Record-High Use of Mail-In Ballots Could Mean No Clear Winner on Election Night: Elections Canada Official

A special ballot voting package that voters will receive if requested is seen in Calgary, Alta., on Sept. 2, 2021. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

Should record-high numbers of voters requesting special ballots use the mail-in option in this federal election, it may well leave Canadians wondering who won when they go to bed, hours after the polls have closed on Sept. 20, if there are a lot of tight races.

“In places where the races are tight, we may not know who won on election night,” Elections Canada spokesperson Natasha Gauthier told The Epoch Times. “We may not have an outcome.”