It appears voters are coming out in full force to cast their ballots in today's municipal election.

Just after noon today, returning officer Norma Felker said this morning seemed much busier at the polls than in the 2009 election.

"It's steady,” she added, noting she expected that to continue into this afternoon.

This comes in addition to the record 399 people who voted in the advance poll held last Thursday.

That compares to 214 who voted in the advance poll in 2009's municipal election.

A total of 11,744 people are eligible to cast ballots in the city for this election, up more than 1,032 over 2009, when 10,712 were eligible.

Voter turnout in that election was at 36.7 per cent, with 4,218 casting their ballots.

Last December's byelection saw just 19 per cent turn out to vote.

While voters seem to be finding their way to the polls today, for many, it doesn't seem to come without a call to the city first.

Felker said the biggest issue today is the city getting inundated with calls about where to vote.

Despite a number of ads running detailing which of the four polls residents should go to, Felker said, the message doesn't seem to have gotten across to the general public.

Voters have until 8 p.m. to cast their ballots for the next council at one of four polling divisions set up at:

• the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre downtown (for those in the downtown);

• Vanier Catholic Secondary School in Riverdale (for residents of Riverdale as well as Wickstrom and Long Lake roads);

• the Canada Games Centre off Hamilton Boulevard (for those living above the escarpment from Lobird Trailer Park to Yukon College); and

• the Northern Apostles Church in Porter Creek (for those north of the college).

The city is reminding all voters to bring valid ID to the polls, said Felker.

"As part of our effort to ensure people can vote in a timely manner, we are asking all voters to bring valid, government-issued ID such as a driver's licence.

People without ID can be sworn in at the polls, but this process will cause unnecessary delays for all voters.”

Valid ID includes any government-issued ID that shows your name and address.