Kitimat council rejects random draw proposal for tied elections - Northern Sentinel

Kitimat council rejects random draw proposal for tied elections - Northern Sentinel

Kitimat council has rejected a proposed change that would have allowed tied municipal elections to be decided by drawing names at random following a judicial recount. The proposal emerged during a review of the District of Kitimat’s election bylaws ahead of the 2026 general local election, where staff recommended replacing the current runoff election process with a random draw supervised by the courts. Councillor Mario Feldhoff appeared to have …