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UPDATE: B.C. mayoral candidate who lost by 20,000 votes denied a recount

Ray Farmere, who received 365 votes, applied for a judicial recount in Nanaimo
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City of Nanaimo mayoral candidates Don Hubbard, left, Ray Farmere and Leonard Krog at a debate earlier this month. Krog won in a landslide but Farmere is asking for a recount. NEWS BULLETIN file photo

A candidate who finished a distant last in this month香蕉视频直播檚 municipal election won香蕉视频直播檛 get a recount.

Ray Farmere, who ran for mayor of the City of Nanaimo, applied to the courts for a judicial recount of the election results, butthe application has been dismissed. The case was in court in Nanaimo on Tuesday.

and is mayor-elect, to be sworn in next week. Don Hubbard was runner-up with 6,802votes and Farmere garnered 365 votes.

Farmere told the court that a viewing screen at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre seemed to show irregularities with hisvote count. He said there was a technical error.

香蕉视频直播淚 saw on the screen that night about 20,000 for me and then it dropped to 7,000 and then it dropped to 365,香蕉视频直播 he said.

Farmere said he was told that the computer at the conference centre shut down at one point.

香蕉视频直播淏ut it took two minutes to change it. It takes longer than two minutes for a computer to come up. I香蕉视频直播檓 a computer technician. It takes at least five minutes for a computer to come up,香蕉视频直播 he said. 香蕉视频直播淏ut it is long enough to make some changes to thespreadsheet.香蕉视频直播

Krog as well as City of Nanaimo chief election officer Sheila Gurrie both spoke in court today. Gurrie said Farmere香蕉视频直播檚application didn香蕉视频直播檛 meet the threshold for an application for a recount.

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