Saturday, October 15, 2022

2022 General Voting Day/Cariboo-Chilcotin Local Elections

For the last number of weeks - the candidates for the various local governments/Boards of Education elected positions have been lobbying, you - the voter - for their vote in a variety of ways (online, at the door and at all candidate forums, etc) as they seek election (or re-election) to the positions of Mayors, Councillors, Cariboo RD Electoral Area Directors and School Trustees in School Districts #27 and #28

Cariboo RD Directors for Areas A,B,C,D,F,G,H and L; School District #27 Trustees in Zones 1,2,3,4,5,7 and the Mayors of Wells/100 Mile House were all acclaimed into their positions' for the 2022-2026 term, back on September 20th, 2022

Elections BC also reminds candidates about the rules on advertising on General Voting Day -- you can find that advisory to candidates here

Now - it is over to you - the voter - to determine their fate today:

Voting Locations and what you need to know to cast your vote from 8am - 8pm today at various locations can be found in the links below:

For the District of Wells/School District #28:

Cast votes for up to 4 Councillors and School District #28 Trustees (up to 7).  Full details on what the electors (voters) need to know before voting are here (District of Wells) and here (SD28) 

For the City of Quesnel/School District #28:

Cast votes for 1 Mayor, up to 6 Councillors and School District #28 Trustees (up to 7)

Full details on what the electors (voters) need to know before voting are here

For City of Williams Lake/School District #27 - Zone 6 Trustee:

Cast votes for up to 6 Councillors, 1 Mayor and the School District #27 Zone 6 Trustee.  Full details on what the electors (voters) need to know before voting are here

For the District of 100 Mile House:

Cast votes for up to 4 Councillors.  Full details on what the electors (voters) need to know before voting are here

For the Cariboo Regional District/School District #28:

Cast votes for a Director for Electoral Areas E,I,J,K & School District #28 Trustees (up to 7 - applicable only to voters in Electoral Areas A, B, C, I) 

For Regional District Area Director elections' in Areas E,I,J,K -- what you need to know in order to vote can be found here

For SD28 (Quesnel) Trustee Elections in Cariboo RD Areas A,B,C,I -- what you need to know in order to vote can be found here

Finally - BC Transit is offering free service today to help get people with transportation challenges to the polls today in Quesnel/Williams Lake

Quesnel (including HandyDART) -- https://www.bctransit.com/quesnel/home

Williams Lake (including HandyDART) -- https://www.bctransit.com/williams-lake/home

This service is NOT available today in 100 Mile House 

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Unofficial Results should be available roughly 30-40 mins after the polls close at 8pm for Quesnel/City of Williams Lake and SD27 Zone 6 Trustee local elections.

Wells/100 Mile House/SD28/Cariboo RD unofficial election results should be known between 10-11 pm....

You can follow the unofficial results online here

I will post the unofficial results here, as soon as they are known 

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2022 Local Elections process, either as a candidate or those helping a candidate win their desire elected position and I'm very much looking forward to hearing the unofficial results 

~SF

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