Referendum’s $14.5 million price tag is 65 per cent higher than 2011 vote

Elections B.C. will spend $6.5 million more for this year’s voting systems referendum than it did for the last province-wide referendum, held in 2011 on sales tax.
The hike was due to several factors, according to B.C.’s chief electoral officer, including a mandate that the agency educate voters on the different voting systems and also fund the Yes and No sides to the tune of $500,000 each.
The total budget for the voting systems referendum will be $14.5 million, up from $8