Over 800 ballots ‘mistakenly kept’ in B.C. riding
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PRINCE GEORGE — Over 800 special ballots cast during the recent federal election were mistakenly kept at the office of a returning officer in B.C., Elections Canada says.
The agency says all registered political parties have been informed that 822 special ballots cast by electors in 74 electoral districts across the country were left with the returning officer in the riding of Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam. Elections Canada says an initial analysis shows that the outcomes in those 74 districts were not affected by the mislaid ballots. Elections Canada says the ballots should have been returned to its headquarters by April 28 at 6 p.m. to allow them to be counted. Over 500 of the ballots mistakenly left in Coquitlam_Port Coquitlam were for the electoral district of Port Moody_Coquitlam.
1 of those was ballots was for the riding of Prince George-Peace River- Northern Rockies, and 3 ballots were for the riding of Cariboo-Prince George. The agency says its initial analysis showed that the problem was caused by “human error” and “a failure to comply with the written procedures.”
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