After a cancellation the first time around, the Cariboo Chilcotin School District (SD.27)’s board of trustees byelection begins at the end of the month [May].
General voting will be held on June 7, and three out of the four original candidates are back on the ballots; with no new names joining them.
Voters will choose between Melissa Coates, Connor Ikoma, and Neal Matoga, on who will take the vacant trustee spot for Zone 4 left when Ceil Patenaude resigned in November 2024.
General voting day will be on Saturday, June 7 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and will be held at 150 Mile Elementary School, located at 3081 Highway 97, 150 Mile House.
Advanced voting days will be on Wednesday, May 28, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the School District Board office, 350 North 2nd Avenue, Williams Lake.
The second advanced voting day will be on Wednesday, June 4, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. located at Likely Elementary School, 6163 Keithley Creek Road, Likely.
There is three special voting days on Thursday, May 29, starting at 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. held at the Williams Lake First Nations office at 2561 Quigli Drive, Williams Lake.
Two more will be on Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6, from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m.
June 5 will be held at Horsefly Elementary Jr. Sec. School, 3045 Boswell Street, Horsefly. June 6 will be held at Big Lake Community Hall, 4056 Lakeview Road, Big Lake Ranch.
Voters are eligible if they are:
- 18 years of age or older on voting day (June 7, 2025);
- A resident within the geographical boundaries of Area 4, Cariboo Regional District Area F, and
- part of D that lies within the boundaries of School District #27 for at least 6 months immediately before.
All voters must bring two pieces of I.D.
For more information, visit the School District 27’s Byelection webpage.
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