To: 169 reporters and commentators; plus 178 folks who are generally interested in good governance including members of the Social Mavrik Federation .

From: Bob Bray, President, Social Mavrik Federation

Disclaimer: If you want your email address removed from my list, please reply to this email with "No more" in the subject line.

This copy of my 3rd message about the One Day Voting Initiative Petition

is sent to the email inbox of:

CAMPBELL RIVER: Bob Bray announces that One Day Voting will not lead to line ups on Election Day due to voting place changes planned by Elections BC for the 2024 election..

Elections BC has been working on voting changes since the Election Act was changed in 2019.

These changes are described in their Modernizing The Voting Process document.

From the document's introductory statement, "The changes include using electronic tabulators to count paper ballots and laptops to look up voters and cross them off the voters list. These changes will make voting faster and easier."

You'll be glad to know, as I was, that these changes do not include online voting or the use of electronic voting machines.

In the next provincial election scheduled for 2024 and at each voting place, the many ballot boxes used in 2020 and in previous elections will be replaced with one ballot tabulator.

These changes pave the way for One Day Voting because the reduction in line ups would accommodate a large turnout if almost everyone waited to vote until Election Day.

I prepared the following diagram to demonstrate the reduction in line ups:

The name of this legislative petition is: Initiative to change the voting opportunities in provincial elections.

The petition is described on the Current Initiative Petitions page of the Elections BC website along with the Public Notice which can be seen here as a PDF document.

Becoming a canvasser is one way to learn about the direct democracy process in British Columbia.

A registered canvasser will see his or her name on two lists, one with names in alphabetical order and one with names in geographical order by riding.

The alphabetical list is maintained on the Elections BC website.

The geographical list will be maintained on the Social Mavrik website. It shows each canvasser's home riding. This list is currently under development.

If you are thinking of registering as a canvasser, of course there is an Elections BC application form. When a completed form is approved by the proponent (that's me) it is submitted to Elections BC. An identification card is issued and sent to the proponent who forwards it to the newly registered canvasser. The application form is here. Please send the completed form to this email address.

So far 0 canvassers are registered for signature gathering after August 9th.

One Day Voting canvassers will be invited to occasional half-hour group Zoom calls hosted by me for training and strategizing plus question and answer conversations.

The name of the second legislative petition is: Initiative to conduct a Surrey policing binding referendum.

The petition is described on the Current Initiative Petitions page of the Elections BC website.

So far 0 canvassers are registered for signature gathering after August 16th.

You are welcome to forward this email message but it is better if you click on the link below, copy the URL that appears and paste the URL into your email message.

If you forward this email message using the "forward" button in your email program the forwarded message remains linked to your email address. If your chosen recipient unsubscribes, it is your email address that is unsubscribed from my distribution list.

Bob Bray, President, Social Mavrik Federation

Phone: 250-504-0052

Mail: 784 Bowen Drive, Campbell River, British Columbia V9H 1S2

Email: bob.bray@socialmavrikbc.ca

Website: socialmavrikbc.ca

I have posted the image below on facebook.com/bob.bray.334

and on mewe.com/i/bobbray1.

Click here to see a larger version of the above image.

Click here to see a larger version of the above image.

As of June 20th the above tweet was seen 109 times with 6 engagements.