Vancouverites will have their first chance to cast a ballot in the city’s byelection starting on Wednesday.
The city is holding two days of advance voting in the poll, scheduled for Oct. 4 and Oct. 10.
Voters will be able to cast a ballot at City Hall on both days from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., said Vancouver’s chief election officer Janice MacKenzie.
If you’re already on the voters list, you won’t need to bring ID to vote, MacKenzie said.
Examples of acceptable ID include a B.C. driver’s license, health card, birth certificate, B.C. ID card, debit card, citizenship card or Indian Status card.
Voters can also bring a property tax notice, library card, or utility bill as a secondary piece of ID.
People without ID will also be able to vote, MacKenzie said.
“There is such thing as a statutory declaration, it’s that you swear you are who you say you are, and you live where you say you live,” she said. “And that can be signed by a notary public or an individual that can swear affidavits.”
Voters who will not be in the city can also vote by mail, however their ballot must arrive by general election day on Oct. 14.
Nine candidates are vying for the single seat on council left vacant by Vision Vancouver Coun. Geoff Meggs, who resigned to take a post as Premier John Horgan’s chief of staff.
Nineteen candidates are battling for nine seats on the city’s school board. Those seats were made vacant when the former BC Liberal government fired the entire board last fall.
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