Results for tonight\u0027s UCP leadership race will be announced at 9:30 p.m. ET from the BMO Centre in Calgary
“The mail-in ballot count is moving along well but there are over 80,000 of them. In the count room are more than 250 volunteers who are carefully counting each ballot, overseen by scrutineers from the leadership campaigns. We are adding more volunteers to accelerate progress,” read a statement from the party shortly before 2 p.m.Article content
Shortly after 4:30 p.m. the stage was set in one of the main halls of BMO Centre on Stampede Park with media and party staffers beginning to mill about and stake their places on the floor. A stage draped in blue lights and a large Alberta flag was flanked by two large screens displaying UCP displays. Music played a low dull and several bars were waiting to welcome their first patrons of the evening.
“I think a lot of them are holding off to see who wins. Now, I have been tracking MLA turnover and I’ve got records back to 1971 and there’s usually 15 to 20 per cent turnover from one election to the next election of people who don’t run again for a variety of reasons,” Bratt said.
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