• OminousOrange@lemmy.ca
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    I’d be curious if the timing of this being Easter weekend has anything to do with this. Many people had the stat holiday off and it’d work out well to swing by the polling station on their way to visit family.

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      18 hours ago

      You mean it’s not a good idea to trust someone who can’t get security clearances, and who’s only political ideas are slogans like ‘axe the tax’ and ‘lets have sex with Trudeau’?

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        I saw a truck today with stickers saying they wanted to fuck Trudeau and fuck carney. Conservatives are weird

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    Is there any benefit to advanced voting? I mean, it’s not busy at my local voting station on election day (at least not historically), so that’s when I plan to vote.

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      You might be unexpectedly sick, hospitalized, dead, in jail, or otherwise unable to vote on election day. Early voting lets you avoid unexpected issues.

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      The more people do it the less wait time there is on election day, the less people will turn around and decide not to vote.

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      Is there any benefit to advanced voting?

      It helps people who are working or traveling on election day. It makes voting easier for people with disabilities and reduces long lines on election day, etc etc etc.

      tl;dr Encouraging more people to participate in an election is a good thing.

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      Avoid crowds and lines during regular voting day

      Get it out of the way early

      Just in case you’re busy on voting day for whatever reason

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        I guess it depends on the area.

        My voting station is a local school, and it’s never been busy.

        The early voting station is out of the way, and would be a hassle to get to unless I knew I could vote on election day.

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            Out of curiosity, because a lot of people sat to “vote early” as if it holds some special significance.

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      This election is probably the important one of our lifetime. I’ll be traveling on election day. And I can’t afford not to vote.

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      I like to go during Advance voting so that I can stop thinking about it, and if I forget to do it early I still have a few days leeway.

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        I wait until costed platforms are out

        I tho j the liberal one came out today, but I’ve been very busy with Easter and doing know for sure