4 — Wednesday, May 15, 1996 ~ North Shore News

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Time line charts
voting evolution

WE'VE COME. a
long -: way,: . baby.
. Ponder’ some °B.C. &
electoral « _ Points ‘of
interest: 7
1871; first general
“election ‘in B.C.’ for
» the’ ‘Legislative Ass-

| dee owning ‘property’ is

a dropped as a qualification to

2 MOtes
1916: the life of Aegistatuce i is
‘extended to five. years. Clergy

yd are no longer prohibited from:

being c candidates and sitting as
a sy

ASST: the right to vote is
extended to women;

1918: Mary Ellen Smith is the
first woman to run and ‘be
elected’ in. a Vancouver’ by-

Extende aa Hours
NORTH VAN STORE:
9 AM - 8 PM , Monday to Friday

“Now you can avoid the ‘rush hours"
and enjoy the North Shore's finest

election held on Jan.
24, 1918. It’s the first
time that women
voted in a provincial
election;
1940: ‘all ballots state
political party. or
interest of candidates.
Public opinion ‘polls
(straw votes) are banned after
the writ of election is issued;
1947: Canadian citizenship is
recognized as a quulification
to vote as an alternate to being
a British subject;
1953: the voting age is low-
ered to 19 from 21 years;

"1977: liquor sales aze allowed

on clection day;
1985: the term “British sub-

ject” is dropped as a qualifica-
‘tion to vote;

$992; voting age is lowered to
18 from [9 years of age.

WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE
FOR YOU CONCERNING THIS BC

GENERAL ELECTION.
WE WON'T GIVE IT TO YOU HERE.
WE WON'T TELL YOU WHY.

Get The Message!

We've bought time on radio and
television stations in Bellingham,
Washington.

To hear our radio ads - our “Radio
Free BC” - tune in to KISM, 92.9 FM, just
after the 8 am news until the election.

To see our television ads - our
“Television Free BC” - tune in to KVOS,
cable 12, at about 8 in the evening
weeknights from May 14th to 20th. °

“Cyber Resistance!”

We also have an Internet web page,
which we call “Cyber Resistance!”,
where you can download audio files’ of
the radio and television commercials
plus access other election-related
material. The address of our page is:

www.freenet.calgary.ab.ca/populati/
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from the United States were paid for by
the voluntary contributions of

- Canadians - mostly British Columbians

- who support The National Citizens:
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selection of colourful bedding
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