Advance voter turnout in East Hants hitting high numbers

A person casts their ballot in an election. (Pexels.com photo)

ELMSDALE: Voters in the four districts that are having elections in the Municipality of East Hants are turning out in droves.

Unlike other areas where voting for advance online/telephone and in person is below 20 percent and some distircts near just 10 per cent of eligible voters, in East Hants its a different story.

As of Oct. 16 at 9 a.m., almost 24 per cent of eligible voters have cast their vote.

That’s more than halfway past the 41.6 per cent of voter turnout in the municipality for the 202 election.

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Here is how the four districts that will be having elections breaks down (as provided and posted by the Municipality on Oct. 16):

District 3 (Nine Mile River-Belnan): 18.2%

District 5 (Maitland-Noel Shore): 33.2%

District 10 (Enfield-Grand Lake): 18.6%

District 11 (Rawdon-Kennetcook): 23.8%

If you haven’t voted yet, there’s still time.

Online & phone voting will remain open 24/7 until 7pm on October 19.

Get started with voting today at easthants.ca/election