After five days of advance voting and two months of vote-by-mail ballot applications, election day has arrived. Dr. Michael Boda, Chief Electoral Officer says, “Organizing and delivering a provincial election during a pandemic has been challenging and we are really encouraged by the participation so far.” About 15,000 residents have been serving as election workers. There have been a record number of vote-by-mail applications since August and record advance voting turnout last week.
At 9 a.m. today, 2,814 polls opened in 1,143 locations around Saskatchewan. They will remain open until 8 p.m. tonight. After 8, ballots from advance voting, Election Day and personal care facilities will be counted. Starting Wednesday, vote-by-mail ballots will begin counting. The Final Count on Nov. 7 will include all vote-by-mail ballots plus ballots cast at returning offices, hospital, remand and temporarily displaced voter ballots, and extraordinary voting ballots.