Wednesday, October 16, 1996 — North Shore News - 3 NORTH Vancouver District Municipal Clerk Dennis Back shows the district’s new electronic vot- ing system. North Shore voters will be using the machines when it comes time to cast ballots in the Nov. 16 municipal elec- tions. The machines come with optical scan- ners and memory packs to record votes cast at North Shore polling places and to speed up the tabu- lation of voting results. Municipal votes tallied with the help of scanners By Michael Becker News Editor NORTH Shore municipalities are ready to run a digital sprint race come election day Nov. 16. Speedy results will be made possi- ble by the OPTECH I1I-P Eagle, a souped-up blue box fitted with an optical scanner and memory pack. West Vancouver and = North Vancouver City are leasing, the equip- ment from Winnipeg. North Vancouver District bought its own machines, The automated vote counting machines are in use in more than 20 Canadian cities, Voters will be presented with one : large ballot card containing all possi- ble choices to be made for mayoralty, ‘ council, school board and referendum questions, i Said North Vancouver District Ry SERGE : Municipal Clerk Dennis Back, News photo Cindy Goodman “Previously you would receive a sepa- rate ballot for cach race. This year it comes as one composite ballot.” With a black pen supplied at the polls, voters join _ ‘the hea Jj and tail ofa broken arrow on the ballots to express each choice. The ballot is then brought to the ballot machine attendant and entered into the machine. An optical _ scanner. records the choices made on the ballot. The results are tabulated and stored into a locked mem- ble voters in 1996. Voter turnout in 1993 was 18.89% — 4,590 people voted in 1993. In West Vancouver District there are 27,378 eligible voters. West Vancouver voter turnout was 30.19% in 1993 — 8,187 residents actually voted. . siding clection official will use a special key to gen- erate a results rape from the memory pack. Memory packs from each polling station will be delivered to municipal election staff at the various municipal halls. ; Packs are audited and the results are fed into a memory pack reader to generate accumulated totals. As the results come in one pack at a time in North Vancouver District for example, they will be dis- “ory pack. ; * The machine will detect ballots filled out incorrectly and spit out a tape detailing the nature of the problem with the spoiled ballot. wos, . Tae voter will have the option of going to the election official at the voting place. He or she would November 16 played on TV monitors at the municipal hall. Results wil! also be available on Rogers Cable. “By about 9 p.m. we expect that we'll have all of the results,” said Back. North Vancouver District lists 49,173 eligible voters in 1996. This year North Vancouver District voters will be asked four referendum questions regarding: a $26 million comprehensive loan authorization bylaw, a. Northlands Golf Course dedication bylaw, a Deep Cove Park dedication bylaw and a Cates Park dedication bylaw. Voters in Nerth Vancouver City will be asked whether they favor the borrowing of $2 million to build an | eight-lane track and field facility in® |. Those who aren’t registered can register on the day of the election. In 1993 North Vancouver District had a turnout of 28.65% — 13,088 actually voted. then be given a new ballot to recast the vote. In the case of a machine failure or a power fail- ure, the boxes can be converted on the spot to allow votes to be tabulated manually. conn coerce ON Pete toca When polls close at 8 p.m. on Nov. 16 the pre- Funeral service set for Friday : From page 1 you begin when you talk about aman who | gave so much to his community and his fami- ly. He was just a.remarkable person.” « . Sager saw Lanskail in hospital Thursday and said Lanskail maintained a positive outlook on life and goad humor while in incredible pain. Lanskail’s proudest accormplishment was the “West Vancouver seawalk which legions of. North Shore residents now enjoy while walking and jogging. Sager said Lanskail was the driving force behind the popular strip of pavement, which was initially a Centennial year project. Aplaque on the seawalk commemorates Lanskail’s role in its development. Lanskail served as a West Vancouver alder- man from 1962 to 1982, when he retired from politics. However, he resurrected that career in 1986, when he won his first of nvo terms as mayor of West Vancouver before again retiring. Lanskail’s