Kamloops produces record advanced voter turnout

“One fear might be that these numbers are people that might otherwise have voted, or would vote on general voting day,” Redgrove says. “So we’re hoping that this will sort of be the trend for general voting day as well, and it isn’t actually just bleeding off of the votes that would be cast on the 20th.”

As for what could be behind the increase in early voters, Redgrove says it wouldn’t be due to any controversy stirred up in the campaign period.

“It’s not as though there’s been a lot of blood on the floor in the debates or anything, or in the forums.”

Without a big divisive item on candidate platforms this year, Redgrove says the biggest factor driving the increase would likely be a push from city hall to get residents informed.

“Our communications team has done a great job of getting (voters) out, getting information out, we’ve certainaly re-doubled our efforts to make sure people know there’s an election, and for them to know it’s really important.”

So far their efforts to reduce voter apathy appear to have been working, Redgrove adds, with the overall numbers up about 12 per cent for voter turnout.

by Dylana Milobar

Kamloops produces record advanced voter turnout

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