More Nova Scotians cast votes in advance polls than ever before
More people have voted in advance polls in the Nova Scotia provincial election this year than ever before.
By the end of day on Saturday, more than 112,900 Nova Scotians had cast their votes, compared to the 100,698 people who voted in advance polls in 2013, according to Elections Nova Scotia. That number doesn't include all of the mail-in advance votes yet to be counted.
In 2013, 59 per cent of eligible voters cast ballots in that election, virtually unchanged since the 2009 election where 58 per cent or eligible voters turned out.
Today is the last full day of campaigning in the Nova Scotia provincial election.
Liberal leader Stephen McNeil hopes to break a 30-year-old streak in Nova Scotia. Voters have not given back-to-back majority governments to any party since 1988.
McNeil is promising to put $34 million into health care and another $45 million over four years into job creation for young people through a graduate program.
Progressive Conservative Leader Jamie Baillie promises lower taxes, an investment in jobs and health care, plus inject $2 billion into infrastructure spending over 10 years.
NDP Leader Gary Burrill is campaigning on a promise to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour and is not shying away from running a deficit to address gaps in the province's health-care system.
Polls open across the province on Tuesday at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
