Elections B.C. confident that PR referendum secure

VICTORIA — Elections B.C. says it is confident the province’s mail-in referendum on proportional representation is secure from fraud, despite early low voter turnout and reports of numerous unopened ballots tossed into trash bins.
The independent elections agency said it has several measures in place to protect mail-in ballots that are thrown away or left out where others can grab them. The most important is the “shared secret” date of birth of each voter, which a person