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Voter Turnout and Nova Scotia

nova: When given a choice, the largest percentage of voting-age Nova Scotians 46 per cent did not choose a political party to represent their interests, according to The Chronicle Herald. Instead, they chose not to vote. This is troubling for the future of democracy in our province. This is clear message to the political class. Voter turnout has been declining in Nova Scotia for a long time. The message is simply that it makes no difference which party is governing our province, so why bother to vote The recent voter turnout in Nova Scotia is the second-lowest in Canada, above only Ontario. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.