Keen voters in British Columbia’s provincial election can start casting ballots at hundreds of advance voting locations today.
Elections BC says there are 343 advance voting places, although not all will open every day for the two advance voting periods, which run from today until Oct. 13, then on Oct. 15 and 16.
Polls suggest a tight race between David Eby’s NDP and John Rustad’s B.C. Conservatives, and advance voting has played an increasing role in previous elections.
Numbers provided by Elections BC show that 35 per cent of ballots cast in the 2020 pandemic election came from advance voting, up from 30 per cent in 2017 and 20 per cent in 2013….