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Organizers are predicting a busy day at the ballot box in Alberta on Tuesday.
Early numbers show almost 700,000 residents voted in advanced polls leading up to April 16, that’s well ahead of the 235,000 who came out early in the 2015 election.
That saw Rachel Notley’s NDP win, ending a 44-year provincial reign by the Progressive Conservatives.
Since then, the PC’s have aligned with fellow right of centre party Wildrose to create the new United Conservatives.
Their leader Jason Kenny has argued that Notley’s government has made a bad situation worse with higher taxes, more regulations and increases in minimum wage.
Notley, in turn, has said Kenney’s plan to freeze spending and pursue more private-care options in health care will have a profound impact on students in the classroom and on patients waiting for care.
If re-elected, Notley will become the first NDP leader in Alberta to ever do so.
The Progressive Conservatives led the province from 1971 to 2015.
With files from the Canadian Press.