Port Moody to Become First B.C. City to Adopt Automatic Recount Rule for Close Elections

Port Moody to become first B.C. city to adopt automatic recount rule for close elections

Port Moody is set to become the first municipality in British Columbia to trigger automatic vote recounts in close elections.

Port Moody to become first B.C. city to adopt automatic recount rule for close elections – Tri-Cities Dispatch

file photo Marissa Tiel Port Moody is set to become the first municipality in British Columbia to trigger automatic vote recounts in close elections. On July 29, council unanimously voted to update the city’s election bylaw ahead of the 2026 municipal election, mandating a full recount of all ballots if the margin between winning and losing is less than 0.1 percent of the total ballots cast. In an election with 9,000 ballots, a difference of nin…