Provincial changes means election results will take awhile to count. How is the RMWB counting ballots?

It’s going to take awhile before voters find out which candidates are elected on Oct. 20. Ballots across Alberta will be counted manually and by hand after provincial legislation banned the use of the electronic vote tabulators that are usually used. Article content

Jade Brown, the returning officer and chief legislative officer for the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB), anticipates unofficial results will be posted to the municipality’s website and social media accounts the day after Election Day on Oct. 21. Official results will be ready by noon on Oct. 24. Article content

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