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I hope this means what I think it means...

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[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Wow. That's about 43% of the total number of votes cast in 2021.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago

While this is definitely a positive, I worry it's a repeat of what happened in the Ontario election: Likely voters want to get-it-over-and-done-with so they go as soon as practical. In the case of Ontario's election, it was just a shift that a larger percentage of voters went to the Advanced Polls, not that a larger percentage of people voted.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Out of about 28M eligible voters, that’s impressive.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago

26% of the vote-eligible population in advanced voting. All we need is a 50% turn out on election day and we’ve got the best turnout ever.

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

I hope this means my laziness in not early voting last weekend pays off and I get a nice quiet room when I slither over midday on election day.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've been like occupied with the world burning, what's at stake here, I saw it was an extremely close poll some days ago?

[–] Dearche@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Very, very encouraging. I hope this isn't a one-time thing and we'll see at least double this on the actual vote day, and continue seeing such results on subsequent elections.

The more people vote, the more our leaders need to pay attention to our wants and needs, leaving little space for corporate corruption. This is especially for those of us unsatisfied with how our only leaders are all center right to far right and want leaders that actually lean in any direction but right.