In contrast, conducting advertising on behalf of a candidate or registered political party is not third party advertising but rather an election expense of that candidate or registered political party. Election Advertising Sponsors must be Registered Anyone who is not registered with Elections BC must not sponsor election advertising.
Registration is free.
See Third Party Advertising Registration Information for an application form. A candidate, registered political party or registered constituency association is not required to be registered as a sponsor if the individual or organization is required to file an election financing report by which the election advertising is disclosed as an election expense. Also, the advertising must give a British Columbia mailing address or telephone number at which the sponsor may be contacted. To download the reporting forms, see Third Party Advertising Registration Information. To view the current list of third party advertisers, see Registered Election Advertising Sponsors .