Advance voting numbers have hit a record high in British Columbia with 28 percent of the electorate already casting a ballot in the 2024 provincial election.
Elections B.C. says 1,001,331 people cast votes between Oct. 10 and 16, including 222,907 who voted on the final day.
The first day of advanced polling in the province saw 171,381 ballots cast by eligible voters. A total of 155,464 voted on Oct. 11 and 150,250 cast a ballot on Oct. 12. That number dropped to 119,660 on Oct. 13 but rose to 181,669 on Oct. 15.
The previous record was set in 2020, where 671,231 ballots were cast in advance voting polls, representing 19 percent of registered voters that year.
Several ridings have already had a turnout of more than 30 percent, including NDP leader David Eby’s riding of Vancouver-Point Grey, where 12,406 electors (36 percent) cast an early ballot….