ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – The deadline to submit ballots in the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial election has been extended by one week.
Chief Electoral Officer Bruce Chaulk says the new deadline calls for mail-in ballots to be postmarked no later than Friday, March 12.
Chaulk says in a release that there has been a big demand for the mail-in ballots — more than 110,000 thousand requests so far, some for multiple ballots from households.
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He also says there are concerns about delivery delays due to bad weather.
On Feb. 12, the election was upended due to concerns about a COVID-19 outbreak in the St. John’s area.
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At the time, Chaulk cancelled all in-person voting, which was set to begin the next morning in much of the province, and a deadline for mail-in ballots was later extended to March 5.
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