About 4.6% of local voters cast ballot on first day of advance voting

Nearly 105,000 British Columbians cast an early ballot on Thursday, the first day of advance voting in the 2020 election.

Advance voting officially opened as of Thursday in all local ridings, with polling stations open from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm until Wednesday, October 21st. Polling locations will then open again for election day on Saturday, October 24th.

As compared to the first day of advance polls in the 2017 election, turnout was slightly down. 104,937 voters cast an early ballot on Thursday, while 122,465 did the same back in 2017.
Across the East Kootenay, West Kootenay, and Kootenay Boundary’s ridings, approximately 4.6% of registered voters cast a ballot on the first day of the advance polls.

Here’s the breakdown by each individual riding:

  • Columbia River-Revelstoke
    • Advance Voting Turnout (Oct. 15)
      • 1,400
    • Total Registered Voters (as of Sep. 26)
      • 26,166
    • Percentage
      • 5.35%
  • Kootenay East
    • Advance Voting Turnout (Oct. 15)
      • 1,883
    • Total Registered Voters (as of Sep. 26)
      • 32,135
    • Percentage
      • 5.85%
  • Nelson-Creston
    • Advance Voting Turnout (Oct. 15)
      • 773
    • Total Registered Voters (as of Sep. 26)
      • 29,389
    • Percentage
      • 2.63%
  • Kootenay West
    • Advance Voting Turnout (Oct. 15)
      • 1,170
    • Total Registered Voters (as of Sep. 26)
      • 33,192
    • Percentage
      • 3.52%
  • Boundary-Similkameen
    • Advance Voting Turnout (Oct. 15)
      • 2,072
    • Total Registered Voters (as of Sep. 26)
      • 36,593
    • Percentage
      • 5.66%

MORE: Advance Voter Turnout (Elections BC)

MORE: Voters can cast early ballots in 2020 B.C. Election (Oct. 14, 2020)

Bradley Jones
Bradley Jones
Delivering local news and sports in the East Kootenay since April 2016, Bradley now calls Cranbrook home. Born and raised in Airdrie, AB, Bradley graduated from Lethbridge College, and has been a journalist, news anchor and reporter since 2014. Bradley took on local News Director responsibilities when he moved to Cranbrook in 2016. He is now Vista Radio's Kootenay News Director, managing and overseeing all news operations at the company's five regional radio stations in Cranbrook, Creston, Nelson, Castlegar, and Grand Forks.

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