People living in both Prince George-area ridings took full advantage of the advanced voting opportunities the past few days according to Elections Canada.
In Cariboo-Prince George, the preliminary number of advanced voters this year was 17,084 – up from the 12,479 residents who cast an early ballot in 2019.
For Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies, an estimated 16,214 people took advantage of advanced polls – a slight hike from two years ago where 15,431 constituents showed up to vote early.
Overall, more Canadians took the opportunity to cast their ballots early in this federal election.
The Chief Electoral Officer noted over 5,780,000 electors voted in early polls that were open from Friday until yesterday (Monday).
That marks an increase of just over 18-percent from advance polls in 2019.