This race is so tight: Americans living in Canada encouraged to vote now [Video]

U.S. citizens living in Canada are being urged to request ballots and vote in the November presidential election, which is expected to be one of the closest on record.

“This race is so tight,” Lee Strickland, chair of Democrats Abroad in Toronto and is supporting Kamala Harris for president, told Global News.

“There’s about 700,000 U.S. citizens living in Canada whose permanent residence is here who are entitled to vote,” he said, while adding only about five per cent exercise their right.

For months, Democrats Abroad chapters have been passing out pamphlets at street festivals and other public places, encouraging Americans living in Toronto to go online to VoteFromAbroad.org and request their ballot.

“It’ll take you about 10 minutes to fill out,” Strickland said.

Some don’t need encouragement.

“Voting is your duty, as a citizen. It’s your duty. It’s a privilege,” said Craig Colby, a Canadian American dual citizen living in Toronto.

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