UBCM passes resolution to lower provincial voting age, let permanent residents vote

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Mayors across British Columbia want to let more people vote in provincial elections.

At the Union of BC Municipalities convention on Thursday, local and provincial politicians passed a resolution to ask the B.C. government to lower the voting age to 16 years old.

They also passed a resolution supporting expanding voting rights to permanent residents. In order for either change to happen, the B.C. government would need to change the Elections Act.

RELATED: BCCLA, advocacy groups lobby for permanent residents’ right to vote

City councillors, mayors and politicians from across B.C. are meeting this week at Canada Place to discuss a number of policy ideas they will later present to provincial and federal government bodies.

Agenda priorities for the week-long convention include housing and cannabis legislation, as well as motions on vaping and vaping restrictions. It ends on Sept. 27.

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