Saskatchewan election: Second count of ballots complete [Video]

With two races in the provincial election too close to call on Monday, all eyes were on the Conexus Arts Centre as Elections Saskatchewan held a second count of the ballots that included mail-in ballots.

Party scrutineers and returning officers opened mail in ballots constituency by constituency to add to Monday night’s election vote count. Tim Williams is the provincial secretary for the NDP.

“Well there’s lots of coffee fueling it because it’s very methodical, right. Each ballot gets opened, held up, put in a tray, opened, held up, put in a tray so people are very focused,” he explained.

About 30,000 Saskatchewan residents chose to vote by mail. There were 20,000 counted this week and a final 10,000 next week.

“What the parties are watching for is that everything is fairly done and that the counts are accurate and that when a ballot is shown to us one by …