Find out where to vote and what will be on the ballot. <\/p>\n
Voting day is upon us!<\/p>\n
The provincial election<\/a> is about a week away, but Vancouver’s civic election<\/a> takes place Saturday\u00a0(Oct. 17). You will select a mayor, 10 city councillors, seven park board commissioners\u00a0and nine school board trustees<\/p>\n Voters will also answer several\u00a0questions on their ballots.\u00a0<\/p>\n Vancouver Municipal election: Where to vote near me?<\/p>\n To vote, as of Oct. 17, you must be at least 18 years old, a Canadian citizen, have lived in B.C. for at least six months immediately before registration day and live on a Vancouver property or have one registered in your name at least 30 days before the election.<\/p>\n You should have already received your voter information card and should bring it to vote for faster processing. If you aren’t registered, you must bring two pieces of ID, with an address on at least one and a signature on at least one.<\/p>\n Acceptable ID examples are available in the online voters guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can also check online with the city to see if you are registered to vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you don’t receive a voting package in the mail, you can search for a\u00a0location online<\/a>. All the voting stations are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n What am I voting for in the Vancouver civic election?<\/p>\n You are selecting one mayor out of eight candidates: Pete Fry (Green Party), Colleen Hardwick (TEAM), Rebecca Bligh (Vote Vancouver), Muhammed Ahmad (Bright Future Vancouver), Ken Sim (ABC Vancouver), Amauri Caliman (independent), Kareem Allam (Vancouver Liberals)\u00a0and Scott Gilber (independent).<\/p>\n You are also selecting from lists of potential\u00a0city councillors<\/a>, park board commissioners<\/a>\u00a0and school board trustees<\/a>.<\/p>\n