‘This is an unprecedented failure by the very institution responsible for ensuring the fairness and accuracy of our elections,’ Rustad says
For many British Columbia ns, our provincial election will feel a long way in the rear-view mirror as attention turns to what will happen in today’s U.S. election.
So the news Monday that Elections BC missed counting 14 ballots in Surrey-Guildford, a riding the NDP has won by only 24 votes, and alsoin a Prince George area riding landed with an especially loud thud. The missed ballots will make no difference to either riding’s outcome – the Conservative candidate won the Prince George seat by more than 5,000 votes.
“At a time when confidence in election integrity is more fragile than ever before, British Columbians deserve assurance that every vote counts and that these errors are corrected.” The Oct. 19 election delivered some of the closest races in B.C. history. The fate of two NDP-held ridings hung on an automatic recount and the tally of absentee and mail-in ballots. By the time that process was finished last week, those two ridings safely remained in NDP hands.
Premier David Eby has said he will call the legislature back at some point this fall, but his government will not be proposing any new legislation. Instead, the session will be aimed at. The Speaker is, by convention, elected from the government benches, but the NDP would prefer not to give up one of its MLAs for the non-partisan role, leading to the potential for some tie votes.
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