OTTAWA — Less than two weeks before it elects a new leader, the Conservative Party has confirmed that some voters have submitted their mail-in ballots incorrectly, which could result in their votes not being counted. Frontrunner Maxime Bernier’s campaign claims that as many as one-fifth of ballots received by the party are at risk of being disqualified. If some of the packets containing ballots but not the necessary documents corroborating the voter’s identity, they will be tossed. It doesn’t have a total number of ballots received, either — the focus, right now, is on verifying rather than counting. Ballots must be received by 5 p.m. Friday, May 26 in order to count.

Source: National Post May 16, 2017 22:07 UTC