Canadians reported long lines as polling stations opened for advance voting on Friday. Advance polls will be open again 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. nationwide Saturday through Monday.
Long lines at polling stations as Canadians turn up for advance voting | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/long-lines-advance-voting-1.7514157
24 Comments
cyborganism@lemmy.ca · 36 pts · 1y
I'll be really happy if we bust the 70% participation rate.
Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 1y
cyborganism@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 1y
Gosh I hope you're right.
Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y
Godort@lemm.ee · 25 pts · 1y
I live in a small town and even I had to wait about 15 minutes in line.
Last election, I was the only one there outside of the volunteers and was in and out in about a minute. I want to think this is a good thing and we'll see massive voter turnout
puppinstuff@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 1y
lobut@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 1y
Yeah, mine was about 45 minutes.
Same as you, I was annoyed but at the same time I felt happy that a lot of people were voting.
datavoid@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 1y
If anyone is planning on voting over the next couple days, I would recommend going at night if you want to avoid lines.
git_status@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 1y
I was in line for an hour and a half yesterday in Victoria. And the line was just as long when I left! I went to advanced voting hoping I would be in and out lol. It was great to see so many people out voting though!
Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
I was lucky to get in and out but I'm in a small town and went early. Still glad to see people voting. Please fucking vote!
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com · 10 pts · 1y
We've had the option to go to election offices and vote for like a month. Voted last Sunday, in and out in 5 min
ehholly@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Yeah we went and voted last monday, no line up. I hope all the seniors and people who struggle to stand up for a while took advantage of the super early ability to vote!
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 1y
A couple like that were going in as I was on the way out, so at least 2 lol
garbagebagel@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Same here! So at least 4 :)
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website · 9 pts · 1y
All told, I was in line for about 90(!) minutes yesterday. That was at least partly the luck of the draw, though - my polling place had two polling stations open, and the other one had a line the fraction of the length of mine.
rbesfe@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 1y
If only we had this same motivation during the Ontario provincial election 2 months ago. We barely cracked 45% turnout
Dearche@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
I waited an hour in line on Friday to cast my ballot.
During the provincial election, I didn't wait even a second. In fact, it looked like some of the workers there hadn't had any work to do for a while and were bored out of their minds.
While I won't say that this was the reason why we got a selfish and corrupt moron a majority government (my district elected Lib), the fact that people were so unaware of what's going on in the Provincial government was depressing.
Thepotholeman@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
Yet those same people were screeching about how Trudeau was making healthcare worse and that the childcare deal "was a waste of money". Mother fuckers your province MANAGES THAT SHIT
Tiger666@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
If they could read, they would agree with you.
Alpha71@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
I haven't voted in over 15 years, I think I will this time.
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 1y
I was in and out in 5 minutes. One person ahead of me.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
That was us last year for the provincials. The nationals had massive day-1 turnout.
I hope it continues. I hope we can get a stunning amount of turnout.
Etterra@discuss.online · 6 pts · 1y
Hey look, the Orange Jackass finally motivated voters! Not the voters he was aiming for, but that's a him problem.
turnip@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Unless his goal is to preempt a constitutional crisis with Alberta and their idiot premier. In order to get a pipeline built to displace Russian energy. That's one theory I've heard that makes a bit of sense, and listening to her talk about Carney it seems plausible, separatism from the middle of the country was unthinkable before.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Please have a strong vote against the insanity. Don't turn into USA 2:Fascist Boogaloo.
garbagebagel@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
My riding has no chance according to the polls but I walked on over anyway to give it my best shot. Nice to hear from the staff there how busy it had been in the morning.
StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
This is the best thing I've read today. I'm so glad you went anyway. Poll prediction sites don't predict upsets and voting can absolutely change things.