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Advance polls close and voter turnout drops

The amount of advance voters dropped 22% from 2011’s federal election to this year’s by-election.

Elections Canada closed the polls yesterday and says it saw 2,659 voters in the Fort McMurray-Athabasca riding.

Macleod, Alberta is also voting for an MP and it saw a 55% drop to 3,087 people.

There were 16,740 votes in the four ridings electing a new MP, the two in Alberta as well as Scarborough-Agincourt and Trinity-Spadina in Toronto.

Election day is Monday.