Tuesday was election day in Nova Scotia, but not everything went according to plan.
Elections Nova Scotia says “human error” is to blame for a delayed opening at one polling station in Mushaboom, N.S., Tuesday morning, which will cause the results to be delayed an hour Tuesday night.
Naomi Shelton, a spokesperson for Elections Nova Scotia, says workers at Electoral District 22 Eastern Shore forgot some supplies at the returning office, so they had to go back and get them before opening the polling station in Mushaboom Tuesday morning.
Polling stations across the province opened at 8 a.m. on election day, but the Mushaboom location wasn’t able to open until 9 a.m. As a result, the polling station will remain open for voting until 9 p.m.
“There’s always room for some human error, and we certainly don’t want …