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June 2, 2022 • 0 minutes ago • 2 minutes reading • 20 comments Ontario PC leader Doug Ford voted in Toronto on Thursday, June 2, 2022. Eligible voters for the Ontario provincial election can vote in person from 9 am to 9 pm ET. Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS / Nathan Dennett
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The results of the 19-ride Ontario election will be delayed by up to two hours due to undisclosed voting delays and have been extended in 27 polling stations, according to Elections Ontario.
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If you’re a political addict in Ontario, you’ll want to keep popcorn a little longer than expected.
An Ontario election spokesman said there were 19 rides – or nearly one-sixth of the province’s 124 – where undisclosed voting problems would force at least one polling station to remain open for an additional 30 minutes, past the usual 21:00 deadline. .
Because Ontario law does not allow any election results to be published until all polling stations are closed, this means that voters and candidates in the counting of affected areas will have to wait longer than the rest of the province to to see who will be their next member of the provincial parliament.
Studies show that the progressive Conservatives, led by Doug Ford, are ready to form a government with a second majority. Leaders of the New Democrats and Liberals present themselves as the only alternative to Ford’s Tories and have not stated outright that they will work together in the event of a progressive conservative minority.
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Green leader Mike Schreiner hopes to expand the party meeting in one place – won by Schreiner in Guelph four years ago – and expects a potential opening at Parry Sound-Muskoka.
Election Ontario said more than one million people voted in the primary election last month and also noted a sharp increase in the number of ballots requested by mail compared to the 2018 election. This time, voting kits were mailed to 126,135 voters the right to vote compared to 15,202 ballots in previous elections.
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