or use the information included in the list except for the purposes of Part 3 – Electors and Elections of the Local Government Act. An elector may request that their address or other information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors.

OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTOR

An objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 pm on September 9, 2022. An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the electoral area and can only be made on the basis that a person whose name appears on the list of electors has died or that a person whose name appears on the list of electors is not qualified to be registered as an elector of the electoral area.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on these matters, the following persons may be contacted:

Howard Tsang, Chief Election Officer at 250-624-2002, ext. 2
Daniel Fish, Deputy Chief Election Officer at 250-624-2002, ext. 8