Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Yawn - Canadian Voter Turnout Plumbs Record Low

An estimated 59.1 per cent of Canadians cast votes in Tuesday's general election — a figure that appears to be a record low in the history of Confederation. A total of 13,832,972 votes were cast nationally of the 23,401,064 registered electors, Elections Canada figures showed as of 9 a.m. ET Wednesday ... The lowest turnout appeared to be in Newfoundland and Labrador, where just 48.1 of registered voters took part.