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The time for campaigning is over. It’s the big day for MLA hopefuls across B.C. and the BC Conservatives are looking safe in Kamloops and the Okanagan.
If polls are accurate, and they often aren’t, BC NDP Premier David Eby’s decision to call a snap election might backfire with the BC Conservatives holding power.
While the BC Conservatives are expected to maintain their strongholds in BC interior ridings, Kelowna Centre, Vernon-Lumby and Penticton-Summerland are the closest races in the area.
It’s down to the wire and it doesn’t look like CentreBC or OneBC are going to win any seats this time around.
If you’re just catching up here are a few things to help you out.
If you haven’t made up your mind yet here are links for party platforms and candidate lists for the BC NDP, BC Conservatives, BC Greens, OneBC and CentreBC. If you don’t have time to go through all of that this is a summary from the CBC.
Take a few minutes to go vote. Go out to eat after and make a day out of it. Take your other half and turn it into a date. Here’s a map to search for your nearest voting location.
Here’s a link to the BC leaders debate between BC NDP’s David Eby, BC Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson and BC Green leader Emily Lowan.
Elections BC has a list of documents that you can bring as ID when you go to vote.
338Canada analyzes numerous polls and puts together a list of the odds for each riding.
There’s also a voter quiz to help figure out which party’s platform aligns with what you want.
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