Roddickton man votes 27 minutes early, ballot accepted

Elections Canada says it will accept the vote of a man on the Northern Peninsula who cast his ballot nearly 30 minutes before polls officially opened Monday morning. 

"Apparently the gentleman voted at 8:03 exactly, from what I hear," Elections Canada media advisor Francoise Enguehard told CBC News. 

"The poll was ready to open, there was an elector waiting in line and a well-intentioned poll worker allowed that person to vote before the official opening of the polls at 8:30 a.m. this morning."

Enguehard said the Roddickton man was the only voter in the community who voted early. 

"We ascertained that all the procedures were followed, the ID requirements were met and so the gentleman did vote and his vote will be counted at the end of the day," she said. 

Enguehard added that this is the only instance in which someone in Newfoundland cast their vote before 8:30 a.m. 

In Labrador, polls opened at 8 a.m. AT.