KITCHENER -- Several polling stations in Waterloo Region and Guelph had long lines after polls closed on Monday night.
“(It’s) very frustrating when you come off a long day’s work and you have to stand in a line up for over two hours,” one voter said.
Voters reported long line ups in Kitchener-Waterloo and in Guelph. Some people waited for hours at a station on Ira Needles Boulevard and Highview Drive.
“We waited in line for over two hours,” a resident said. “We feel it was very poorly organized.”
There were also lots of young voters near Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo.
A Delta hotel near the University of Guelph had a line of voters stretching down the street. Some people left that line before casting their vote.
“We saw a lot of people leaving the lineup in pure frustration,” one person said.
Elections Canada reduced the number of polling stations this year to comply with COVID-19 protocols, meaning the long lines weren’t unexpected.
Anyone still in line after polls closed was still able to vote.
