HALIFAX – You know the leaders, and the issues, and in exactly three weeks, the 39th Nova Scotia general election will be held.
There are more than 716,000 eligible voters in the upcoming election, but fewer then 60 per cent of them will actually cast a ballot, which the province’s electoral agency sees as a problem.
It’s a busy time for Elections Nova Scotia. There are only 16 full-time staff who work year-round, but that number grows to 6,000 during an election.
“Our provision for this election is slightly over $9 million,” said Doiron. “The largest part of that is the reimbursement of candidates for their election expenses that are allowed under the act.”
All you need to provide is a valid ID in order to vote, and this time there are more ways then ever to participate.
Voting booths are already open across the province, and people can vote anywhere, not only in their home districts.
In fact, ballots can be cast on any day except Sundays, right up until election day.
For the first time there will be campus polls set up on all university and Nova Scotia Community College campuses in the province.
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Doiron says there are also now options for those who can’t make it to vote in person.
“One of the frustrating things for traditional voters is that they may find themselves in the last few days stuck in the hospital and … we’ll send people with a ballot to the hospitals across the province.”
“If you can’t get out of the house, if you have some disability or other reason why you can’t leave home, we’ll come to you.”
There is one way people won’t be able to vote this time, says Doiron.
“We don’t do online voting. There is no provincial or federal election that allows online voting.”
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