B.C. election advance polls open [Video]

The 2024 B.C. election officially kicks off Thursday morning as advance voting locations open their doors.

There are 343 advance voting places, according to Elections BC. Not all will be open every day during the advance polling period.

Early voting runs from Oct. 10 to 13, then again on Oct. 15 and 16.

Polls so far have suggested a tight race between David Eby’s NDP and John Rustad’s Conservatives.

Voters in the Surrey-Cloverdale riding said they were drawn to the ballot box by a number of issues, including housing and affordability.

Advance voting has played a prominent role in previous elections.

According to Elections BC, 35 per cent of ballots cast in the 2020 pandemic election came from advance voting. That’s up from 30 per cent in 2017 and 20 per cent in 2013.

This year’s paper ballots will be collected by electronic tabulators and almost all of them are …