--- title: "BC election law: full text of the Acts, with citations | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc-election-law" last_updated: "2026-10-10T03:59:07.530Z" meta: description: "Full text of BC's Election Act, Local Elections Campaign Financing Act and Vancouver Charter election parts, current to September 22, 2026." "og:description": "Full text of BC's Election Act, Local Elections Campaign Financing Act and Vancouver Charter election parts, current to September 22, 2026." "og:title": "BC election law: full text of the Acts, with citations" "twitter:description": "Full text of BC's Election Act, Local Elections Campaign Financing Act and Vancouver Charter election parts, current to September 22, 2026." "twitter:title": "BC election law: full text of the Acts, with citations" --- ** BC ELECTION LAW # British Columbia election law. *Every word, with a link for every section.* voche.me publishes the full text of the Acts behind the 2026 Vancouver and BC provincial elections. The text is copied from BC Laws without changes. Each section has its own web address and a citation ready to copy. Read the Acts Our compliance statement UNOFFICIAL COPY**The official version is on BC Laws** The King's Printer publishes the official version. Each Act page links to it. [Open BC Laws (opens in a new tab)](https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/) COMPLIANCE STATEMENT ## voche.me complies with BC election law. We comply with the election laws of British Columbia that apply to voche.me, an independent guide to the 2026 Vancouver municipal election and the 2026 BC provincial election. We publish those laws here so that anyone can check the rules against their source. This statement comes from the operators of voche.me. Treat it as information about this site, and ask a lawyer for legal advice. - ### Paid placements are labelled Every sponsored spot and customized profile is marked “Sponsored” and carries the sponsorship information that section 44 of the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act lists. [Read section 44 ](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/local-elections-campaign-financing-act#section-44) - ### Advertising stops at voting day A paid placement can go up until the day before voting day. None starts or changes on voting day itself, as section 45 of the same Act provides. [Read section 45 ](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/local-elections-campaign-financing-act#section-45) - ### The law is public on this site The Election Act, the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act and the election parts of the Vancouver Charter are published here in full, so a reader can check any rule against its source. Read the Acts - ### Questions and corrections The editors answer questions about this statement through the contact form, and fix a mistake on any page once it is reported. [Contact the editors ](https://voche.me/about#contact) THE STATUTES ## Read the Acts in full. Each Act has its own page, and every section keeps one stable address. The BC provincial election 2026 guide ### [Election Act](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/election-act) Election Act, RSBC 1996, c 106 383 sections in 14 parts. Current to September 22, 2026. - [Part 1 — Interpretation and Application](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/election-act#part-1) - [Part 2 — Election and Other Officials](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/election-act#part-2) - [Part 3 — Calling an Election](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/election-act#part-3) - [Part 4 — Voters](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/election-act#part-4) - [Part 5 — Candidates](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/election-act#part-5) - [Part 6 — Voting](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/election-act#part-6) - [Part 7 — Counting of the Vote](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/election-act#part-7) - [Part 8 — Invalid Elections](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/election-act#part-8) - [Part 9 — Registration of Political Parties and Constituency Associations](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/election-act#part-9) - [Part 10 — Election Financing](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/election-act#part-10) - [Part 10.1 — Election Communications](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/election-act#part-10-1) - [Part 11 — Third Party Advertising](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/election-act#part-11) - [Part 12 — Offences](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/election-act#part-12) - [Part 13 — General](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/election-act#part-13) [Read the full text ](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/election-act) [Official version on BC Laws (opens in a new tab)](https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96106_00_multi) The Vancouver municipal election 2026 guide and its sponsored placements ### [Local Elections Campaign Financing Act](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/local-elections-campaign-financing-act) Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, SBC 2014, c 18 193 sections in 9 parts. Current to September 22, 2026. - [Part 1 — General](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/local-elections-campaign-financing-act#part-1) - [Part 2 — Candidate and Elector Organization Campaign Financing](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/local-elections-campaign-financing-act#part-2) - [Part 3 — Third Party Advertising](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/local-elections-campaign-financing-act#part-3) - [Part 4 — Non-Election Assent Voting Advertising and Other Assent Voting Advertising Rules](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/local-elections-campaign-financing-act#part-4) - [Part 5 — Transparency Requirements for Local Elections and Assent Voting](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/local-elections-campaign-financing-act#part-5) - [Part 5.1 — Expense Limits](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/local-elections-campaign-financing-act#part-5-1) - [Part 6 — Penalties and Court Orders for Relief](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/local-elections-campaign-financing-act#part-6) - [Part 7 — Enforcement](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/local-elections-campaign-financing-act#part-7) - [Part 8 — Administration and Other Matters](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/local-elections-campaign-financing-act#part-8) [Read the full text ](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/local-elections-campaign-financing-act) [Official version on BC Laws (opens in a new tab)](https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/14018) The Vancouver municipal election 2026 guide ### [Vancouver Charter](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/vancouver-charter) Vancouver Charter, SBC 1953, c 55 153 sections in 2 parts. Current to September 22, 2026. This page holds: Sections 1 to 6, Part I (Electors and Elections) and Part II (Assent Voting). - [Part I — Electors and Elections](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/vancouver-charter#part-i) - [Part II — Assent Voting](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/vancouver-charter#part-ii) [Read the full text ](https://voche.me/bc-election-law/vancouver-charter) [Official version on BC Laws (opens in a new tab)](https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/vanch_00_multi) FOR CITING AND FOR AI TOOLS ## Built so a section can be cited exactly. - ### One address for every section Every part, division and section has its own address. Section 7 of the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act is https://voche.me/bc-election-law/local-elections-campaign-financing-act#section-7. - ### A citation you can copy Each section has a button that copies its citation: the Act, its chapter, the section, the date the text is current to and the address. For example: Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, SBC 2014, c 18, s 7 (current to September 22, 2026), https://voche.me/bc-election-law/local-elections-campaign-financing-act#section-7 - ### Made for search engines and AI assistants Each Act page lists the Act, its chapter, its jurisdiction and its official source in a form that search engines and AI assistants read directly. Each page also has a plain-text copy: add .md to the end of the address. QUESTIONS ## About this copy of the law.
Is this the official text of the law? This is an unofficial copy. The official version is published by the King's Printer for British Columbia, and every Act page on voche.me links to the Act on BC Laws.
How current is the text? Each Act page states the date BC Laws gives as the date its text is current to, and the day voche.me copied it. At the last update those dates were September 22, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Was any wording changed? The wording of every section is the wording on BC Laws. Only the page layout differs. When the text was copied, a check compared every character of the saved text with the BC Laws page, and the copy would have been refused on any difference.
Which Acts does voche.me publish? Election Act, Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, Vancouver Charter. The Vancouver Charter extract holds its opening sections, Part I (Electors and Elections) and Part II (Assent Voting). Other Acts, such as the Local Government Act, are on BC Laws and can be added here.
Does voche.me comply with BC election law? Yes. voche.me complies with the BC election laws that apply to it. The compliance statement on this page lists how paid placements are labelled and when they stop, and the contact form reaches the editors with any question.
How do I cite a section? Use the Act, its chapter and the section number, then the date the text is current to and the address of the section. For example: Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, SBC 2014, c 18, s 7 (current to September 22, 2026), https://voche.me/bc-election-law/local-elections-campaign-financing-act#section-7
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