The final federal election result may be delayed until the weekend — or even longer — because thousands of mail-in ballots have still to be counted.
Elections Canada says today that 12 ridings have not started counting mail ballots.
In two tight races in B.C. — in Nanaimo-Ladysmith and Richmond Centre — postal votes could clinch the final result.
Officials were to start counting mail ballots this morning for Nanaimo-Ladysmith, a three-way battle between the NDP, Tories and Greens.
When election night ended, NDP’s Lisa Marie Barron was barely ahead of Conservative candidate Tamara Kronis and more than 2,700 votes head of Green candidate and two-term incumbent Paul Manly.
Campaign staff for Barron said they were advised the count may not be finished until as late or 6 or 7 p.m.
Elections officials check mail-in ballots before starting to count them and ensure people have not voted twice.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 24, 2021.
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