Thousands of Kamloops residents voted in advance

May 8, 2017 | 4:30 PM

KAMLOOPS — More than 614,000 British Columbians decided to skip the lineups and vote in advance of tomorrow’s general election day.

Elections BC held six days of advance voting this year, and that resulted in 19.5 per cent of registered voters casting a ballot early.

In the Kamloops region, advance voting results were slightly below the provincial average.

17 per cent of Kamloops-North Thompson voters went to the polls early, while 16.9 per cent of voters in Kamloops-South Thompson did the same.