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Volume 67, No. 9

106/2024

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

May 21, 2024

B.C. Reg. 106/2024 , deposited May 16, 2024, under the ELECTION ACT [section 283]. Regulation of the Chief Electoral Officer, dated May 15, 2024.

Under the authority of

section 283 of the Election Act , after consultation with the Election Advisory Committee under that Act, the Chief Electoral Officer orders that the following regulations are amended as set out in the attached Schedule:

(

a) Election Financing Regulation, B.C. Reg. 170/2020;

(

b) Leadership Contestant Financing Reports Regulation, B.C. Reg. 24/2020;

(

c) Nomination Contest Regulation, B.C. Reg. 25/2020;

(

d) Political Party and Constituency Association Financial Reports Regulation, B.C. Reg. 26/2020;

(

e) Voting Options Regulation, B.C. Reg. 69/2022.

— A. BOEGMAN, Chief Electoral Officer .

Schedule

Election Financing Regulation

Section 3 of the Election Financing Regulation, B.C. Reg. 170/2020, is amended

(

a) by repealing paragraph (

b) and substituting the following:

(

b) the following classes of campaign period election advertising:

(

i) commercial canvassing in person or by telephone or other means of electronic communication;

(ii) printed newspapers and periodicals;

(iii) promotional materials, including newsletters, brochures, buttons and novelty items;

(iv) radio and podcasts;

(

v) new signs;

(vi) reused signs;

(viii) television and video;

(

x) other forms of advertising; ,

(

b) by repealing paragraph (

c) and substituting the following:

(

c) banking and payment processing fees; ,

(

c) in paragraph (

d) by striking out " and meetings " and substituting " , meetings and social functions other than fundraising functions ",

(

d) by repealing paragraph (h),

(

e) by repealing paragraph (

m) and substituting the following:

(

m) office supplies, including furniture, equipment and stationery; , and

(

f) by repealing paragraphs (

t) and (u).

Section 5 is amended

(

a) by repealing paragraph (

b) and substituting the following:

(

b) the following classes of campaign period election advertising:

(

i) canvassing in person or by telephone or other means of electronic communication;

(ii) printed newspapers and periodicals;

(iii) promotional materials, including newsletters, brochures, buttons and novelty items;

(iv) radio and podcasts;

(

v) new signs;

(vi) reused signs;

(viii) television and video;

(

x) other forms of advertising; ,

(

b) by repealing paragraph (

c) and substituting the following:

(

c) banking and payment processing fees; ,

(

c) in paragraph (

d) by striking out " and meetings " and substituting " , meetings and social functions other than fundraising functions ",

(

d) by repealing paragraph (g),

(

e) by repealing paragraph (

k) and substituting the following:

(

k) office supplies, including furniture, equipment and stationery; , and

(

f) by repealing paragraphs (

p) and (q).

Section 7 (2) is amended by adding the following paragraphs:

(

f) the cost of personal protective equipment or products, including face masks, hand sanitizer, surface disinfectant and air purifiers, so long as the equipment or products are not labelled with a partisan message or image;

(

g) the cost of implementing a recommendation respecting a communicable disease made by a medical health officer or the provincial health officer under the Public Health Act ;

(

h) the following expenses incurred solely for the purpose of removing barriers for persons with disabilities:

(ii) the cost of implementing assistive technologies or services used for communication;

(

i) the cost of restoring vandalised property.

Leadership Contestant Financing Reports Regulation

Section 3 of the Leadership Contestant Financing Reports Regulation, B.C. Reg. 24/2020, is amended

(

a) by repealing paragraph (

b) and substituting the following:

(

b) the following classes of advertising:

(

i) commercial canvassing in person or by telephone or other means of electronic communication;

(ii) printed newspapers and periodicals;

(iii) promotional materials, including newsletters, brochures, buttons and novelty items;

(iv) radio and podcasts;

(

v) new signs;

(vi) reused signs;

(viii) television and video;

(

x) other forms of advertising; ,

(

b) by repealing paragraph (

c) and substituting the following:

(

c) banking and payment processing fees; ,

(

c) in paragraph (

d) by striking out " and meetings " and substituting " , meetings and social functions other than fundraising functions ",

(

d) by repealing paragraph (g),

(

e) by repealing paragraph (

k) and substituting the following:

(

k) office supplies, including furniture, equipment and stationery; , and

(

f) by repealing paragraphs (

r) and (s).

