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Long waits a ‘defining aspect’ of Vancouver byelection, report finds - BC | Globalnews.ca

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A City of Vancouver report into last month's council byelection says delays caused by a lack of capacity became a defining aspect’ of election day .

The report to council submitted ahead of a meeting on Tuesday says the long waits came after the city decided to halve the number of voting places from 50 in a 2017 byelection, to 25 on April 5 .

The number of election officials assigned to register voters was meanwhile cut from 416 to 150 .

Combined with an increased turnout, this meant each worker had to deal with more than three times as many voters than in 2017 .

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