On October 2, 2009, Premier Gordon Campbell announced a joint Task Force to make recommendations for legislative changes to improve the electoral process for local government elections across B.C.
The six-member Task Force is co-chaired by Bill Bennett, Minister of Community and Rural Development, and Harry Nyce, president of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) and includes two other UBCM executive members and two provincial MLAs.
The Task Force is reviewing specific issues related to local government elections. Topics under review are:
Campaign finance, including contribution/spending disclosure and limits, and tax credits
Enforcement processes and outcomes
Role of the chief electoral officer (B.C.) in local government elections
Election cycle (term of office)
Corporate vote
Other agreed upon matters, (e.g. matters raised in UBCM resolutions such as eligibility of local government volunteers to be candidates)
The Task Force welcomes feedback in writing on these topics. Written comments can be submitted via the e-mail Feedback link, the Feedback Form or sent to:
E-mail
localelectionstaskforce@gov.bc.ca
Mail
Local Government Elections Task Force
c/o Ministry of Community and Rural Development
PO Box 9839 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria BC V8W 9T1
Fax: 250-387-7972
The Task Force looks forward to receiving your written comments as soon as possible, preferably by April 15, 2010.
http://www.localelectionstaskforce.gov.bc.ca/index.html
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