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Elections Canada: 205,000 mail-in ballots late, cancelled, or lost in the mail

2 pointsby finite_jestover 3 years ago

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finite_jestover 3 years ago
I changed the title, as the original was misleading and clickbaity: &quot;Elections Canada: 205,000 mail-in ballots were not counted&quot;.<p>The original reporting this is based on is by Blacklock’s Reporter [1] which looks like a better source, but unfortunately it&#x27;s behind a login&#x2F;paywall.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.blacklocks.ca&#x2F;205000-ballots-not-counted&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.blacklocks.ca&#x2F;205000-ballots-not-counted&#x2F;</a><p>---<p>PS: I found this older article [2] which covers the same issue. Apparently, if my understanding is correct, this number (~1&#x2F;6 of the mail-in ballots) is much better than the 2019 election [3]. I guess that is something you could expect. Also, I&#x27;m not sure what a cancelled ballot means. Does it include the case when someone simply forgets to return the ballot?<p>[2]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mapleridgenews.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;1-in-6-mail-in-ballots-not-returned-in-time-to-be-counted&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mapleridgenews.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;1-in-6-mail-in-ballots-n...</a><p>[3]: Ibid. &quot;Elections Canada says there is typically a gap between the number of mail-in ballots that go out and the number that come back every year. In the 2019 federal election, only 55 per cent of the domestic mail-in ballots and 61 per cent of international mail-in ballots were returned on time. The remainder were either returned late or not at all.&quot;