Expect longer wait times when you vote, says Elections Canada
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Voters can expect long lineups as they hit the polls today, warns Elections Canada.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Elections Canada has reduced the number of polling locations across Canada.
"What's happened, in many cases, is we've had to find new locations because some were not available," said Réjean Grenier, an Elections Canada spokesperson.
Schools, for example, couldn't be used for polling locations, due to their COVID-19 precautions, but Grenier said the locations Elections Canada did find for election day are often more spacious. While some people may need to travel a little further to vote, the number of polls will be almost the same as in previous years, he said.
Additional COVID-19 protocols, such as contact tracing at the door, could also lead to longer wait times than in previous years.
Close to 5.8 million Canadians voted in advance polls, breaking past records. At some advance polling locations, longer lineups and wait times were evident as people waited their turn to receive their ballot.
"There are still millions of people to vote in this election, and therefore yes, there will be some lineups," Grenier said. "But you know what? It's something that in the last 18 months we've been used to — either at a store or anywhere we've gone."
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