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Media Advisory: Interim Ballot Package Return Report Updated

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 16, 2018

VICTORIA – The interim ballot package return report for the 2018 Referendum on Electoral Reform has been updated to include an estimate of the total number of referendum ballot packages returned to Elections BC.

Approximately 597,300 ballot packages have been returned so far, representing packages from 18% of registered voters. This does not include ballot packages that have been received by Canada Post and not yet transferred to Elections BC.

Before today, the interim ballot package return report only included returned packages that had passed initial screening. Today’s overall estimate also includes packages on hand at Elections BC’s facilities waiting to be processed, as well as packages undergoing initial processing prior to screening.

The report is available at the link below and is updated daily (Monday to Friday):

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Contact:
Rebecca Penz
Director, Communications
Elections BC
Phone: 250-886-0806
Email: Rebecca.Penz@elections.bc.ca
Website: elections.bc.ca

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