Despite low turnout on election day, NL voters had their say

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For many years, I spent every election night — provincial and federal — pacing before a TV in a largely empty newsroom, waiting for reporters and photographers to come rushing back in filled with news from campaign HQs; the unexpected upsets, the hard-fought victories, the jubilant surprise when an underdog prevailed.

I’ve been fascinated by politics all my life, an interest that comes honestly, as election night in my childhood home was always a spectator sport.

In the newsroom, the rush was always in trying to capture the sights and sounds and human emotions of the night in a relatively short period of time. We tried to distill the essence of the experience for readers in a way that was fair and informative, but also reflective of the drama that often propels politics.

This year, I watched the night play out in a totally different way; not inside a newsroom waiting for the vote count, but from........

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