General Voting Day

Voting polls will be open to qualified electors at the Fernie Senior Citizens Drop-In Centre (562 - 3rd Avenue) from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm for the 2022 Local General Election. 

The City of Fernie will be using automated vote counting machines for the 2022 election. Voters will mark a paper ballot and have the option to feed their ballot into the machine themselves or have an election worker do it for them. Visit fernie.ca/election for more information. 

Am I eligible to vote?  

Pre-registration is not needed to vote in the 2022 Local General Election. To be qualified to vote, you will be required to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements:

• 18 years of age or older on general voting day
• Canadian citizen
• resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding the day of registration
• resident of OR registered owner of real property in the City of Fernie for at least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration, and
• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law.

Resident electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture identification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity.

Non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if there is more than one owner of the property, written consent from the majority of the property owners.