N.L. Elections Officer Delays Voting in Areas Hit by COVID-19 Outbreak

Liberal Leader Andrew Furey takes questions from the media following a televised debate at the Confederation Building in St. John's N.L. on February 3, 2021. Paul Daly/The Canadian Press

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.—Amid climbing COVID-19 case numbers, Newfoundland and Labrador election officials have postponed voting in Saturday’s provincial election for nearly half the province’s ridings.

Elections NL said in a news release Thursday that with community spread in the St. John’s region, polling station workers were backing out in droves over fears of contracting and spreading COVID-19.