First-time voters in focus ahead of N.B. election [Video]

Efforts are underway to encourage first time voters in New Brunswick’s upcoming provincial election to show up and make their mark following confusion four years ago.

“Being able to vote for the first time is very exciting,” says Erin Dibble, a student at St. Thomas University in Fredericton. “I’ve been trying to figure out how to register to vote. I kind of figured that out today.”

A national non-profit, non-partisan young electorate advocacy group is encouraging first time voters to make a ‘vote plan’ ahead of Election Day, Oct. 21.

Maeve Sharkey, the field director for New Majority, says the organization has been on the ground speaking with students in Fredericton and Moncton the last few weeks. Sharkey says most students seem less focused on the provincial election itself and more engaged on the issues at hand.

“Some of the top things that we’re hearing are affordability, the mental health …