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Grande Prairie riding sees more than 19,000 ballots cast in early voting

Roughly 200,000 more Albertans cast their ballot during early voting during this election than the number of people who did during the 2021 election.

According to Elections Canada, 815,131 people across the province voted during the four-day advanced voting period.

In the Grande Prairie riding 19,434 people took part in the four-day early voting period, while 17,655 cast their ballots in the Peace River—Westlock riding.

On Tuesday Elections Canada announced advanced voting was up 25 per cent from the last federal election – with 7.3 million Canadians casting their ballot ahead of the general election.

Monday, April 21st was the busiest day for early voting across the country with 2,100,273 casting their ballot.

Monday, April 28th is election day, with polls across Alberta open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Kass Patterson
Kass Patterson
Born and raised in Calgary, Kass, from a young age, developed a love for learning people's stories and being able to share them with the community (or her family, or whoever would listen). In addition to working in communities like Okotoks and Calgary, Kass has also spent her summers travelling with the World Professional Chuckwagon Association since 2019, to help provide a peek behind the barn door into the world of chuckwagon racing. Outside of work and anything horse related, Kass is a reader and an avid country music fan, and most likely can be found with the biggest cup of coffee possible.
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