Nearly a week after the big night, there’s still not a declared winner in the B.C. election.
Elections B.C. says it has 65,000 mail-in and absentee ballots to count starting Saturday, plus three riding recounts—two because it’s so close—and one for a possible count error, which likely won’t be complete until Monday.
Digital tabulators produced faster results on the night, but their absence in some ridings, the option to vote outside your own riding via absentee ballot, deadlines for mail-in ballots right up to 8 p.m. election night, and a delay of seven days before the final count, mean British Columbians won’t know who their government is for more than a week after the big night.
“Elections B.C.’s system is very unique, but one of the benefits of that is it is very accessible,” said Andrew Watson with Elections B.C.
The digital counters, which were rolled out for the first …