Media Advisory: Expense Limits for the 2018 General Local Elections Available

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 1, 2018

VICTORIA – Expense limits for the 2018 General Local Elections are now available on the Elections BC website.

Expense limits for candidates

• https://bit.ly/2HEhdgZ

Expense limits for third party advertising sponsors

• https://bit.ly/2HI3K3W

Under the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, expense limits for general local elections are calculated by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation. Elections BC must publish the limits on its website by May 31 in a general local elections year.

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Contact:
Andrew Watson
Manager, Communications
Elections BC
Phone: 250-387-1709
Email: Andrew.Watson@elections.bc.ca
Website: elections.bc.ca

Elections BC is an independent, non-partisan Office of the Legislature responsible for administering electoral processes in B.C. in accordance with the Election Act, Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, Recall and Initiative Act, and Referendum Act.