wife Marjorie said her husband was a multi-faceted person, who enjoyed hik- ing, canoeing and golfing when he wasn’t per- forming his public duties or working as a lead- ing labor negotiator for the B.C. forest indus- try. Lanskail, a lawyer, negotiated for forest companies for 31 years before he retired in 1984. News publisher Peter Speck, who knew Lanskail during his years in public service, has nothing but respect for Lanskail: “I thought he was.very brave and he retained his sense of humor and lively manner right up to the very end.” ; A funeral service for Donald Alexander Sutherland Lanskail is scheduled to be held Friday, Oct. 18, at 11 a.m. at Christ Church Cathedral, located at Burrard and Georgia in Vancouver. Lanskail is survived by his wife Marjorie and children John, Anne and Bruce. In North Vancouver City there are 24,514 eligi- yo drunk on hi By Anna Marie D’Angeto News Reporter If you drink, don’t drive. If you drink and drive, don’t do it on the Squamish Highway. That was the message two men received on Oct. 7 during sentencing for unrelated impaired driving charges in) West Vancouver provincial court. | Crown lawyer Dan Mulligan argued that driving drunk on a stretch of road notorious for fatal crashes was an aggravating factor in both impaired cases. Jorge Alberto Esquivel had travelled . from) = Squamish to Horseshoe Bay on Aug, 24 when a “concerned” person phoned police, Police were told that the 24- year-old Surrey resident was swerving all over the road. He reportedly almost had a head-on crash. Esquivel blew .12 on two tests for alcohol content in his system. The legal limit is 08 or 80 mg of alcohol in 100 mi of blood. West Vancouver Police found open cans of beer in the car. Esquivel’s passengers were drink- ing. . Esquivel pleaded guiley to having a blood alcehol gzeater than 08. The construction worker, who didn’t have a lawyer, said he had consumed three beers in Squamish. Replied Judge fan Walker, Mahon Park. West Van judge hears cases “You've had more than three beers with those readings... Why were you driving?” Esquivel said he did not drink any alcohol while driving. He intended to drive home to Surrey from Squamish when he was pulled over by the police. ’ The judge fined him $500, levied a $75 victim surcharge and suspended his licence for 12 months. Another accused, Todd Edward Dawe, tost control of his vehicle and hit a rock wall on Aug. 29. Witnesses reported that he was speeding on the Squamish Highway shortly before he rolled his car. Dawe blew .21 and .22. or almost three times the legal limit for alcohol in his system. He pleaded guilty to having a blood alcohol greater than .08. Unlike Esquivel who had no criminal record, Dawe had been sentenced for impaired driving in 1993, In 1993, he was fined $1,000 for an impaired driving infraction. Prosecuting Crown lawyer Mulligan said a jail senterice may “hammer the message home” in Dawe’s case. Dawe, who was not represent- ed by a lawyer, said he had “five to six pints.” The 34-year-old Squamish resident explained he and a friend missed a ferry at Horseshoe Bay before starting to drink thar day. Dawe said he'd lose his car- pentry and painting job for a Squamish property, management company if the judge were to sen- ; tence him to jail. Judge Walker adjourned sen- tencing so that Dawe could be assessed for clectronic monitor ing. Walker said he was consider- ing a 14-day jail term. A third drinking driver who pleaded guilty on Oct. 7 to a greater than .08 charge crashed inte a concrete post when told to pull over at an [CBC-sponsored Counter Attack roadblock. Robert Philip Descoteau blew .25 and .23, four times the legal limit of alcohol content in his sys- tem ara Sept. 14 roadblock. The roadblock was set up in the 400-block of Marine Drive. The 46-year-old West Vancouver resident told police he had four pints to drink and then “revised his estimate” to five pints of beer after being tested by police, said Mulligan. Descoteau, who did nat have a lawyer with him, said he had been drinking © at North Vancouver Rusty Gull Neighborhood Pub that evening. Deseorean did not have a pre- vious impaired conviction. Walker fined him $700. and suspended his licence for 12 months. Descoreau was required to pay a $105 victin: surcharge. ghway | 5 Around Town... @ Bright Lights _ Business. @ Collins BH CHOSSWOT oo cnienaSD. B FASHION. ics enciennn D2 @ Day in Court | Entertainment @ Fashion @ Sunshine Girl... 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