To anybody who smokes Marijuana...

[velvetkytten]

as you can see my last bit of the post is STRAIGHT from their site. If you are not registered to vote in election and you sign this, it will not COUNT. so PLEASE register PROPERLY so your signature will COUNT. And please  share the PROPER info with EVERYONE  you know :) And everyone on disability that is a registered voter CAN sign.

http://sensiblebc.ca/why-a-referendum/

[Star Wonder]

Oh for pete's sake is no one actually reading what I said properly? I said people on disability CAN vote. I said it SEVERAL times. The woman asked if I had voted this year. I said NO. She said oh, well have you paid taxes or are on disability? I said YES. She said okay then you can sign!

What part of that is so hard to frigging read? Seriously. No one is actually reading what I said and jumping to conclusions. I have asked people, several people, and they all understood what I frigging said.

She said if I had NOT voted this year, or had NOT paid taxes, or was not on a government whatever, then I could NOT sign. That simple. SHE said it. NOT me. I am repeating what I was told.

Period. End of this stupid conversation that no one seems to be able to read properly.

excuse me Star but I dont understand why they would tell you that you can sign without being registered to vote in election.

And to claim people on disability cannot sign is also false. I do not understand why you would claim these.

Please make sure your info is CORRECT before you try to wrongfully inform others. This is a very important topic to my heart and I find your wrong info very upsetting.

If we can collect enough signatures from all across BC then we can have a referendum in September 2014 on decriminalizing cannabis in our province.

We will need to collect signatures from 10% of the registered voters in every single one of BC's 85 electoral districts. Also, all signatures must be gathered in a 90 day period.

We will be starting that 90-day clock in September 2013.

Over the coming months we will be pre-registering our supporters and volunteers, so that we have a big head start when we begin the official signature gathering campaign.

If we get enough signatures during Sept-Nov 2013, then there will be a historic referendum vote in September 2014, to pass the Sensible Policing Act into law.

BC's referendum law

BC's referendum system has fixed election dates, and the next one is set for September 2014. Any ballot initiative that has collected enough signatures by early 2014 will be put to a provincial vote that September.

It isn't easy to get enough signatures. We need at least 10% of registered voters in every single one of BC's 85 ridings to sign in support, that's over 400,000 people! Plus, we will have only 90 days to collect them.

However, with some hard work and careful planning, it can be done.

We are not going to be collecting the official signatures until September-November 2013. But we are asking you to please register and volunteer now in support of our campaign, so that we can easily collect your signature when the time comes.

Register and volunteer now!

We will only succeed with thousands of volunteers from all across the province working to sign up and register their friends in support of this campaign.

If you want to see cannabis possession decriminalized in British Columbia, then please register now. Then get your friends to register too and get them to sign up all their friends.

We promise not to share any info with anyone. And we won't bug you with any calls. We'll only send you emails if you ask us too. Otherwise the only time we'll try to contact you again is when we need you to sign our ballot initiative between August and October 2013.

Make sure you're registered to vote!

You must be a registered voter to officially sign the ballot initiative petition next year. If you have voted before then you're already registered. Anyone who hasn't voted before can easily register to vote online.

Find out what else you can do to help the Sensible BC campaign!

[velvetkytten]

here is information right from them answering my question. So Star if you did not regerster as a voter by the 9th. Your signature will not count. thanks for trying though. I suggest you find the canvassor who misinformed you and correct her so they stop collecting signatures that will mean nothing in the eyes of the law or this referendum.

Sensible BC
Yes, you need to be a registered voter by September 9 or your signature won't count.
People on welfare can sign, prisoners can sign, police and military can sign, anyone can sign as long as they're on the voters list in BC.
Even if you're not a registered voter, you can still volunteer and help out on the campaign.

[velvetkytten]

Uh you totally misread what I said Tokar. It was about the fact you don't need to be a voter to sign the petition. That's all. They asked if I paid taxes or was on Disability (Welfare does NOT count by the government apparently. Thankfully I'm not on welfare anymore). The woman asked if we voted this year, I said I've never voted. She asked if I paid my taxes or I was on disability. She said those on WELFARE didn't qualify to SIGN the petition. As it is a temporary thing by the government. Has nothing to do with voting. So please make sure you read what I said properly, and don't misinterpret it.

Star seriously... I responded because of this (above quote) in order for your signature on this referendum to count, you must have registered to vote before sept 9th.  The woman who told you wefare didnt qualify to sign told you a lie. I highly implore you to find out her name and tell her locale sensible bc office about it so she doesn't collect signatures that mean nothing in the eyes of the referendum. In other words.. she is not HELPING. But will cause much problems.  PLEASE INFORM THEM OF HER. so she can do this PROPERLY. and not waste her time or the campaigns time with signatures that wont count.

[velvetkytten]

ah Just had a talk with one of the workers. Star your signature WILL count. The lady was right about that one point. But telling you that welfare people can't sign was wrong. 100%

If you are 18 and have payed your taxes they register you automatically. Which confuses me since they don't explain that fact on the site for this referendum. They do include a link to register to vote as well though.

My mistake. God legal things can be confusing as hell ! 

[Star Wonder]

ah Just had a talk with one of the workers. Star your signature WILL count. The lady was right about that one point. But telling you that welfare people can't sign was wrong. 100%

If you are 18 and have payed your taxes they register you automatically. Which confuses me since they don't explain that fact on the site for this referendum. They do include a link to register to vote as well though.

My mistake. God legal things can be confusing as hell ! 

>.>... lol... Yeah.. I know it will count.. cause... she was the lady on the bus with that same guy that was on TV. They were both there. And some other ladies and guys. I got two free stickers...
And people on welfare who paid taxes or voted can sign. what she said to me was that if they didn't do either of them. Disability was a different matter. She started to talk about it then was interrupted by another lady... she was explaining the details of it...

And yeah it is confusing... but I made sure to confirm what I learned... She even said the whole vote thing is silly to say because of how early voting ends and the collection goes until December... I wouldn't tell someone wrong information unless I was 100% sure and it came from the people who did it themselves. She had asked me if I was a registered voter. I had no idea what that meant. So she asked if I voted this year. Then the convo happened as I have said before. She asked me this exactly "Did you pay your taxes or are on government disability?" Because out here in Abby, pretty much everyone has troubles with either welfare or Disability. Both are different. And a pain...and frustrating when you have anxiety issues. Especially welfare...

anyway..off topic...

Agian, what was said, people on welfare who did not do either of the other things, cannot sign. It is confusing... They can sign if they paid taxes or voted... I think that's what got lost in translation. Sorry for that...

[velvetkytten]

now go make all your friends and family sign it !!! lol PLEASE! and thank you ! :birdy:

[Star Wonder]

now go make all your friends and family sign it !!! lol PLEASE! and thank you ! :birdy:

Lol...can't as the bus is no longer out here and my family doesn't care. And my friends all live far away in Surrey and Vancouver and either have or don't care @_@ I did get one to go sign out in Surrey but he did not want to. At least he said he did it. But I tried xD

Hope it passes! :-3

[Crassadon]

Jenkies!!!