It shocks me how many people don’t realize that advance polls exist. I’ve been trying to promote Youth Voter Day (October 3rd) to my friends and fellow students. The Young Greens of Canada launched and invited all of the other parties to participate in Youth Voter Day as an initiative to try and encourage early student voting.
Let’s face it, October 14th is a mighty inconvenient day to vote for anyone. Add a few midterms worth of studying to that mix, and even I might consider not voting if there were no other option available.

But what else is Elections Canada to do? They sent out information about voting, registering, all the polls, special ballot, and voter ID at the polls. They have representatives on campus here at Queen’s. They can only give you so much information before it just becomes a waste of resources. Admittedly, they’re kind of busy and caught off guard right now.

In other news, Kingston and the Islands campaigns are facing some dilemmas for the weekend (it’s the infamous homecoming weekend at Queen’s). We’re not delivering signs that were ordered this week to any areas around the student village until Monday at the earliest, and I’m encouraging everyone I know to take their sign in for the weekend. All we need are “Eric Walton” signs scattered across the city along with a new layer of broken glass.