Nomination Contest Regulation

Section 4 of the Nomination Contest Regulation, B.C. Reg. 25/2020, is amended

(

a) by repealing paragraph (

b) and substituting the following:

(

b) the following classes of advertising:

(

i) commercial canvassing in person or by telephone or other means of electronic communication;

(ii) printed newspapers and periodicals;

(iii) promotional materials, including newsletters, brochures, buttons and novelty items;

(iv) radio and podcasts;

(

v) new signs;

(vi) reused signs;

(viii) television and video;

(

x) other forms of advertising; ,

(

b) by repealing paragraph (

c) and substituting the following:

(

c) banking and payment processing fees; ,

(

c) in paragraph (

d) by striking out " and meetings " and substituting " , meetings and social functions other than fundraising functions ",

(

d) by repealing paragraph (g),

(

e) by repealing paragraph (

l) and substituting the following:

(

l) office supplies, including furniture, equipment and stationery; , and

(

f) by repealing paragraphs (

u) and (v).

Political Party and Constituency Association Financial Reports Regulation

Section 5 of the Political Party and Constituency Association Financial Reports Regulation, B.C. Reg. 26/2020, is amended

(

a) by repealing paragraph (

b) and substituting the following:

(

b) the following classes of advertising:

(

i) commercial canvassing in person or by telephone or other means of electronic communication;

(ii) printed newspapers and periodicals;

(iii) promotional materials, including newsletters, brochures, buttons and novelty items;

(iv) radio and podcasts;

(

v) signs;

(vii) television and video;

(ix) other forms of advertising; ,

(

b) by repealing paragraph (

e) and substituting the following:

(

e) banking and payment processing fees; ,

(

c) in paragraph (

f) by striking out " and meetings " and substituting " , meetings and social functions other than fundraising functions ",

(

d) by repealing paragraph (i),

(

e) by repealing paragraph (

l) and substituting the following:

(

l) office supplies, including furniture, equipment and stationery; , and

(

f) by repealing paragraphs (

q) and (r).

Voting Options Regulation

7 The Voting Options Regulation, B.C. Reg. 69/2022, is amended by adding the following section:

Verification requirements for registering or updating registration

using mail-in voting package

(1) For the purposes of

section 106 (1) (

e) of the Act, if, in voting using a mail‑in voting package, an individual is registering as a voter in conjunction with voting or is updating voter registration information, the individual must fulfill one of the following verification requirements:

(

a) the individual must place in the outer envelope of the mail‑in voting package a copy of

(

i) one document referred to in

section 41 (3) (a) (

i) or (ii) of the Act,

(ii) at least 2 documents referred to in

section 41 (3) (a) (iii) of the Act, or

(iii) each applicable solemn declaration referred to in

section 41.1 (3) of the Act;

(

b) the individual must upload to an Elections BC authorized internet site

(

i) an electronic copy of

(

A) one document referred to in

section 41 (3) (a) (

i) or (ii) of the Act,

(

B) at least 2 documents referred to in

section 41 (3) (a) (iii) of the Act, or

(

C) each applicable solemn declaration referred to in

section 41.1 (3) of the Act, and

(ii) all of the following information:

(

A) the bar code number on the individual’s mail‑in voting package;

(

B) the individual’s surname;

(

C) the individual’s year of birth.

(2) If an individual is unable to fulfill a verification requirement described in subsection (1), the individual must send to Elections BC by a means of electronic communication specified by a voter registration official

(

a) an electronic copy of

(

i) one document referred to in

section 41 (3) (a) (

i) or (ii) of the Act,

(ii) at least 2 documents referred to in

section 41 (3) (a) (iii) of the Act, or

(iii) each applicable solemn declaration referred to in

section 41.1 (3) of the Act, and

(

b) all of the following information:

(

i) the bar code number on the individual’s mail‑in voting package;

(ii) the individual’s surname;

(iii) the individual’s year of birth.

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