The Calgary Student Alliance is welcoming the news that students at four post-secondary institutions in Calgary will have an on-campus option for advance voting in the upcoming municipal election.
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Elections Calgary will not be using the ‘vote anywhere’ advanced polling stations in the 2021 municipal election
Elections Calgary will not be using the “vote anywhere” advanced polling stations on post-secondary campuses for the 2021 municipal election.
Although Elections Calgary is planning to officer 33 advanced polling stations across the city from Oct. 4-10, the use of the “vote anywhere” stations will not be available to community members specifically students planning to vote this fall.
In an interview with the
Gauntlet, Marley Gillies, vice-president external and chair of the Calgary Student Alliance (CSA), spoke about the impact that this decision will have on voter turnout among students.
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At the end of June, Elections Calgary announced it would remove the âvote anywhereâ advance polling stations that allowed Calgarians to cast a ballot at any station regardless of their residence.
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Marley Gillies, chair of the Calgary Students Alliance (CSA), said the decision will remove the stations from post-secondary institutions across Calgary, severely limiting the student vote.
âNot having the vote anywhere stations is a huge accessibility issue for students,â she said. âItâs kind of a daunting experience to go and vote, especially in a complex election like the one that weâre seeing coming up in the fall. . . . And students already have a pretty low voter turnout.â
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