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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 PM40050478 | | | |OPEN 7 DAYS AWEEK 30 BENJAMIN RD.,WATERLOO FURNITURE FOR EVERY BUDGET 519.746.0060 WWW.FURNITUREHOUSE.CA SAVE THE TAX ON CANADIANMADE$1099 | AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY THE RACE THE RESULTS THE REACTION COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION AND WHAT THE RESULTS MEAN FOR YOU. WATERLOOCHRONICLE.CA /VOTE2021 Seeour ad inside thepaperSee our ad inside thepaper Weare pproudlyWeare proudly 'OntarioMade' using'OntarioMade' using ssuustainablyy-harvestedsustainably-harvested CanadianhardwoodsCanadianhardwoods Students sometimes get a bad rap, and sometimes justifiably so. But on Monday evening, the scene outside local polling sta- tions in the university district warmed the heart. Students - hundreds of them - in lineups hours long, just so they could vote in a federal election, many of them for the first time, even though Elections Canada scrapped its Vote on Campus pro- gram for the 2021 federal election. Tatum Brown waited outside the polling station at the Water- loo Pentecostal Assembly in a lineup with several hundred peo- ple that wrapped around Master- mind Toys along King Street North. She spoke to the Chronicle around 8:30 p.m. on her way out of STUDENT VOTERS WAIT HOURS TO CAST BALLOTS IN WATERLOO See 'YOU', page 3 LIBERALS AND BARDISH CHAGGER WIN THIRD FEDERAL MANDATE BILL JACKSON bjackson@torstar.cabjackson@torstar.cab Chris Chu waited to vote with Alicia Chen outside University Stadium in Waterloo. Lawn chairs as well as umbrellas came in handy given the long lines and waits outside polling stations in the university district on Monday evening. Bill Jackson/Metroland