Civic duty? Why bother? The battle against voter apathy - The Globe and Mail

Civic duty? Why bother? The battle against voter apathy - The Globe and Mail:

Just 51 per cent of British Columbians turned out to vote in the last election. Harry Neufeld is fighting to turn that stat around.

Harry Neufeld, chief electoral officer for B.C., has heard every excuse under the sun for why people don't vote.

But when he got up on May 12, election day in B.C., he was optimistic that voters would show up at his polls. Advance turnout was high. And a pollster's survey before the election showed 94 per cent of British Columbians intended to vote.

They lied.