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Early voting is over for the provincial election-Cariboo very busy on final day

The last of five advance polls for the upcoming provincial election in the two Cariboo ridings were held yesterday. (Wednesday)

1.943 people voted in the Prince George-North Cariboo riding, which was the most out of the five days of early voting.

A total of 8,324 people took advantage of the advanced polls overall.

That is out of just over 33,000 eligible voters in Prince George-North Cariboo.

2,050 people in the Cariboo-Chilcotin riding voted yesterday. (Wednesday)

That was the second busiest out of the five advanced polls.

2,252 people marked ballots on the very first day back on October 10th.

A total of 8,798 people have voted early in Cariboo-Chilcotin out of more than 32 thousand eligible voters.

Provincially, around one million people have voted early out of 3.5 million eligible voters.

General election day is this Saturday. (Oct 19)

The polls are open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m.

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