Many mail-in ballots requested, but not the millions Elections Canada expected

With just over a week to go before election day, mail-in ballot requests are up, but not by as much as Elections Canada were anticipating.

Mail-in ballot requests are up as the pandemic presses on — but not as much as Elections Canada was anticipating. This is the second time Ann Takagi is voting by mail. The first was last year, during B.C.’s provincial election. "I didn't know if I'd be able to make it to the polls in person,” Takagi told CTV News. "Things were a lot more tentative about the COVID situation, so … that's what made me feel safest.”