Today is the last day to vote on campus in this federal election. For the second election in a row Election Canada’s campus voting initiative has allowed students to vote on campus in any riding throughout Canada.
“It’s so exciting to see students showing up to vote,” said Bailey Howard Chairperson for the Canadian Federation of Students – Newfoundland and Labrador. “Students have been unfairly labelled as being apathetic,” said Howard “but students and youth are the largest voting block in this election and we are ready to be bold at the polls”
“Most students I talked to this week were planning on using the advanced polling station on campus in between classes and remarked on the ease of the process. We have also set up a symbolic polling station for those unable to vote in this election, including international students because everyone should have a chance to participate in this election” noted Howard.
The CFS worked with Elections Canada in 2015 to launch on-campus polling as a pilot project and had 40 on campus polling stations where 70,000 people voted. This year Elections Canada expanded the project to include 115 on campus polls.
On campus polls on Memorial University in the University Centre close at 10:30 pm tonight.
The Canadian Federation of Students is the oldest and largest national student organization in Canada, representing over 500,000 college, undergraduate and graduate students across the country.
