"The process is significantly different," said the city's returning officer for the Oct. 20 election.

Calgarians likely won’t know who their next city councillor or school board trustees are until the day after the Oct. 20 municipal election, an Elections Calgary official said Friday.

Provincial legislative changes introduced in 2024 through Bill 20 prohibit the use of electronic tabulators (vote-counting machines), meaning election workers will have to count and double-check each ballot by hand.

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That means tallying more than 1.3 million expected ballots will take much longer than it did in the last election, said Kate Martin, the city’s returning officer.

“The process is significantly different,” she said at a media briefing.

“We have prepared significantly; we

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