“If I worked at the Tim Horton’s across the street, I could vote here”.
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We tried to raise these issues with Elections Canada but it seems their “staffing up” for media requests has also fallen short as no one is picking up the phone.
According to the preliminary figures, a few 3.6 million electors voted at the advance polls in this general election.
“This year especially, I think it’s going to be very bad close and the more people that vote the better chance that maybe someone else might come out ahead”, voter Mike Remniak said on Sunday.
Casting your ballot may take about 40 minutes or longer depending on the length of the lineup.
“Our experience shows that people come when it is convenient for them”, Sitek said.
“(Do you like the convenience?) Yes, yes, I do.
“It’s truly impossible to predict”, she said.
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The staggering increase in voter turn-out was a nation-wide phenomenon, based on estimates from Elections Canada.
“If the progressive parties can not co-operate enough to keep Harper out of power, the three of you will be remembered for letting down the people of Canada”. There are more than 30 pieces of ID that can be used including a BC Health Card, Indian status card, Social Insurance Number, or a label on a prescription container.
And like much of the country, early voters in Brandon-Souris were met with similarly long lines.
Over 500 thousand people in BC voted at advance polls compared to about 250 thousand last time.
If your identification does not have your current address printed on it, you can swear an oath at the polling station but you must have a person with you to attest to your address.
In Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner, 17 polling stations were set up in 13 locations from Medicine Hat in the east of the riding to Cardston in the west and throughout. It tells you where to go and includes information on accessibility. Your leader needs you, oh loyal Tory right wingers.
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“My wife and I vote on Election Day, simply because we always have voted that way”. Typically, older voters vote Conservative, although high advance poll numbers often indicate that the government of the day is in trouble.
