Poll workers crossed Yukon River by helicopter to ensure West Dawson residents could vote

Poll workers had to get creative to ensure all residents in Dawson City, Yukon had an equal opportunity to vote in the upcoming federal election, after the ice bridge connecting West Dawson to the main town closed early.

On Monday, election officials in Dawson City flew by helicopter across the Yukon River to set up an impromptu early voting booth — using a folding table and a pickup truck.

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"We set up the booth sort of on a folding table that I brought along. And we had the actual voting booth on the back of the tailgate of a truck ... So we had the privacy screen on the back of the tailgate, which I thought was very Dawson style," Sgaga said.

Lauer says 22 people came out to vote at the station. Sixteen of those voters were from Dawson and six were national electors or voters living outside of the Yukon.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/poll-workers-fly-helicopter-west-dawson-voters-1.7516049

Love this! Northern ingenuity at its finest.