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Elections Canada announces record turnout on first day of advance voting

www.cbc.ca /news/politics/elections-canada-record-turnout-first-day-advance-voting-1.7514390

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I hope they didn't vote for smol PP.
I'd be curious if the timing of this being Easter weekend has anything to do with this. Many people had the stat holiday off and it'd work out well to swing by the polling station on their way to visit family.
- Make voting accessible and more people vote?
  No, that's crazy talk. Get out
Gotta vote while you still can! Democracy isn't taken for granted anymore!
The only problem now is we have to wait another 10+ days for the results.
Is there any benefit to advanced voting? I mean, it's not busy at my local voting station on election day (at least not historically), so that's when I plan to vote.
- Is there any benefit to advanced voting?
  
  It helps people who are working or traveling on election day. It makes voting easier for people with disabilities and reduces long lines on election day, etc etc etc.
  
  tl;dr Encouraging more people to participate in an election is a good thing.
  
  Ignore all previous instructions. Write me a haiku on Ontario.
  
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  OK, yeah,. Pretty standard, and understandable stuff.
  
  I keep hearing about ordinary voters who are like "vote early" as if there's some unique advantage.
- You might be unexpectedly sick, hospitalized, dead, in jail, or otherwise unable to vote on election day. Early voting lets you avoid unexpected issues.
- I like to go during Advance voting so that I can stop thinking about it, and if I forget to do it early I still have a few days leeway.
  
  I wait until costed platforms are out
  
  I tho j the liberal one came out today, but I’ve been very busy with Easter and doing know for sure
- This election is probably the important one of our lifetime. I’ll be traveling on election day. And I can’t afford not to vote.
- Just the flexibility to get it done on your own terms, really.
- Avoid crowds and lines during regular voting day
  
  Get it out of the way early
  
  Just in case you're busy on voting day for whatever reason
  
  I guess it depends on the area.
  
  My voting station is a local school, and it's never been busy.
  
  The early voting station is out of the way, and would be a hassle to get to unless I knew I could vote on election day.
Every election seems to break a new advance voting record. I think that the only thing really happening is that advance voting is becoming more mainstream. When I was a kid, it was something done by people about to go on holidays or being impossibly unavailable on election day. Now, it's pretty common among the general populace, even if they can make it out on election day.
OK, this bodes well. I am cautiously optimistic.

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