Elections

THE 2021 CHILLIWACK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 33
BY-ELECTION

Declaration of Official Election Results

Voting Machine Information

The City has been using Election System & Software (ESS) DS200 Precinct Scanner and Tabulators since 2014.

For more information about the DS200 tabulator, please visit: https://www.essvote.com/products/ds200/

For more information about ESS voting security, please visit
https://www.essvote.com/voter-resources/

Applications to Request a Mail Ballot Package is now closed. Please see below for all our other voting opportunities.

IMPORTANT - Proof of Identity and Residency - please open list here as you will require it  to fill out the certification envelope you will receive with your mail ballot package.

Those with accessibility needs can call 604.793.2986 for assistance. 

As soon as the request is received, packages will be mailed out with instructions on how to complete and return a ballot. Completed ballots can be returned by mail, dropped off at a voting venue on advanced voting days and general voting day, or dropped off at City Hall's drop box, available seven days a week, 24 hours a day.

Mail ballots must be received by the end of voting on February 13, 2021 at 8:00 pm. 

*It is the voter's responsibility to ensure ballots are returned on time. Ballots received after 8:00 pm on February 13, 2021 will not be counted. 

Due to the potential for postal delays, residents are encouraged to drop off their ballots at City Hall or one of the voting venues on advanced or general voting days, if possible. 

KEY DATES

ELECTION PERIOD
Wednesday, December 2, 2020 - Friday, January 15, 2021 at midnight

NOMINATION PERIOD
Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 9:00 am – Friday, January 8, 2021 at 4:00 pm

DECLARATION OF NOMINATED CANDIDATES

DECLARATION OF ELECTION BY VOTING

DEADLINE FOR RECEIVING ORIGINALS OF FAXED OR EMAILED NOMINATION DOCUMENTS

Friday, January 15, 2021 at 4:30 pm

CAMPAIGN PERIOD
Saturday, January 16, 2021 – Saturday, February 13, 2021

VOTING

PLEASE NOTE:

All residents in Chilliwack, incuding the Fraser Valley Regional District Trustee Electoral Areas D, E and H, are eligible to vote on the following days at the following locations. 

ADVANCE VOTING DAYS  

Chilliwack Landing Sports Centre - 45530 Spadina Avenue

• Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 8:00 am to 8:00 pm

Heritage Park - 44140 Luckakuck Way

• Wednesday, February 10, 2021 - 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
• Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 11:00 am to 7:00 pm

GENERAL VOTING DAY
Saturday, February 13, 2021 - 8:00 am to 8:00 pm at the following locations: 

•  Chilliwack Landing Sports Centre - 45530 Spadina Avenue
• Heritage Park - 44140 Luckakuck Way

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT FILING DEADLINE
Friday, May 14, 2021

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT LATE FILING DEADLINE WITH $500.00 LATE FILING FEE
Monday, June 14, 2021

SAFETY MEASURES

The City of Chilliwack is committed to delivering a safe and physically distanced by-election during the COVID-19 pandemic. Following Public Health, Elections BC and WorkSafeBC directives, the City’s COVID-19 safety plan for each voting place ensures the by-election will be safe for voters, candidates and election staff.

All voting places will have protective measures in place including:

• physical distancing
• capacity limits
• plexiglass protective barriers
• hand sanitizing stations will be provided
• voters will be asked to sanitize their hands before and after voting
• election officials will wear masks or face-visors
• there will be frequent cleaning of voting stations and high-touch surfaces.
• pencils/pens will be provided for voting and will be sanitized between use.
• electors will be required to wear masks when voting.
• those who are ill or self-isolating will be asked not to visit a voting place

• Safety Plan for the City of Chilliwack 
• Safety Plan for Heritage Park
• Safety Plan for Chilliwack Landing Sports Centre

HOW TO CAMPAIGN SAFELY DURING COVID-19