World News – CA – BC VOTES 2020: With 8,500 votes counted, Throness holds a slight lead – Chilliwack Progress

The October 24 election polls are now closed Follow the votes as they arrive here:

Chilliwack-Kent votes started arriving at 8:40 a.m.m, about 40 minutes after the polls closed NDP candidate Kelli Paddon took the lead twice after incumbent Laurie Throness (former BC Liberal) led for the first hour The NDP was the first to overtake the 1,000-vote mark as vote count continues into second hour Votes were tight between the party’s two main candidates, but independent candidate Jason Lum also held his ground

Throness and Paddon have been extremely tight as votes continue to be counted with more than half of the polls currently

Due to the pandemic, more British Columbians have decided to vote by mail than ever before Election results will not be finalized until after November 6, when those mail ballots are counted According to estimates, 7 650 ballots were requested by Elections BC in the riding of Chilliwack-Kent There are 43,698 registered voters in the region

Across BC, a total of 478,900 mailed ballots were returned to Election BC, as of Friday Oct 23

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