{"id":120512,"date":"2024-10-17T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2024\/10\/17\/breaking-record-1-million-voters-attend-advanced-voting-in-2024-bc-election\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T17:32:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T17:32:00","slug":"breaking-record-1-million-voters-attend-advanced-voting-in-2024-bc-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2024\/10\/17\/breaking-record-1-million-voters-attend-advanced-voting-in-2024-bc-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Record 1 million voters attend advanced voting in 2024 B.C. election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British Columbians hit a new record with one million votes during the six days of advance voting, Elections BC says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In total,&nbsp;1,001,331 British Columbians voted Oct. 10 to 16 &ndash; the most ever in an advance voting period.<\/p>\n<p>Broken down by day: 171,381 voted on Oct. 10; 155,464 people voted on Oct. 11; 150,250 people voted on Oct. 12; 119,660 people voted on Oct. 13; 181,669 people voted on Oct. 15; and 222,907 people voted on the final day, Oct. 16.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-custom-wrapper\" data-type=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElectionsBC\/status\/1846953688041975878\"><\/div>\n<p>Advance voters accounted for 28.2 per cent of B.C.&#39;s registered voters.<\/p>\n<p>As of Oct. 7, there are 3,550,017 registered voters. 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