{"id":18840,"date":"2018-10-10T12:21:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T16:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/?p=18840"},"modified":"2018-10-10T12:21:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T16:21:20","slug":"advance-polls-open-today-ahead-of-toronto-municipal-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/uncategorized\/advance-polls-open-today-ahead-of-toronto-municipal-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Advance polls open today ahead of Toronto municipal election"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eager voters will cast the first ballots in Toronto’s municipal election today as the polls open for advance voting.<\/p>\n

City elections are being held across the province on Oct. 22, but timing for advance voting is not standardized between municipalities.<\/p>\n

In Toronto, two voting locations in each of the city’s 25 wards, and an additional one at city hall, will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today until Sunday.<\/p>\n

Toronto’s election campaign has been at the centre of a political storm for nearly two months, ever since Premier Doug Ford announced his plan to slash the size of city council from 47 to 25.<\/p>\n

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The city says that in 2014, just over 160,000 people cast their ballots in Toronto’s advance vote — making up about 16 per cent of the total.<\/p>\n

That election saw current Mayor John Tory unseat incumbent Rob Ford, who did not run for re-election because he was undergoing treatment for cancer.<\/p>\n

This year, Tory is going up against former city planner Jennifer Keesmaat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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