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2013 Legislative Session: 5th Session, 39th Parliament
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MR. ADRIAN DIX
BILL M 209 – 2013
PROMOTING YOUTH VOTE ACT, 2013
This bill amends the Election Act in response to a 2011 recommendation made by the Chief Electoral Officer of British
Columbia to increase youth participation in provincial elections by allowing provisional
voter registration of individuals when they are 16 years of age.
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the
Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
Section 1 of the Election Act, RSBC 1996 c.106 is amended by adding the following
definition:
"provisional voter registration" means the voluntary registration of individuals aged at least 16 and only becoming
an active registration on an individual's 18th birthday.
Section 31 is amended by adding the following subsection:
(3) An individual who
(
a) is at least 16 years of age; and
(
b) otherwise meets all eligibility requirements to vote
may register on a provisional basis and that provisional voter registration, pursuant
to this subsection, shall be deemed effective as of the date the individual turns
18 years of age
(
i) If the information in the provisional registration is still current at that time.
(ii) If the information provided in the provisional registration is not current at
the time that the registration would otherwise become effective, for his or her registration
to become effective, the individual shall provide the current information to Elections
BC.
Explanatory Note
This bill amends the Election Act in response to a 2011 recommendation made by the Chief Electoral Officer of British
Columbia to increase youth participation in provincial elections by allowing provisional
voter registration of individuals when they are 16 years of age.
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