Saskatoon early voters offer array of key issues driving their vote

Chris Edwards · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 20, 2025 12:33 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

Voters successful Saskatoon said they were disquieted astir the economy, wellness attraction and ideology arsenic advance voting for the national predetermination entered its 2nd time connected Saturday.

Nearly 2 cardinal radical crossed the state formed an aboriginal ballot connected April 18, breaking the grounds for precocious voting.

At a polling presumption successful Saskatoon, aboriginal voters gave a fig of reasons for casting their ballots early. Some said they volition beryllium moving connected predetermination day, portion others said they conscionable wanted to get it retired of the way.

Mark, a first-time voter, said helium was voting aboriginal due to the fact that helium didn't privation to miss the accidental connected predetermination day.

"For maine personally, I deliberation it's the well-being of the people," helium said of what drove him to ballot this year. "Making definite that the radical travel archetypal and making definite that we each get to bask the benefits of surviving present and having a bully life."

Other voters were much direct. 

"Changing the past 10 years," said Russ, astir his apical contented successful the campaign. 

"Coming retired of wherever we've been successful the past 10 years and changing that."

The system was besides a cardinal contented for galore voters. Troy and Kelly, who some said they typically ballot successful advance polls, cited it arsenic their apical reason. 

"The system is precise important," said Russ. "For Western Canada successful particular."

Advance voting volition proceed until 9 p.m. connected April 21. April 22 volition beryllium the deadline to ballot by message utilizing a peculiar ballot. 

Nearly 2 cardinal radical crossed the state formed an aboriginal ballot connected April 18, breaking the grounds for advance voting.

Election Day volition beryllium connected April 28. To ballot astatine immoderate polling presumption successful either advance polls oregon connected predetermination day, voters indispensable bring their elector accusation paper and an acceptable portion of recognition that lists their existent address. 

Voters tin besides registry to ballot up of clip oregon successful idiosyncratic astatine the polling presumption connected predetermination day.