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Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday may have played a role in shorter lineups on the third day of advance polls for the Oct. 19 federal election.
At the Scouts Canada headquarters on Baseline Road, Joanne Dix only had to wait about 10 minutes to cast her vote shortly before 2 p.m.
“We are very thankful there wasn’t a very long line,” Dix said.
Stephanie Moulton said she waited 32 minutes from the time she entered Goulbourn Recreation Complex to when she cast her ballot.
“It was worth it,” she said.
Ryan McGarry said he waited for about 15 minutes to vote at Ottawa City Hall on Sunday at around 1 p.m., which allowed him to get to his parents’ house in good time to celebrate Thanksgiving.
McGarry, who is volunteering with a political party during the election, said several people told him they would vote on election day because they couldn’t stand in line for very long. On Friday, some voters waited for more than an hour to cast a ballot.
Carol Marszalek said she likely would have voted on election day, too, if the wait at the Scouts Canada headquarters was longer than an hour. She made it out in about 20 minutes, she said.
Marszalek said volunteers had to fill out a lot of paper work, which seemed to slow down the process.
Joan O’Neill, a liaison officer who oversees 15 electoral districts in Eastern Ontario, said a poll clerk has to write down the name and address of each voter and get them to sign.
But the paperwork didn’t seem to have an impact at the polling stations in Vanier, Orléans and Rockland that O’Neill visited on Sunday. Returning officers reported to O’Neill that the lineups averaged about eight people at a time.
“It’s quite a change from the other two days,” O’Neill said. “I think a lot of it is probably people are home cooking their turkeys and having their Thanksgiving dinner.”
The long lineups on Friday frustrated voters and left many standing for well over an hour, which is common on the first day of advanced polls in Eastern Ontario, O’Neill said.
The opening day brought out a big increase in the number of voters casting ballots ahead of the Oct. 19 election.
Elections Canada estimated some 850,000 people voted on Friday.
The agency said that is a 26-per-cent increase over the first day of advance polls in the 2011 election and a 90-per-cent increase over the first day of advance polls in 2008.
The advance polls will continue Thanksgiving Monday.
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With files from The Canadian Press
mhurley@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/meghan_hurley
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At the Scouts Canada headquarters on Baseline Road, Joanne Dix only had to wait about 10 minutes to cast her vote shortly before 2 p.m.
“We are very thankful there wasn’t a very long line,” Dix said.
Stephanie Moulton said she waited 32 minutes from the time she entered Goulbourn Recreation Complex to when she cast her ballot.
“It was worth it,” she said.
Ryan McGarry said he waited for about 15 minutes to vote at Ottawa City Hall on Sunday at around 1 p.m., which allowed him to get to his parents’ house in good time to celebrate Thanksgiving.
McGarry, who is volunteering with a political party during the election, said several people told him they would vote on election day because they couldn’t stand in line for very long. On Friday, some voters waited for more than an hour to cast a ballot.
Carol Marszalek said she likely would have voted on election day, too, if the wait at the Scouts Canada headquarters was longer than an hour. She made it out in about 20 minutes, she said.
Marszalek said volunteers had to fill out a lot of paper work, which seemed to slow down the process.
Joan O’Neill, a liaison officer who oversees 15 electoral districts in Eastern Ontario, said a poll clerk has to write down the name and address of each voter and get them to sign.
But the paperwork didn’t seem to have an impact at the polling stations in Vanier, Orléans and Rockland that O’Neill visited on Sunday. Returning officers reported to O’Neill that the lineups averaged about eight people at a time.
“It’s quite a change from the other two days,” O’Neill said. “I think a lot of it is probably people are home cooking their turkeys and having their Thanksgiving dinner.”
The long lineups on Friday frustrated voters and left many standing for well over an hour, which is common on the first day of advanced polls in Eastern Ontario, O’Neill said.
The opening day brought out a big increase in the number of voters casting ballots ahead of the Oct. 19 election.
Elections Canada estimated some 850,000 people voted on Friday.
The agency said that is a 26-per-cent increase over the first day of advance polls in the 2011 election and a 90-per-cent increase over the first day of advance polls in 2008.
The advance polls will continue Thanksgiving Monday.
Related
- Election 2015: Full coverage
- Voter guide: How the parties differ on the big issues
- Long lineups, voting delays common at advance polls in Eastern Ontario
- Andrew Coyne: Three ways to cure the disenchanted voter
With files from The Canadian Press
mhurley@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/meghan_hurley
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