Early voter turnout down compared to 2021 as Nova Scotia campaign enters last week – Halifax [Video]

With one week to go in the Nova Scotia election campaign, early voter turnout is down about 15 per cent compared to the 2021 election.

Elections Nova Scotia says that as of Monday, a total of 64,000 early votes had been cast, which is 11,367 fewer than the 75,367 votes cast at the same point in 2021’s summer campaign. There are 786,748 eligible voters in the province.

The drop represents a reversal from the increase in early voting since the 2017 election. At the same point in the 2017 general election, 32,935 early votes had been cast.

Liberal Party Leader Zach Churchill told reporters Tuesday the decrease in early voting may be a signal of “election fatigue” as the provincial campaign comes on the heels of municipal and U.S. elections. A postal strike, meanwhile, has prevented voters from receiving cards in the mail detailing where to vote early, he added.

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