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Poll: Majority of respondents agree with City of Powell River's decision regarding Fire Marque

More than 90 per cent vote in support of not proceeding with fire department cost recovery services bylaws
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The Peak polled 557 readers and asked the question: Do you agree with City of Powell River Council’s decision to not proceed with fire department cost recovery services bylaws through Fire Marque?

The poll ran from 10/13/2021 to 10/21/2021. Of the 557 votes, we can determine that 324 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

Yes 94.75 % local, 91.02 % total    
No 5.25 % local, 8.98 % total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of readers who are located in Powell River. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 4.06%, 19 times out of 20.

The Peak uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.