The votes are still being counted from Monday (all those mail-in ballots) but the latest figure shows a turnout of just over 61 per cent. Elections Canada warned long before the vote was called that a pandemic election would pose special problems. It would be harder to find safe places for polling stations, and harder to recruit election workers. So there were about 1,000 fewer regular polling places across the country, forcing many voters to travel farther to cast a ballot. If we’re going to fix those flaws, people have to care about the outcome and how we reach it.

Source: thestar September 24, 2021 21:00 UTC