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The count is growing as ballots come in
19 October 2010
As of 15:47 yesterday, the number of ballots at town hall received was 5,132. Of these, only 33 were discarded because they were lacking a declaration, a signature or a ballot.
That 5,132 is, according to the town's count of eligible voters (16,408), 31.28% of the total that could come in if everyone voted. Last election, the total was just over 44%, so we'd need to receive about 7,219 to match that turnout (in percentage).
That's actually lower than the total votes cast in 2006 which was 7,690. In 2006, it seems there were more than 17,500 eligible voters. I'm not sure where all those other eligible voters disappeared to, but we have 1,000 fewer this time around. (According to the CD I received from town hall this month, there were 16,906 eligible voters listed. Not sure why the discrepancy).
To match the previous provincial average (41.7%) we'd need to receive 6,842. We're about 75% of the way there already - only 1,710 ballots to come in. To match last year's turnout in percentage, we still need 2,088 ballots.
Just a reminder of the results in 2006:
Mayor
7690 Total Votes
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Chris Carrier 4361
Rick Lloyd 3329
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Deputy Mayor
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Sandra Cooper 3254
Joe Gardhouse 3168
Geoff Noble 1218
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Council
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Mike Edwards 4817
Norm Sandberg 4781
Kathy Jeffery 4621
Sonny Foley 4408
Tim McNabb 4251
Ian Chadwick 3239
Dave Labelle 2617
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Wendy McKenzie 2498
Gretta Gill 2310
Dean Hollin 2215
Andrea Matrosovs 2114
Irene Irving-Matwijec 1213
George Dickensen 1053
Owen Ferguson 783
That 5,132 is, according to the town's count of eligible voters (16,408), 31.28% of the total that could come in if everyone voted. Last election, the total was just over 44%, so we'd need to receive about 7,219 to match that turnout (in percentage).
That's actually lower than the total votes cast in 2006 which was 7,690. In 2006, it seems there were more than 17,500 eligible voters. I'm not sure where all those other eligible voters disappeared to, but we have 1,000 fewer this time around. (According to the CD I received from town hall this month, there were 16,906 eligible voters listed. Not sure why the discrepancy).
To match the previous provincial average (41.7%) we'd need to receive 6,842. We're about 75% of the way there already - only 1,710 ballots to come in. To match last year's turnout in percentage, we still need 2,088 ballots.
Just a reminder of the results in 2006:
Mayor
7690 Total Votes
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Chris Carrier 4361
Rick Lloyd 3329
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Deputy Mayor
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Sandra Cooper 3254
Joe Gardhouse 3168
Geoff Noble 1218
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Council
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Mike Edwards 4817
Norm Sandberg 4781
Kathy Jeffery 4621
Sonny Foley 4408
Tim McNabb 4251
Ian Chadwick 3239
Dave Labelle 2617
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Wendy McKenzie 2498
Gretta Gill 2310
Dean Hollin 2215
Andrea Matrosovs 2114
Irene Irving-Matwijec 1213
George Dickensen 1053
Owen Ferguson 783
Yes, I know that is a meaningless and unsatisfying figure. Percentages alone are, at least according to the wall of writing style and grammar guides behind me, poor communication style. You need actual numbers to make sense of a percentage - including what it is a percentage of.
But the town has chosen to use percentages alone in its reports. Very annoying.
So, depending on whether you refer to the number given to me this week (16,408), or the number of names on the voters' list (16,906), the actual number of ballots received is either 6,021.736 or 6,204.502.
In either case, I'm unsure how a fraction of a ballot can be received.
The report is not dated, either, so there is no clear indication what time or date that percentage represents.