BC Votes 2020

Mail-in deluge allows voting at stations to go with barely a hitch

Large number of mail-in ballots to be tallied

For the first time in 24 years, the NDP is poised to form a majority government in B.C. and continue leading the province through the worsening COVID-19 pandemic.

B.C.’s last general election in 2017 took 69 days to figure out, but Saturday’s vote was more decisive even if the final count will take a few more weeks.

With the official outcome of the provincial election not expected to be known for at least a few weeks, the work of the government will continue in “caretaker” mode.

Today is general voting day for British Columbia’s provincial election. Here’s what you need to know to cast your ballot. Who can vote: Anyone 18 or older who is a Canadian citizen and has been a B.C. resident for the past six months.

Elections B.C. is warning that we might not know who won the election until weeks after polls close tonight, with Nov. 16 set as the goal for delivering final results.

Riding constituents go to the polls on October 24

With the options available for voting early in BC, it’s possible fewer than half of the ballots will be cast tomorrow on general election day.

SHOWING SIGNS: Powell River-Sunshine Coast New Democratic Party candidate Nicholas Simons [left] was doing some last-minute campaigning at the intersection of Joyce Avenue and Alberni Street on October 22.