In many cases, TNRD Directors each receive one vote per person on Board decisions, which is a similar process to council members within a municipality. However, for certain decisions, voting processes and voting weight varies by Director, in alignment with the Province of BC’s Local Government Act.
The purpose of voting strength in regional districts (also called weighted voting) is to ensure balanced representation and voting, based on populations of each jurisdiction (Corporate Weighted voting) or based on the level of participation of each jurisdiction in varying matters (Stakeholder Weighted voting). Most recent Census data is considered when determining voting strengths based on populations.
Weighted Voting Scenarios
| Type of Decision | Type of Vote | Who Votes | Examples of Applicable Decisions |
| Corporate | Weighted | All Directors | Financial Plan bylaw, debt and borrowing, property acquisition |
| Unweighted | All Directors | Bylaws to establish services, regulatory bylaws, procedure bylaws | |
| Stakeholder | Weighted | Service Participants Only | Bylaws imposing fees, bylaws regulating services, parcel tax roll bylaws |
| Unweighted | All Directors | All decisions for services where only 1 Director would normally vote |