SURREY, B.C. — Election officials filed into an industrial building in Surrey, B.C.
, on Thursday to begin a judicial recount for the most narrowly won riding in British Columbia's election, starting with 28 extra ballots found to have gone unreported days after the vote.
She said the recount — which is being done by 10 teams of two counters and two scrutineers — is expected to roll into Friday, and started with the examination of envelopes that contain the 28 ballots that Elections BC said were unreported because of a data-entry mistake. The teams of counters, who lined tables along the perimeter of the warehouse, were paired with scrutineers from the New Democrats and the B.C. Conservatives and could be seen holding ballots in the air and agreeing on each vote."If scrutineers raise an objection, both parties come to the table and if they agree on the vote, the judge has indicated he doesn't need to see it," Lawrance explained Thursday.
The Conservative's counsel argued the voter's intent was to vote for the conservatives, while the NDP's lawyer argued that it appeared that the individual voted for several candidates.
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