Sooke News Mirror, October 14, 2015

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Federal Election DayOn Monday (Oct. 19), despite the hurricane of

hype that has blown through Canada in recent weeks, we finally get our turn.

We get to chart the future of our nation, regardless of where we stand on the issues or candidates, and whether we view that role as our duty or obligation.

At this moment, we really do matter because on Monday we

VoteSooke News Mirror asked the question: Why

do we visit the ballot box. These are some of the answers visitors to our office came up with. Whats yours? Share it with us on our Facebook page at Facebook.com/sookenewsmirror or on Twitter using the hashtag #sookevotes.

Higher than usual voter turn out at advance polls

Four days of advance polls brought out a big increase in the number of voters casting ballots ahead of the Oct. 19 federal election, says Elections Canada. In some polling stations there were waits as long as two hours.

Polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on election day, check your voter registration card to find out where you vote.

In other elections news:n Parties courting undecided voters /A2n Your vote crucial to nations future /A9n Candidates talking childcare /A13n Communist candidate enters the race /A13

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With the federal election just five days away, candidates are courting undecided voters.

Liberal candidate David Merner believes the undecided vote may very well determine the outcome, not just in the Sooke-Esquimalt-Saanich riding, but the election at large as well.

For the first time in living memory, B.C. is going to decide who forms the government, and the undecided votes will actually decide who becomes the next prime minister of Canada, he said.

Merner knows a good chunk of his audience too, decided or undecided, pointing towards the thousands of local folk who commute to and from Fort McMurray.

Depending on who gets elected, their future and the wellbeing of their families could be in a dangerous balance.

The undecided voter could work in favour of the Liberal party here, as Merner already said during the last candidate meeting that his party wouldnt just shut down the oil sands without first providing an alternative for those who work there.

He added that anyone who is undecided should simply give him a ring, as being intertwined in the community is what could make the difference.

Merner isnt alone in believing that adding a face to the voice (or vice-versa) can change the tide here so do the other three.

Green Party candidate Frances Litman said a big part of making a difference with undecided voters is about finding the time to talk to them in the first place.

Im not just a five-minute appearance, Im there, because people want a person who really cares, she said.

You dont join the Green Party if its about money or power, because we have neither. It has to be from the heart.

In retrospect, Conservative candidate Shari Lukens said that the only way undecided voters will swing either-or is if they are fundamentally given what they need in the first place.

NDP candidate MP Randall Garrison said the bigger focus for his party isnt so much on talking to those who havent made up their minds, but more so identifying NDP supporters and getting them out to vote.

Youre talking about the truly undecided, but theres another group called anybody but Harper, thats the group that we focused on most, he said.

Parties courting undecided voters

Man dies after being ejected from truck

A 55-year-old Otter Point man died when he was thrown from his pickup truck after it veered off West Coast Road on Friday night.

Sooke RCMP and Shirley Fire Department responded to the single-vehicle accident at 8:15 p.m. near Sheringham Point Road. The man was the lone occupant in the vehicle.

Early investigation suggests the man tried to correct his steering, and lost control, veered into the ditch and was thrown out of the vehicle.

Exact cause of the accident is under investigation, though alcohol may be a factor, said RCMP.

The name of the deceased man is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

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