Day one of advance voting for Vancouver’s by-election took place this Wednesday and according to the city, more people showed up to cast ballots than expected.
The City’s Chief Election Officer Janice MacKenzie said municipal elections typically see lower turnouts than federal and provincial elections, but she’s hoping for a 20 to 25 per cent voter turnout – about 110,000 people.
The last time Vancouver held a by-election in 1992, just 10 per cent of registered voters showed up at the polls.
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Day one of advance voting saw close to 2,000 ballots cast.
“There does seem to be interest in this by-election, part of the reason is that in addition to the councillor position, we have an entire school board that is being elected,” said MacKenzie.
The last round of advanced voting before election day will be on Oct. 10.
Nine candidates are vying for the single seat on council left vacant by Vision Vancouver Councillor Geoff Meggs, while 19 are battling nine seats on the city’s school board – made vacant when the former BC Liberal government fired the entire board last fall.
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