Tabulation change led to delay in voting results: Elections Alberta abpoli abvote
“For each of the UCP, the NDP and the Greens, it was exactly one vote each. One. One. One. It was like calling a hockey game — ‘in other ridings, the score is 3-1.”’
“In the previous election in 2019, those ballots were transported back to Elections Alberta for a count and you may remember that resulted in a 2-1/2 day delay in reporting after the election,” she said. Supporters watch the early results at the provincial election night party of Alberta New Democratic Party leader Rachel Notley in Edmonton, Alberta, May 29.Zinck said she knew about the change but didn’t expect it to gum up the reporting so heavily.
Bell said about six months after every election, recommendations come in a report from the chief electoral officer. The legislative assembly also has a chance to make suggestions.“In 2019, I think the delay in counting ultimately kind of resulted in people feeling like their vote didn’t matter, because the election was called before those ‘vote anywhere’ ballots were even counted.”
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