VICTORIA — Elections BC says its has received and screened nearly 45 per cent of the transit-tax plebiscite packages mailed to Metro Vancouver residents two days before voting closes.
Ballots must be in by 8 p.m. Friday, and can be dropped off at nine offices throughout the region.
Chief electoral officer Keith Archer says the voting results will be forwarded to the speaker of the legislative assembly in late June.
Over 1.56 million ballot packages were mailed to registered voters in Metro Vancouver since mid-March.
Metro Vancouver residents have the option of paying a half-per-cent sales tax to fund $7.5 billion in transportation projects that includes more buses, roads, light rapid transit and a new bridge.
The Yes and No sides have been campaigning to balance traffic woes in a growing region with what some are calling a tax grab.
