Voting day for the territorial election got off to a good start this morning as all polls opened on time across the Yukon.

There was a fairly brisk turnout for advanced polls and special ballots.

The trend for this morning’s turnout was unavailable from election officials before press time this afternoon.

The Yukon Elections office is operating 29 polling locations open today throughout the territory. There are 102 polling stations open to serve electors (including four institutional polls).

According to the office, there are results from 102 polls on polling day to be counted. Some poll results will be combined, where certain polls have low elector numbers (such as some care homes). This is to protect the secrecy of the vote.

• The results from the 35 advance polls held on April 4 and 5 will be counted today.

• The results from 19 special ballot polls will be counted today. These special ballots have been received at returning offices from electors of the district.

• The results from 19 special ballot polls will be counted today. These special ballots are being received at Elections Yukon by mail, by drop box, and from returning offices.

• In total, there are 175 polls to be reported after 8 p.m. (with results available at electionsyukon.ca).

• Approximately 480 election workers will be employed at returning offices and for polling day polls. There were more than 135 employed at the advance polls.

Note: special ballot applications ended on Friday. Special ballots must be returned by close of polls today, to either the returning office in the electoral district of the elector or to Elections Yukon drop box.

Mail returns will be accepted at Elections Yukon until 8:00 tonight.

The two days of advance poll voting were completed last Monday.

If an elector has not already voted, the final opportunity will be today.

There are currently 28,992 registered electors. It’s expected there will be additional registrations on polling day.

Electors can register at the poll when they vote.

To date, 7,668 electors have voted at advance polls or have been issued special ballots. This represents a turnout to date of 26 per cent.

In 2016, after the end of the advance polls and special ballot application, there were 6,251 electors who voted prior to polling day.

After polling day in 2016, the total number of electors who voted was 18,840. This represented 76.37 per cent of the 24,668 registered electors.