NBA Online Voting Information

The vast majority of BCNU’s over 48,000 members are covered by the Nurses’ Bargaining Association provincial collective agreement (PCA) and are eligible to participate in the ratification vote from April 20 – 27.

Eligible members include licensed practical nurses, registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses who deliver care in the public sector for one of the six health authorities or their affiliates. BCNU members working in undergraduate/employed student nurse positions and all nurses on maternity leave, LOA, WCB and LTD, as well as nurses currently on the recall list and nurses who have received displacement notices within the past year are also eligible to vote.

Members cannot participate in the ratification vote if they are covered by other contracts, such as the public service agreement, and those working under a variety of independent contracts, including those that cover private residential care facilities.

Retired members are considered inactive members and are not eligible to vote. However, retired members who are working casual are considered active and can vote. 

Simply Voting has been hired to conduct the online vote. They are an independent, full-service provider of secure, hosted online elections. 

Simply Voting was designed from the ground-up to minimize the risk of electoral fraud. Voters who bypass authentication or have already voted are denied access to the ballot, and ballots are checked for validity before being accepted. Simply Voting ensures all voting information is confidential and results are stored securely and anonymously.

Communication between your computer and their website is encrypted with TLS 1.2. Their servers are "hardened" and are routinely subjected to PCI Compliance security scans. Their application code adheres to guidelines set out by the Open Web Application Security Project.

An email with a link to the electronic ballot will be sent directly from Simply Voting to the personal email address provided by each member to BCNU. Members who wish to confirm which personal email address is on file must login to the BCNU Member Portal to review their contact information.  

Contact bcnucommunications@bcnu.org if you have not received your email with a link to your ballot.

Please wait a few more minutes if you do not see the email from Simply Voting in your inbox at 12 p.m. noon PDT on April 20. Due the number of NBA members, it may take some time before everyone receives their emails.

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The link to the electronic ballot that you receive in your email will take you to a welcome page where you submit your Elector ID and PIN.

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If your login was successful, you will be directed to the ballot.

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Once you submit a ballot, the results are encrypted and stored in a database. Your Elector ID is then flagged as "voted" and you will not be eligible to vote on this ballot again

The email with a link to the electronic ballot will be sent to the personal email address you provided to BCNU. This email is visible under the profile section in the Member Portal. BCNU union business does not occur over work/employer-provided email addresses.

Member email addresses are being provided to Simply Voting directly from member records, and members' mailing list (eNews) subscription status is completely unrelated.

If you have not provided an email address and any other contact information to BCNU, please email bcnucommunications@bcnu.org as soon as possible. This email address you provide will not be recorded into BCNU’s membership database unless you specifically request for your member profile information to be updated.   

If you have already provided your email address to BCNU but you need to update your email address, email bcnucommunications@bcnu.org. 

NBA members who have not provided an email to the BC Nurses’ Union will receive a letter in the mail via Canada Post with their voting credentials and instructions about how to cast your vote online. 

Letters were issued by Simply Voting on April 14. If you live in a particularly remote area, please allow an extra business day for your letter to arrive. If you have not received your letter, send an email to bcnucommunications@bcnu.org. You will need to be prepared with proof of membership, up to and including a recent paystub so that staff can verify your status and eligibility to vote. You will be required to provide an email address that Simply Voting can forward your voting credentials to. Letters will NOT be re-issued after April 20, 2023. This email address you provide will not be recorded into BCNU’s membership database unless you specifically request for your member profile information to be updated.   

If you provide an email to BCNU and receive a letter, your voting credentials will remain the same. The information you receive by mail will still be valid.

You received a text message because BCNU does not have an email on file for you. 

Letters were issued by Simply Voting on April 14. If you live in a particularly remote area, please allow an extra business day for your letter to arrive. If you have not received your letter, send an email to bcnucommunications@bcnu.org. You will need to be prepared with proof of membership, up to and including a recent paystub so that staff can verify your status and eligibility to vote. You will be required to provide an email address that Simply Voting can forward your voting credentials to. Letters will NOT be re-issued after April 20, 2023. This email address you provide will not be recorded into BCNU’s membership database unless you specifically request for your member profile information to be updated.   

If you provide an email to BCNU and receive a letter, your voting credentials will remain the same. The information you receive by mail will still be valid.

To receive Simply Voting emails in your email inbox, add vote@simplyvoting.com to your list of safe senders (whitelist). Check your email providers’ website for instructions on how to add emails to your safe sender list.

If you unsubscribed to email messages vote@simplyvoting.com, you can resubscribe by sending an email message to resubscribe@simplyvoting.com.

Check your junk/spam folders to see if the email is there. If you are still having issues locating the email, please email bcnucommunications@bcnu.org.

If you do not submit an electronic ballot, your vote will not be counted.

NBA Bargaining Update emails do not come from Simply Voting. These emails are being sent from the email address bcnunews@bcnu.org.

If NBA Bargaining Update emails are going into your junk or spam folder, please add bcnunews@bcnu.org to your list of safe senders (whitelist). Check your email providers’ website for instructions on how to add emails to your safe sender list.

Members who wish to confirm which personal email address is on file must login to the BCNU Member Portal to review their contact information. 

Visit the eNews subscription web page if you are not receiving the NBA Bargaining Update emails in your inbox or junk/spam folder.