Increased turnout for advance polls in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Encouraging news at the polls for this month’s by-election in Kamloops.
The City of Kamloops is reporting that, after three days of advance voting, a total of 2,969 votes were cast.
That’s up from three days of advance polls in the 2014 general election when 2,526 votes were cast. The final voter turnout in 2014 was 33 per cent.
By comparison, after only two days of advance polls for the 2015 performing arts centre referendum, 3,609 ballots were cast. After general voting day, 32 per cent of voters turned out.