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Your vote is your voice. SPEAK UP!
• Vernon • Armstrong • Enderby • Coldstream • RDNO • Spallumcheen • Lake Country • School Trustees • RDCO • CSRD
Saturday, November GENERAL VOTING DAY will be open to qualified electors of the North Okanagan between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm
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to 8:00 p.m. forfrom qualified 8:00 electors ofa.m. the Township of Spallumcheen at the following voting location:
for qualified electors for SCHOOL TRUSTEES at the following voting locations:
for qualified electors of the City of Vernon Spallumcheen Municipal Office at the following voting locations: 4144 Spallumcheen Way, Spallumcheen, BC
City of VERNON Recreation Complex, 3310 – 37th Avenue (Auditorium), Vernon, BC Ellison Elementary School, 2400 Fulton Road (Gymnasium), Vernon, BC Vernon Secondary School, 2303 – 18th Street (Gymnasium), Vernon, BC
Recreation Complex, 3310 – 37th Avenue (Auditorium), Vernon, BC
ELECTOR REGISTRATION will be on Voting Day only – there is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of electors will take place at the time of voting. See voter qualifications.
Ellison Elementary School, MAYOR 2400 Fulton Road (Gymnasium), Vernon, BC Vote for up to one. One (1) to be elected.
Regional District of NORTH OKANAGAN, Electoral Areas “B” & “C” BX Elementary School, 5849 Silver Star Road, Vernon, BC
Vernon Secondary School, ❏ BROWN, Janice ❏ HANSMA, Will 2303 – 18th Street (Gymnasium), Vernon, BC ELECTOR REGISTRATION will be on Voting Day only – there is no COUNCILLOR need to pre-register to vote as the registration of electors will take place at theVote time for of voting. up to six. Six (6) to be elected.
Electoral Area 1 for the Board of Education for School District #83 – North Okanagan-Shuswap COUNCILLOR for up to two (2) to beSix elected “atbe large” Vote Vote for not more than six. (6) to elected. in Armstrong/Spallumcheen
❏ ROWE, LORD, Catherine ❏ FOWLER, ANDERSON, ❏ Kelly ❏ BobScott ❏ MYERS, CUNNINGHAM, ❏ Laurie Juliette ❏ NAHAL, Dalvir ❏ OLSEN, Mark ❏ GARES, Kari *Non-resident property electors (who are resident electors in the City of QUIRING, ❏ GILROY, Jackvote once for the❏school Armstrong) can only trusteeBrian race within the jurisdiction they are a resident elector. Please notify the Chief Election ❏ SPIERS, Bob ❏ GOURLEY, Art Officer if you qualify and have filled out the required forms to vote as a nonresident propertyJanet elector. ❏ TODD, James ❏ GREEN, ❏ WILSON, Coltoffice at ❏ For LEE, Shawn additional information please contact the municipal
VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 22 (VERNON)
Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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❏ LEMAIRE, Christine ❏ CASSON, Andrew ❏ VAN TIENHOVEN, Joe ❏ FRASER, ChristineMAYOR YORK, Todd for notLinda more than one.❏One (1) to be elected. ❏Vote GRIFFIN, ❏ HANOSKI, Ed ❏ O’KEEFE, Mary-Jo ❏ CUMMING, Victor ❏ TRIBES, Klaus ❏ MORROW, Jamie ❏ MUND, Akbal SCHOOL TRUSTEES
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District of COLDSTREAM Coldstream Elementary School, 10104 Kalamalka Lake Road, Coldstream, BC Lavington Elementary School, 9715 School Road, Coldstream, BC ELECTOR REGISTRATION will be on Voting Day only – there is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of electors will take place at the time of voting.
District of Coldstream Vote for not more than one. One (1) to be elected.
❏ TURANSKI, Bill
❏ LEE, Robert
City of VERNON and Regional District of NORTH OKANAGAN Electoral Areas “B” & “C” Vote for not more than four. Four (4) to be elected.
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ARMSTRONG, John BONO, Mollie CONNOR, Steven DE BOER, Lisa
❏ GIFFIN, Brenda ❏ SMITH, Kelly ❏ WAINWRIGHT, Perry
250-546-3013 or toll free in BC at 1-866-546-3013.
PLEASE NOTE that in accordance with Section 39(4) of the School Act, “a person must not vote more than once in a trustee election for any one school district”.
www.spallumcheentwp.bc.ca www.vernon.ca
www.sd22.bc.ca
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Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for qualified electors of the Township of Spallumcheen at the following voting location: Spallumcheen Municipal Office 4144 Spallumcheen Way, Spallumcheen, BC ELECTOR REGISTRATION will be on Voting Day only – there is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of electors will take place at the time of voting. See voter qualifications.
Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. For qualified electors of the designated areas at the following locations: Electoral Area “D” White Valley Community Centre, 2250 Shields Ave., Lumby Electoral Area “F” Enderby Seniors Centre, 1101 George St., Enderby
ELECTORAL AREA DIRECTOR One (1) to be elected for each Electoral Area
MAYOR Vote for up to one. One (1) to be elected.
❏ BROWN, Janice
❏ HANSMA, Will
COUNCILLOR Vote for up to six. Six (6) to be elected.
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CASSON, Andrew FRASER, Christine GRIFFIN, Linda HANOSKI, Ed
❏ LEMAIRE, Christine ❏ VAN TIENHOVEN, Joe ❏ YORK, Todd
SCHOOL TRUSTEES Electoral Area 1 for the Board of Education for School District #83 – North Okanagan-Shuswap Vote for up to two (2) to be elected “at large” in Armstrong/Spallumcheen
❏ FOWLER, Bob ❏ MYERS, Laurie
❏ ROWE, Kelly
Electoral Area “D”
❏ ALLEN, Huguette ❏ FAIRBAIRN, Rick
Electoral Area “F”
❏ HALVORSON, Herman ❏ PEARASE, Jackie
GREATER VERNON WATER – ASSENT VOTING For qualified electors located within the Greater Vernon Water Service Area at the following locations: Electoral Areas “B” and “C” BX Elementary School, 5849 Silver Star Rd., Vernon City of Vernon Recreation Complex, 310 – 37 Ave., Vernon Vernon Secondary School (Gym), 2303 – 18 St., Vernon Ellison Elementary School (Gym), 2400 Fulton Rd., Vernon District of Coldstream Coldstream Elementary, 10104 Kal Lk Rd., Coldstream Lavington Elementary, 9715 School Rd., Coldstream
For additional information please contact the municipal office at 250-546-3013 or toll free in BC at 1-866-546-3013.
Electors will be asked to vote YES or NO on the following question: Are you in favour of the Regional District of North Okanagan adopting Bylaw No. 2629, being “Greater Vernon Water 2012 Master Water Plan Phase 1 Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 2629, 2014” which authorizes the Regional District of North Okanagan to borrow an amount not to exceed SEVENTY MILLION DOLLARS ($70,000,000.00) for the purpose of paying the costs to plan, design and construct the Phase 1 projects of the 2012 Greater Vernon Water Master Water Plan.
www.spallumcheentwp.bc.ca
www.rdno.ca
*Non-resident property electors (who are resident electors in the City of Armstrong) can only vote once for the school trustee race within the jurisdiction they are a resident elector. Please notify the Chief Election Officer if you qualify and have filled out the required forms to vote as a nonresident property elector.
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Voter Qualifications ELECTOR REGISTRATION will be on Voting Day only – there is no need to preregister to vote as the registration of electors will take place at the time of voting. A Resident Electors qualifies to vote by meeting all of the following criteria: • You are a Canadian citizen; • You are at least 18 years of age, as of November 15, 2014 • You have lived in BC for at least 6 months prior to registering to vote; • You have lived in the jurisdiction for at least 30 days prior to registering to vote; and • You are not disqualified from voting because you: • Have been convicted of an indictable offence for which you are currently in custody; or • Have been found guilty of an election offence. A Non-Resident Property Elector qualifies to vote by meeting all of the following criteria: • You are not a Resident Elector of the jurisdiction; • You are a Canadian citizen; • You are at least 18 years of age, as of November 15, 2014 • You have lived in BC for at least 6 months prior to registering to vote; • You have owned property in your jurisdiction for at least 30 days prior to registering to vote; • You have been designated by the other owner(s) of the property as the NonResident (Property) Elector for that property; • You are not disqualified from voting because you: • Have been convicted of an indictable offence for which you are currently in custody; or • Have been found guilty of an election offence In addition to the identification noted below, a Non-Resident Property Elector must provide proof of ownership of the property for which they are registering to vote and provide written permission from the majority of property owners that they are the individual authorized to vote for that property. To register as an elector all qualified Resident and Non-Resident Property Electors for your jurisdiction must produce two (2) pieces of acceptable identification (at least one with a signature). The following are examples of Acceptable Identification: • BC Driver’s License
• Tax Notice
• ICBC Vehicle Insurance Documents
• Social Insurance Card
• BC Identification Card
• Credit Card
• BC CareCard or Gold CareCard
• Utility Bill
• Citizenship Card
North Okanagan Civic Elections 2014 • Vernon • Armstrong • Enderby • Coldstream • Regional District of North Okanagan Areas D and F • Spallumcheen • School Trustee Areas B and C
Saturday, November 15th 8 AM - 8 PM