Today is Election Day here in Alberta! It doesn’t take long to vote, so make sure you head down to your polling station today if you haven’t already voted in one of the advance polls. Here’s an overview of how to vote.
Where to Vote
If you need to know where to vote, you can use the tool I built here. It lets you search by address or if you’re on a mobile device in particular, just click “Locate Me” and it’ll figure out where you are. For the most accurate results, simply enter your postal code. Here’s what you’ll see:
Once the search completes, it’ll show you the district you’re in, the candidates you can vote for, and your specific polling station (with pins for your location and for the polling station).
I had built this a week or two ago, but yesterday realized that Elections Alberta has improved their own search tool. Nice to see them making some enhancements. The main difference is that my tool has more information about candidates (such as social media links) and also has integrated results information.
Election Results Dashboard
The polls are open today from 9am until 8pm, after which we’ll see results trickle in from around the province. You can watch the results using the dashboard here. It should work well on your desktop, laptop, tablet, or phone!
The dashboard shows some overview information, including the number of polls reporting and the estimated voter turnout, and a chart of votes by party. It has six other key features:
- Party Overview – districts leading/won, total votes, vote % by party
- Leader Races – votes for each party leader and whether or not they’re winning
- Closest Races – districts that have the fewest number of votes separating first and second
- Regional Races – districts leading/won by party by region
- Most Supported – candidates who have received the most votes
- Districts – leader, margin, polls, votes, and turnout by district
Most importantly, it’ll update automatically as soon as results come in from Elections Alberta. You don’t need to refresh the page or do anything else – just leave it open and watch the data appear!
I hope you find it useful. I’ve done quite a bit of testing with it, but do let me know if you run into any issues.
Happy Election Day!
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FYI Just tried a postal code in Sherwood Park (http://2015.abvote.ca/vote/byaddress?q=T8H0X3). The district this returned was West Yellowhead (does not include Sherwood Park) and the polling place was Gibbons (85-36) which is neither in West Yellowhead nor Sherwood Park.
Thanks for checking it out! I tried that postal code at http://map.elections.ab.ca and it says it is associated with multiple stations, so you need to call them. Interesting!
I am very interested to see how all of the ridings in Edmonton play out. It is also important to note that a PC victory in Beverly-Clareview will also open up a councillors seat in city hall as well.
Well done Mack! The results site will be my go to for results info.
I’d love to get your insights on lessons learned with regard to using Azure for all this. I’ll ping you after the dust has settled, and plan for a chit chat over coffee.
Thanks, I’d be happy to talk about it! My availability is up-to-date at http://doodle.com/mastermaq thanks.