Under the Community Charter all persons must sign an alternative approval elector response forms provided by the Municipality. Unfortunately the City of Vernon provided an 'alternate' approval elector response form.
Luckily the definitions of these two words are interchangeable (see Below) and the signatures will not be disqualified by virtue of the mislabeling of the 600 odd forms that were turned in. There will be no need to redo the alternative approval process this time !
Definitions of alternate on the Web: allowing a choice; "an alternative plan"
Definitions of alternative on the Web:
alternate: allowing a choice; "an alternative plan"
necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; "`either' and `or' in `either this or that'"
pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style"
http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/stat/C/03026_04.htm#section86
Alternative approval process
86 (1) Approval of the electors by alternative approval process under this section is obtained if
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Don Quixote Note: This different wording on the front and back of the official forms was pointed out by an astute individual and loyal blogreader.
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