Liberals won Terrebonne, Que., riding by 1 vote — but this woman's Bloc ballot wasn't counted
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Elections Canada says it is investigating after a voter in a Quebec riding came forward with an envelope that had been returned to sender.
Inside was a vote for the Bloc Québécois in the Terrebonne riding, where, as it stands, incoming Liberal MP Tatiana Auguste was declared the winner by one vote after several recounts.
Elections Canada said the return address printed on this elector's return envelope was incorrect — specifically, part of the postal code.
"We are still working to gather all the facts. We will be able to get back to you as soon as we have more information," the agency said in a statement to CBC News.
The voter, however, remains irked by the situation. Terrebonne resident Emmanuelle Bossé said she sent in her vote on time for the April 28 federal election.
"I wasn't the one who got Elections Canada's address wrong on the envelope," she told Radio-Canada. "Elections Canada glued this label on the envelope. I had nothing to fill. I just had to put my vote in there."
She says she mailed her vote in on April 5 and it was returned to her on May 2.
Auguste's one-vote victory was highly unusual, making international headlines and attracting significant attention on social media, as she appeared to flip a riding long held by the Bloc.
On election night, Terrebonne initially went to Auguste by 35 votes. But after a standard validation process, the result flipped to the incumbent Bloc Québécois MP Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, by 44 votes.
This triggered an automatic judicial recount.
A few days later, the results of the recount showed that Auguste had won by a single vote.
"I think it's a first in recent history," said political commentator Frédéric Bérard.
To recap: on election day, voters go to polling stations and cast their ballots. Once the polls close, Elections Canada workers hand count the ballots and report the results to a returning officer. The results are then posted online.
Next comes the validation process.
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