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Elections B.C. will hand-count in-person votes starting 9 p.m. PT

By Drooid · Oct 24, 2026, 2:24 AM UTC · How we work

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Elections B.C. will count election-day in-person votes manually because the snap election left no time for electronic counting.
Chief electoral officer Shipra Verma said hand-counted votes should start reporting around 9 p.m. PT.
More than 891,000 early ballots—about a quarter of voters—were cast, an 11% drop from 2024.
Mail-in and absentee ballots will be counted later during the Nov. 6-10 final vote count.

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Elections B.C. will count election-day in-person votes manually because the snap election left no time for electronic counting.
Chief electoral officer Shipra Verma said hand-counted votes should start reporting around 9 p.m. PT.
More than 891,000 early ballots—about a quarter of voters—were cast, an 11% drop from 2024.
Mail-in and absentee ballots will be counted later during the Nov. 6-10 final vote count.