yep.. with the late counting of mail-in ballots being increasingly normalized (i.e., 2020 u.s. election) were being conditioned to expect election results 'finalized' a week or more after election day. ignoring the fact that the optics of it are poor and lead to suspicion of 3:00 am post-election day shenanigans (see again, u.s. 2020 election), it's a slap in the face to the millions of voters who plan their schedules and actually turn up at a voting station on election day. in this case two million british columbians who planned, travelled, and turned up to cast their votes are informed by elections bc they now must wait a week for the counting of a reported 49,000 mail-in ballots. its ridiculous. the process of government for the entire province grinds to a halt while mail-in ballots clog up the system. this is a phenomena which is relatively new and, in light of the notorious reputation that mail-in ballot counting has earned lately.. it really needs to be stopped. im not sure what the answer is but this practice becoming a blight on the whole election process.   ish-columbia/northern-b-c-conservat ive-vote-election-2024-1.7358497
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