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Elections Canada’s move to scrap Vote on Campus program could lower youth turnout, reduce NDP and Liberal ballots, analysts say

NDP MP Daniel Blaikie says he is ‘quite disappointed’ the Vote on Campus program will not continue this year, and says he has concerns about low voter turnout due to confusion around mail-in ballots.

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BY MATT HORWOOD
September 8, 2021

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Elections Canada’s move to scrap Vote on Campus program could lower youth turnout, reduce NDP and Liberal ballots, analysts say

NDP MP Daniel Blaikie says he is ‘quite disappointed’ the Vote on Campus program will not continue this year, and says he has concerns about low voter turnout due to confusion around mail-in ballots.

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