Turnout was low in the advance polls for the Brooks-Medicine Hat provincial byelection in which Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is seeking a seat.
Smith announced she would run in the southern Alberta riding on Oct. 8, just two days after she won the premiership, and after MLA Michaela Fry resigned and encouraged the new United Conservative Party (UCP) leader to run in her riding.
According to Elections Alberta, 12.4 percent of eligible voters, or 4,231 people, have cast their ballot in advanced and special polls, which ran from Nov. 1 to 5. In the 2019 general election won by Frey, 30 percent (7,538) of eligible voters cast an early ballot….