BC saw a 35.7% increase in advance voting when compared to the last federal election in 2021.
According to Elections Canada, 1,104,151 people in our province cast an early ballot this year, up from the 813,126 mark four years earlier.’
After four days of advanced Voting in Cariboo-Prince George — 12,380 voters unofficially took advantage of the opportunity in Vanderhoof, Prince George, Wells, Quesnel, Williams Lake, 100 Mile House.
That equates to 13.37% of the 92,577 eligible voters in the riding.
Official advanced numbers for Cariboo-PG and Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies are slated to be released tomorrow (Thursday).
Nationwide, 7.3 million electors voted at advance polls this year—a 25% increase from the 5.8 million in 2021.
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