Waterloo breaks record for advance voting

By City of Waterloo - Oct 16, 2018

(Waterloo, Ont. – Oct. 16, 2018) More than 2,500 people voted in advance of the Oct. 22 municipal election, marking an estimated seven percent increase over the advance poll results of 2014, and an estimated 21 per cent increase over the advance poll results in 2010.

Waterloo held five different advance polls, which resulted in 2,540 residents casting their ballots. This compares favourably to the 2,371 people who voted in advance in 2014 and 1,979 people in 2010.

This election, the advance poll turnout by location is as follows:

  • Oct. 6 at Waterloo City Centre – 308 ballots cast
  • Oct. 10 at Waterloo City Centre – 302 ballots cast
  • Oct. 10 at RIM Park – 429 ballots cast
  • Oct. 11 at Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex - 561 ballots cast
  • Oct. 13 at John M. Harper Branch Library – 940 ballots cast

The advance poll at John M. Harper Branch Library was the busiest. About 117 voters per hour cast their ballots, with a city-record 193 voters processed within the first hour of the poll’s opening. “It was important to make advance voting as easy and convenient as possible,” says Olga Smith, City Clerk for the City of Waterloo. “I think these numbers reflect our efforts and we are looking forward to this increase in voter turnout continuing on Election Day.”

Election Day is Monday, Oct. 22 and residents can choose one of seven different locations to cast their ballot.

Residents can vote at their assigned voting location – as per the voter card that arrived in the mail – or they can vote at one of these “super vote” locations. Anyone can vote at a super vote location, even if they don’t live in the ward in which the poll is being hosted:

  • University of Waterloo – Davis Centre
  • Wilfrid Laurier University – Concourse
  • Waterloo City Centre
  • Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex
  • Waterloo Public Library John M. Harper Branch
  • RIM Park

We will begin posting results by about 8:15 p.m. on the city’s website at waterloo.ca/elections, and we hope to have the majority of polls reporting by 9 p.m.

For more information, please visit waterloo.ca/elections 

 

 

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Media contact:

Shelly Reed
Communications specialist
519-747-8515
TTY: 1-866-786-3941
shelly.reed@waterloo.ca

 

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