Quebec Election: Record Number of Early Ballots; Legault Rejects Electoral Reform

Ballot boxes are shown at a polling station in Montreal on Oct. 1, 2018, on election day in Quebec. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault says he’s open to working with opposition parties if his party wins the Oct. 3 election, but he is rejecting all calls to reform the electoral system.

Quebecers, he said, aren’t interested in electoral reform despite the fact his party is projected to win roughly 100 seats in the 125-seat legislature even though the CAQ is polling at less than 40 percent support.