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Thousands of people in the province just couldn’t wait until Monday to cast their vote, instead heading to the advance polls.
In the five days of advance polls, 110,716 people voted. That’s about an eighth of the approximate 815,000 eligible Saskatchewan voters, and a 66 per cent increase from advance polls in 2011.
But could this mean a higher voter turnout? In the last election only 66 per cent of voters cast a ballot, one of the lowest turnouts we’ve had in decades.
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Total
2011: 16,096 13,670 11,473 10,974 14,416 66,602
2016: 24,615 21,477 20,180 21,133 23,311 110,716
*from Elections Sask.
Election day is Monday, and polls are open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. You can find your polling station here.
