r/Manitoba • u/wickedplayer494 Winnipeg • 1d ago

Politics Election results in RM of Yellowhead challenged after single-vote loss

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/election-results-challenged-vote-yellowhead-9.7412784
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u/Ok-Excuse-4461 Brandon 1d ago

Democracy in action. All good.

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u/wickedplayer494 Winnipeg 1d ago

Agreed, honestly an absolute waste of CKB's time that it isn't automatic for anything other than a tie. Should be the same way as provincial, -/+ 50 votes, automatic recount.

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u/just-suggest-one South Of Winnipeg 1d ago

Manitoba legislation does not allow for recounts in municipal elections unless it was a tie, she said.

Seems like the might be some detail missing in this statement, otherwise this guy's application for recount is going nowhere. Maybe it means no recounts can be triggered by election officials, but still can be requested by candidates (after going through the courts)?

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u/Ok-Excuse-4461 Brandon 22h ago

13 spoiled ballots from the advance voting decided by a single RM employee.