--- title: "Voting guide: Vancouver election reporting | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/news/category/voting-guide" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:01:19.570Z" meta: description: "Read published reporting and guides about voting guide on voche.me." "og:description": "Read published reporting and guides about voting guide on voche.me." "og:title": "Voting guide: Vancouver election reporting" "twitter:description": "Read published reporting and guides about voting guide on voche.me." "twitter:title": "Voting guide: Vancouver election reporting" --- ** NEWS SECTION # Voting guide 10 stories, newest first. Times are Pacific. ## Friday, October 9 Voting guide ### [What Vancouver's mayor can do: 1 vote of 11, the chair, and seats on regional boards](https://voche.me/news/vancouver-mayor-role-powers) The mayor chairs Council and is the city's chief executive officer, but carries 1 vote of 11. What the Vancouver Charter and the Procedure By-law give the office, what Council keeps, and how the 2024 Police Act changes moved the police board chair. 7 min read ## Thursday, October 8 Voting guide ### [What Vancouver City Council decides, and what belongs to the Province, TransLink and the boards](https://voche.me/news/what-vancouver-city-council-controls) Council sets zoning, the budget and the property tax rate, and writes the bylaws for streets, business and buildings. Rent limits, transit, the police and parks sit with other bodies. The sections of the Vancouver Charter behind each power. 7 min read ## Wednesday, October 7 Voting guide ### [Advance voting in Vancouver: 3 days left, 59 voting places, 8am to 8pm](https://voche.me/news/advance-voting-vancouver-october-2026) Vancouver's last 3 advance voting days are October 7, 10 and 13. The hours, the 59 voting places you can choose from, what to bring, registering on the spot, and how the law keeps advance ballots sealed until the count. 7 min read ## Tuesday, October 6 Voting guide ### [After 8pm on October 17: how Vancouver counts the vote, declares winners and handles a tie](https://voche.me/news/vancouver-election-night-counting-results-2026) The numbers on election night are preliminary. The official result must be declared by 4pm on October 21, a recount can be requested until October 26, and a tie goes to a judge. The dates and rules, from the Vancouver Charter. 5 min read ## Monday, October 5 Voting guide ### [$1,429.70: the donation limit behind every Vancouver campaign in 2026](https://voche.me/news/campaign-donations-spending-limits-vancouver-2026) Who can give money to a Vancouver candidate, how much, what each campaign may spend, how third-party ads are policed, and the date in January 2027 when you can see who paid for this election. 5 min read ## Sunday, October 4 Voting guide ### [What a Vancouver school trustee decides, and why the board was fired in 2016](https://voche.me/news/vancouver-school-board-trustees-2026) Nine trustees will run an $826 million school district for four years. What the job covers, where the money comes from, why the Province fired the whole board in 2016, and who gets a school board ballot. 5 min read ## Saturday, October 3 Voting guide ### [What Vancouver's Park Board controls, and how it survived a plan to abolish it](https://voche.me/news/vancouver-park-board-2026-election) Vancouver is the only city in BC that elects a separate board to run its parks. What the 7 commissioners control, who sets their budget, and how a 2023 plan to end the board ran out of time before the 2026 vote. 5 min read ## Friday, October 2 Voting guide ### [How to mark your Vancouver ballot: 27 seats, four races and one rule that cancels votes](https://voche.me/news/how-to-mark-vancouver-ballot-2026) You can vote for 1 mayor, 10 councillors, 7 park commissioners and 9 school trustees on October 17. Here is how the ballot is laid out, what the counting machine accepts, and the one mistake that throws out your votes in a race. 6 min read ## Thursday, October 1 Voting guide ### [Own property in Vancouver but live elsewhere in BC? You may have a vote on October 17](https://voche.me/news/non-resident-property-electors-vancouver-2026) BC law gives some property owners a vote in the city where they own land, even if they live in another municipality. Who qualifies in Vancouver, the co-owner consent rule, why company-held property is excluded, and what to bring. 5 min read ## Wednesday, September 30 Voting guide ### [Not on the voters list? You can still vote in Vancouver on the day with 2 pieces of ID](https://voche.me/news/voter-id-registering-at-the-polls-2026) Vancouver lets eligible voters register at the voting place. Who qualifies, which 2 documents to bring, what to do with no fixed address, and where the City's wording and the law differ on the one-ID rule. 5 min read ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/sitemap.md) for all pages.