But the timing is determined by the Election Act.
Absentee ballots will be counted between May 22 and 24 when the final count is done. But if you vote anywhere other than your designated home voting place, your ballot is treated the same as any other absentee ballot.
But a tight race on Vancouver Island means that, this time, they could make all the difference.
While the NDP only claimed the Courtenay-Comox riding by nine votes, Milligan found that - because absentee ballots tend to favour the NDP - the second-most likely outcome is actually a tie, with the BC Liberal's narrowly won Coquitlam-Burke Mountain possibly flipping.
This includes voting at district electoral offices, advance voting places and voting by mail.
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Indeed, it is only by virtue of Falcinelli’s prowess in the final third that Crotone still remains in contention to survive. In Romelu Lukaku, Koeman has a player with the capability of firing Everton to far headier heights than seventh place.
Andrew Watson says a recount request has been received from Jim Benninger, who received 10,049 votes to 10,058 for the NDP's Ronna-Rae Leonard.
There were about 51,000 absentee ballots cast in the 2013 election.
The Liberals need only one more seat for a majority government, but Elections BC has until May 24 to release the final results.
Elections BC says the final count allows enough time for certification envelopes containing ballots to be sent from the electoral district where they were cast to the district where the voters are registered.
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