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Alberta referendum saw 70.4% turnout — highest voter participation in decades

By Globalnews Digital

The turnout is the highest for a provincewide vote since at least 1975, but it fell short of breaking the record of 81.8 per cent turnout seen in the 1935 general election.

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The percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election.

Turnout shows how engaged voters are and can decide close results.

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