Election officials in Laval were left scrambling on election day morning as over 100 employees were absent for duty.

The result: polling in 23 out of 727 polling stations were delayed by up to half an hour.

“When a secretary or scrutineer is absent, the polling station (the voting table) cannot open the ballot box and thus receive a voter until both positions are filled,” a spokesperson for Élections Laval told CityNews in an email statement.

Élections Laval said the lines in all polling stations moved quickly and there was not impact due to the delay. “The closing time for polling stations remains at 8 p.m.,” the spokesperson added.

In Montreal, some voters were sent to the wrong polling station by the Élections Montréal website.

With Canada Post strikes, most voters didn’t receive t

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