(Web News) Canada GlobalWith the federal election fast approaching, University of Calgary students and staff are taking advantage of the school’s early voting stations on campus.
Elections Canada has opened more than 100 voting offices on post-secondary campuses across Canada and residents can visit any of these officers to register and vote in the federal election until Wednesday.
Anyone eligible to vote at campus locations with two pieces of Canadian identification, they don’t have to be students. These locations allow people to vote in any riding in Canada so eligible voters can participate even if they are away from home.
With students, they can choose to vote in either the riding they normally live in, or the riding they are living in while they are in school,” says Elections Canada spokesperson Leanne Nerfa.
Anyone who is on campus, or just wants to go to campus and vote that day, can do so.
On-campus voting is now happening at Bow Valley College, SAIT, Mount Royal University and the University of Calgary.
I visited the University of Calgary polling station on Monday and spoke to several students who said they may not have had time to vote with exam season.
A political analyst expects more young Canadians to vote in the upcoming election. “
The mood across the population is that this is an election for our times, it’s very important,” says John Santos. “I think we should see an increase in voter turnout just because of Donald Trump’s tariffs and all that kind of concern.
Early voting in the general election begins Friday and runs until April 21. How to vote More information can be found here.
