Canada Post workers have gone on strike in the midst of municipal and provincial elections in Newfoundland and Labrador, leaving officials racing to find contingency plans for mail-in ballots.

Kristina Ennis said there are plenty of people who vote by mail in the St. John’s West district, where she is running as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the general provincial election on Oct. 14.

“I hope that people are afforded their opportunity to exercise their right to vote,” she said in an interview.

Elections NL said it has prepared for a strike.

“We planned for a postal strike, and consulted with other provinces who have had elections impacted by postal strikes,” said spokesperson Claire Carter in an email.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers launched the strike Thursday after

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