Is the transportation plebiscite package difficult for some to understand?
Posted April 27, 2015 4:57 pm.
Last Updated May 20, 2015 7:21 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The transportation plebiscite package could have been simpler according to a political scientist who feels it’s causing confusion for people, especially those who speak English as a second language.
Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Shinder Purewal says the package is like a Russian doll.
“It’s one envelope after another and even [someone] who does understand [English] would have difficulty understanding the process of how to actually register their vote, finally finishing it off and mailing it to Elections BC.”
He says when a vote takes place in person; you have non-partisan people who speak various languages, helping those who may not understand. That’s not the case with the plebiscite and Purewal has spoken with people in the community who say they don’t get it.
Purewal thinks a letter should have been sent out in various languages along with the package to make it easier.
“They should have done it because a lot of people wouldn’t understand this in English. It would have helped if it was in different languages but they didn’t opt for that, probably thinking the less people that understand the better it is for the yes vote.”
