{"id":19463,"date":"2020-11-06T15:41:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T20:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=19463"},"modified":"2020-11-06T15:54:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T20:54:56","slug":"what-a-by-election-in-nelson-could-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/what-a-by-election-in-nelson-could-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"What a by-election in Nelson could look like"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Election season in Nelson may not be over yet. As Elections BC gets ready to count the mail-in and absentee ballots on Nov. 6, the City of Nelson may be looking at a by-election.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-19463-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PotentialByelection.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PotentialByelection.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PotentialByelection.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of Nov. 5, Elections BC estimated 3,498 mail-in and absentee ballots from the Nelson-Creston riding. As of Nov. 4, NDP Brittny Anderson is in the lead with 5,377 votes. Second-up is the Green Party\u2019s Nicole Charlwood with 4,443 votes. Still in the race with 3,338 votes is Liberal candidate Tanya Finley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The provisional winner for the Nelson-Creston riding is NDP candidate Brittny Anderson, who is also a council member for the City of Nelson. Her team told KCR that if her win is confirmed, Anderson plans to resign from her position on council. This would trigger a by-election.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But legislation doesn\u2019t require Anderson to step aside. She could, in theory, hold both posts at the same time, Nelson\u2019s corporate officer Sarah Winton said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, the councillor who is giving up their seat has to formally resign in writing, by either contacting the corporate officer \u2014 Winton \u2014 or the council itself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Council then appoints a chief elections officer. Then the countdown begins: after the appointment, a by-election must be held within 80 days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tentatively, a by-election could be held in January, February or even early March. This would be because the process needs to provide notice of the nomination period for new candidates. Potential candidates then have 10 days to submit their nomination packages to the city. In order to do so, the city must be open with no impact from statutory holidays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last time such a by-election happened in Nelson was decades ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMostly right now it\u2019s just a wait-and-see and it all hinges on when and whether Coun. Anderson resigns,\u201d Winton said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Election season in Nelson may not be over yet. As Elections BC gets ready to count the mail-in and absentee ballots on Nov. 6, the City of Nelson may be looking at a by-election.\u00a0 As of Nov. 5, Elections BC estimated 3,498 mail-in and absentee ballots from the Nelson-Creston riding. 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