Vancouver Civic Election 2022

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Architype

I went to vote (1 Kingsway) and the line up was hundreds of people around three sides of the block. I waited a bit and it didn't move, it looked like a two hour wait so I left. This city is so unprepared, they don't care if people vote. Who are they kidding?

It’s a disgrace. And Peter Meizner wants to allow permanent residents to vote?! They can’t even handle Canadians trying to vote.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by whatnext

It’s a disgrace. And Peter Meizner wants to allow permanent residents to vote?! They can’t even handle Canadians trying to vote.

Actually, Councillor Meiszner was the only one to express concern that the number of staff had been reduced drastically from the last byelection, when only 11% of those eligable voted (13,372), and staff were sitting around, twiddling their thumbs. Clearly turnout this time is much higher.

"In a January meeting, Vancouver councillors approved a staff motion that laid out the budget and staffing plans for the upcoming byelection.

In that meeting, city clerk Katrina Leckovic said around 250 workers would be hired for the byelection — a drop of 80 per cent from the 1,250 workers who staffed the 2017 byelection.

In addition, only 25 polling stations were set up for general voting day, down from 50 in 2017.

Councillors approved the plan from staff unanimously, with only Peter Meiszner expressing serious concerns about the large staffing drop.

"Why are we doing this? It seems like we're making it more difficult," he said at the time.

Leckovic said the large cuts to staffing would allow them to put more money into promoting mail-in voting.

Following an inquiry by CBC News, the City of Vancouver said there were approximately 265 staff in the field working the byelection, which included the additional 45 hired after advanced voting.

Overall, the city's budget for the byelection increased from $1.5 million in 2017 to $2 million for 2025. [CBC]

[Architype]

Originally Posted by whatnext

It’s a disgrace. And Peter Meizner wants to allow permanent residents to vote?! They can’t even handle Canadians trying to vote.

As I edited in my post, there must be a lot of angry people if they are willing to wait for two hours or more. Here's a pic, you can only see a fraction of the line here, it winds all the way around to the other side on Kingsway, over 500 ft.

[Lexus]

I spent 50 minutes in total at Killarney Community Centre To cast my vote for ABC!

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Lexus

I spent 50 minutes in total at Killarney Community Centre To cast my vote for ABC!

Based on how they ran this byelection I wouldn’t trust them with running a popsicle stand.

[Migrant_Coconut]

Much as I'd like to trash ABC, I remember the lineup for the 2022 election being just as long.

The really weird part is how voting for two councillors has just as much turnout as the actual mayoral race.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Much as I'd like to trash ABC, I remember the lineup for the 2022 election being just as long.

The really weird part is how voting for two councillors has just as much turnout as the actual mayoral race.

Normally that would not bode well for the ruling party.

[Alex Mackinnon]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Much as I'd like to trash ABC, I remember the lineup for the 2022 election being just as long.

The really weird part is how voting for two councillors has just as much turnout as the actual mayoral race.

It depends where. 2022 had no wait for me.

The last by-election barely anyone turned up.

This time it was an hour for me. My wife took 2.5 hrs.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Alex Mackinnon

It depends where. 2022 had no wait for me.

The last by-election barely anyone turned up.

This time it was an hour for me. My wife took 2.5 hrs.

Yes, I had no wait voting in 2022. Today friends reported 1hr30 and 2hr35 on the West Side. After hearing that I drove to Carnegie and it took 45 minutes. That’s why I congratulated all who voted, no matter for what candidate, for their perseverance.

[Migrant_Coconut]

Figured I'd skip the line this time by voting in advance. Pfft, nope.

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I know the results aren't final yet, but holy crap do people not like ABC.

[Changing City]

Results finally appearing after 11pm. With half the voting places reporting, COPE and One City candidates look unassailable. Colleen Hardwick showing as a distant third, just ahead of the Green candidate. (ABC also had two candidates, apparently).

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Changing City

Results finally appearing after 11pm. With half the voting places reporting, COPE and One City candidates look unassailable. Colleen Hardwick showing as a distant third, just ahead of the Green candidate. (ABC also had two candidates, apparently).

As I said upthread, Sean Orr would bring a good left wing foil to council and Hardwick would have been a good one from the right of the spectrum. The OneCity candidate came across as just another bike lobby shill. We had enough of that with Vision Vancouver and later Kennedy Stewart.

[MonkeyRonin]

Originally Posted by Architype

I went to vote (1 Kingsway) and the line up was hundreds of people around three sides of the block. I waited a bit and it didn't move, it looked like a two hour wait or more, so I left. This city is so unprepared, they don't care if people vote, but there must be a lot of angry people to wait that long.

Same at Britannia. It was like something I've only ever seen on news reports about voter-suppressing American states - nothing I've ever experienced in all my years of voting comes close. Hate to say it, but I ultimately gave up too. Respect to those who waited it out though.

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Based on how they ran this byelection I wouldn’t trust them with running a popsicle stand.

You really have no idea how the process works do you?

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

You really have no idea how the process works do you?

Count on mindless ABC apologism on SSP.

They’re the ruling party at City Hall, they own this. And as it turns out they were justly “rewarded” by voters for their rule.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

You really have no idea how the process works do you?

You just figured that out now?

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

You just figured that out now?

ChangingCity’s article upthread said City Council approved the plan to reduce the number of places to vote and cut the number of workers. So they all own it with ABC being the majority on the Council, it’s on them.

How long did you wait to vote?

[MalcolmTucker]

A friend voted early in the day and they didn’t have to manually record name and address. By the time I voted they had to do manual sign in. I’d guess something broke in their support software which reduced their throughput by a lot.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by MalcolmTucker

A friend voted early in the day and they didn’t have to manually record name and address. By the time I voted they had to do manual sign in. I’d guess something broke in their support software which reduced their throughput by a lot.

Apparently some people had to wait until after 10pm to vote(they had been in line before polls closed at 8pm). I wonder who long lines might have hurt or helped more? IE would TEAM have lost votes because older people didn’t relish standing in line for over an hour?

[bluefox]

Originally Posted by whatnext

I guess nobody here showed up to vote? I don’t see any comments about the disgracefully long line ups at pretty much all of the polling stations. Kudos to my other fellow residents who literally waited hours to exercise their democratic right which Ken Sim and the amateur hour at City Hall seemed determined to thwart.

Voted in the morning, probably about 60 people when I arrived. Took about 15 minutes end to end.