I’m in Toronto this weekend to cover the NDP leadership convention.
There are 130,000 people eligible to vote. The party has just announced that 55,659 ballots were cast ahead of time using the preferential ballot. The balance will be cast in real-time during each round of voting. The first round of voting begins tonight at 5 pm EDT. The results from the first ballot will be announced Saturday morning at 1000 EDT. (We’ll have all the results live on Sun News Network)
There is an army of media here. The party says nearly 700 “media” credentials have been provided.
And there is also an army of New Democrats here: 4,212 registered delegates at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.