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Voter Turnout and Cent

b.c: These include youth aged 18 to 24, First Nations members, people who have recently moved, homeless electors, and people from ethnic communities, according to CBC. More B.C. election news and features Try Vote Compass B.C. 2017 Who's running in the 2017 B.C. election Archer said his team is specifically targeting these individuals, and he said he hopes his efforts will increase voter turnout. Keith Archer, the chief electoral officer with Elections BC, says while 95 per cent of British Columbians are on the voting list, there are certain voters who are under-represented. There has been a decline in voter turnout, he explained. Now it's closer to 55 per cent. Up until the mid-1990s, around 70 to 72 per cent of eligible voters would cast a vote. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.