Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 5 May 2011, p. 8

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Stouffville 67 Automail Boulevard (Millard 81 Hwy. 48) 905-888-7777 . stouflvillohyundai.oom 2011 . _ TUCSON $33.3 ‘fiI-W‘ " WK. O an ran-v 9"“ Our paws Z)" SANTA FE IIE'I‘S’ mam-mu 10 'fl W L 2011 §ONATA «5's» 0% HYUDDRF [Ml Voter turnout up locally Ultimame {om ofcvcty H) mgistcrod vot- ers displayed election day apathy. something he attributes to sweml factors, including a lack of interest in the campaign or politics in general. ‘ ~ York Region, voter turnout was 58.4 per cent Monday. an ihczease from 55.25 per mm since you: last trip to the polls in 20% lilac. dons Canada said. ‘ About 14.7 million of 23.9 million lewd elector-e voted. represenling a 61.4.perv Gem lwuvm. a 2.6â€"pc1-(enl macaw {mm The numbers aren't cause for celebration. Mr. MaCDermid "I'm not sum that's a gmat wave» uf enthusiasm." probably felt the races weren’t dose and the results muld be a foregone conclu- sion." Mr. said. ‘Parl of it has to do With the mgativily 11m Midas m suppmwtingmiscampaimwasfuflofit', Higher voter tumout. nationally and in York Region. shouldn't be interpreted as renewed democratic gum) amongst the elec- torate, York University, political science pm- fessor Robert MacDemfld said. Unlike many analysts, Mr. MacDemfid is unperturbed by the spike in ballots, rational- that mwtérdumded advancvd polls and more voters deciding to get involved. lead to the increased numbers. ' are permitted three workday M1§ING PIECES o, 7.1 z. :1 O /’ serving Light Refreshments K H Friqflay 6 Sat. May-7 Plus, A W shipmer h WJWâ€"grrived! BY CHRIS TRADER truberyrmgxom ELECNON 2011 Oak Ridgesâ€"Markham. which ID(‘|Ud('\ Whitrhunm-Siouflvifle. ranked thin! in thv region with amflcper-cem mmum. a 19-1»: - cents'pike. York-Simeoe's 52.857 voters was a 2.2vpcl cent rise. While 55.8 per cent of eligible Rush mond Hill vmers tumed om. a 3.7 pericvm jump. MaMnm-Unionville. with 54.8 per cent of legistered voters casting ballots. had the low- est York Region turn out. Still. the 49 .898 votes was 2.8-pet-cem highet than in 2008. In Newmarketmkumra, 58,204 of the dis- trict’s 91.275 mgistemd voters cast [untth l hv 63.8-pepcem turnout was among [he highest inCamda ‘ ' 1n Vaughan. 55.6 per cent. or 68.41: mtm showed up at polls. mprcscnting a 3.7111- cent increase from the 28 VINE. "lt'shhud for many to g0 and vote on u mekdayf he said. "That speaks to havmg elections on weekends.” A l'l'homhill's 59.766 voters (60.8 per rem? represented a 4-p0r-Ct-m incn‘asv [mm thv last election. ' hours to mm, but many people am simply [on busy. he ' Oak Ridges-Markham'mnkcd thin! in the region with a 60.8â€"per-wm tumourL a 3. 9â€"per-ccm spike.

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