Friday October 25, 2024 | VICTORIA, BC
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
The total number of ballots to be considered at the 2024 BC provincial election final count this weekend (during Oct 26 to 28) is 66,074 says Elections BC in a news release at 5:18 pm today.
About two thirds of the ballots (43,538) are mail-in and assisted-phone votes, while about 1/3 (22,536) are special & absentee ballots.
The wide-option vote-anywhere Elections BC process for this election has in some ways complicated and slowed down the vote-reporting process.
Two ridings are undergoing automatic recounts due to having fewer than 100 votes between the top two candidates:
- Juan de Fuca-Malahat (23-vote margin between BC NDP and BC Conservative candidates)
- Surrey City Centre (96-vote margin between BC NDP and BC Conservative candidates)
These additional ballots from other processes other than advance and election day voting will have an impact in all ridings, especially the close-count scenarios.
More to come
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