Candidate Q&A

The Regional District does not have any bylaws that prohibit signs in parks. If you post election signs in parks, please be aware that parks staff may need to temporarily move or remove signs for ground maintenance.

The Regional District does provide some regulation through its Zoning Bylaws (click on the Planning tab); however, candidates should ensure they are familiar with the provincial government Election and Referendum Signs on Highways Rights-of-Way and with the Frequently Asked Questions from Elections BC relating to election signage.

Please visit www.rdos.bc.ca and click on Parcel Viewer. You must agree to the terms and conditions by clicking the small button on the right-hand side and then clicking ok on the left side. Using the Tools on the left side and the Layer List on the right side along with the zoom and pan functions, viewers may get detail right down to the individual parcel level, which provides addresses and other helpful information.

All voting locations can be found on the main General Local Elections project page.

The RDOS does not maintain a voters list, nor is the Provincial voters list used.  Eligible electors are required to sign a declaration prior to obtaining a ballot, which eliminates the need to maintain a voters list from year to year.  

Candidates can choose whom to appoint as a scrutineer.  Refer to this pamphlet prepared by the Province: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/british-columbians-our-governments/local-governments/governance-powers/scrutineers_guide_to_general_local_elections.pdf

A candidate or their official agent may appoint one scrutineer for each ballot box used at a voting place during general local elections.  Scrutineers may work part of the voting day and then be replaced by another appointed scrutineer.  The Chief Election Officer may place requirements around the timing of shifts to minimize disruption at the voting place and/or require that scrutineers only serve one shift during the voting day.  The Chief Election Officer has determined that Scrutineer appointment forms must be submitted to the Chief Election Officer, 101 Martin Street, Penticton, by 4:00 pm on Thursday, October 13, 2022.  The authority to place requirements around scrutineer appointments may be found in the Local Government Act, Sec. 59.  Please refer to this pamphlet prepared by the province: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/british-columbians-our-governments/local-governments/governance-powers/scrutineers_guide_to_general_local_elections.pdf

According to the Local Government Act, Section 134, 

1. A presiding election official and at least one other election official must be present while counting proceedings are being conducted.  
2. Candidates in an election are entitled to be present when counting proceedings for the election are being conducted. 
3. For each place where the votes on ballots for an election are being counted, one candidate representative for each candidate in the election is entitled to be present at each location within that place where ballots are being considered.  
4. Persons other than those referred to in subsections (2) and (3) and election officials taking part in the counting may not be present when counting proceedings are being conducted, unless permitted by the presiding election official.

A nominator must be an elector of the electoral area for which the nomination is made. The Local Government Act does not state a restriction on family members.