More than half of B.C. voters sent in HST referendum ballots
Elections B.C. says more than 1.6 million British Columbians voted in the referendum on the harmonized sales tax.
According to the electoral body, there were 3,063,170 registered voters as of July 22.
That puts the voter turnout at around 52 percent.
Acting chief electoral officer Craig James said today (August 11) that the estimated cost of the mail-in referendum is $8.9 million, down from the original budget of $12 million.
Elections B.C. expects to release the HST referendum results on or around August 25.
In 2002, 790,182 ballots were cast in the province's referendum on treaty negotiations.
Comments
3 Comments
Tyler99
Aug 11, 2011 at 12:59pm
Didn't receive a ballot. Called, still didn't get one. Ridiculous way to hold a vote.
KTFO
Aug 11, 2011 at 4:00pm
Looks like a Yes to can the Hated ST.
yoddle
Aug 13, 2011 at 11:30am
neither my bf or myself recieved one .