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🇨🇦🗳️ False claims about Canada's 2021 federal election have resurfaced. ElectionsCan_E says it counted all valid ballots that arrived on time, and independent experts say there is no evidence suggesting the prime minister's win was illegitimate

" cast by"any elector who cannot or does not want to vote at an advance or election day poll."

Roughly 84 percent of ballots issued in 2021 were returned on time and counted. Nearly 115,000 were not returned or cancelled, while more than 90,000 were returned after theThis screenshot taken October 11, 2022 shows Elections Canada's chart on special ballotsMcKenna, a spokesman for Elections Canada, said certain conditions have to be met for mail-in ballots to be considered valid and therefore counted.

He added that both numbers"are spread across 338 electoral districts, and that in federal elections in Canada, margins of victory are at the electoral district level." Rather than uncounted, McKenna said it would be more accurate to describe these ballots asWe’ve been seeing a lot of comments suggesting we didn’t count some special ballots sent by mail during

. Let’s be clear: we counted ALL ballots that arrived on time and that were not spoiled. Read the thread below for the facts about the rest. 1/"ALL ballots are counted by hand in front of witnesses," says one of the tweets."By law, candidates can send representatives to witness the count at any polling location or Elections Canada office in their riding."

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