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Elections BC says omission of the ballot box did not affect the result in Prince George-Mackenzie, while the unreported votes in Surrey-Guildford were discovered last week during preparations for a judicial recount in the riding, where Garry Begg香蕉视频直播檚 27-vote victory propelled the New Democrats to a one-seat majority government.
B.C.香蕉视频直播檚 chief electoral officer, Anton Boegman, says in a statement that the discovery of the 香蕉视频直播渁nomaly香蕉视频直播 in the Surrey-Guildford count triggered a provincewide review.
This review, which started last Wednesday and ended Sunday, identified what the statement describes as 香蕉视频直播渄ata entry omissions香蕉视频直播 that resulted in mistakes in the vote counts in 69 of the province香蕉视频直播檚 93 ridings.
The statement says the number of unreported votes in each district was small and did not affect the outcome in any of them, pending judicial recounts in Surrey-Guildford and Kelowna Centre.
It says a recount of the ballot box in Prince George-Mackenzie, which was easily won by B.C. Conservative Kiel Giddens, has been requested.