As a Canadian and former campaign volunteer (and poll observer) this is really weird to me. Federal elections in Canada are always hand-counted. Results at each polling station are counted in front of volunteer observers from each party (as well as neutral observers) and then delivered to Elections Canada where they’re tallied (in front of lawyers from each party) and results are reported to the media.
It’s a lot more doable when you don’t have a 6 page ballot with several dozen offices on it and have planned and budgeted for hand counts. It’s hard to do with lots of positions on the ballot, little notice that it’s going to be done, and no money to hire staff to do the counting
As a Canadian and former campaign volunteer (and poll observer) this is really weird to me. Federal elections in Canada are always hand-counted. Results at each polling station are counted in front of volunteer observers from each party (as well as neutral observers) and then delivered to Elections Canada where they’re tallied (in front of lawyers from each party) and results are reported to the media.
It’s not a big deal and there’s no chaos.
It’s a lot more doable when you don’t have a 6 page ballot with several dozen offices on it and have planned and budgeted for hand counts. It’s hard to do with lots of positions on the ballot, little notice that it’s going to be done, and no money to hire staff to do the counting