Jeremy Gustafson got his name on the ballot as an independent candidate this election -- and he's ready to show you how to do it too.

On his blog "Apathy Has a Voice," Gustafson lays out the steps to how he became an independent standing nominee for the district of Vancouver-Mount Pleasant. He provides both a video, posted above, as well as a written account.

"Basically if you can vote you can run," he writes. "You need to be a Canadian citizen, lived in B.C. for at least six months, be eighteen or older, and not been convicted of voter fraud in the last seven years. If you bribed or bullied people into voting a certain way eight or nine years ago and got caught that's OK, but seven years, you're out. You also need to be able to 'enter contracts.' As long as you're not bankrupt you're probably good with that one too."

Gustafson's main issue is voter apathy, according to his blog, and he offers himself to voters "as a working class candidate that is completely free from obligations to any political party or corporate interest."

He told The Tyee he has a campaign budget of $1,000.

Robyn Smith is The Tyee's election editor.