Mail-in votes are matching their pandemic peak, but snap election puts international voters on tight deadline

Leonard Belsher is his 87-year-old mother’s primary caretaker. When the federal election was called on short notice, they had already made travel plans for election day. Worried about his mother waiting in long lines at advance polls, which ended up seeing a record-breaking 7.3 million voters, he began seeking information on how they could vote by mail.Mr. Belsher, of Shawville, Que., is one of many Canadians who opted for a mail-in ballot.