Series of tight election races across Canada could be determined by postal votes
Sep 14, 2021 | 1:02 PM
OTTAWA — People voting by mail could play a crucial role in deciding the outcome of the Sept. 20 federal election.
Postal votes could dictate which party wins in a series of closely fought ridings where just a handful of votes could decide the outcome.
Among them is Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam in British Columbia — Canada’s tightest race in the 2019 election — where the Liberals fought off a Conservative challenge by only 153 votes.
By today’s deadline, more than 5,000 residents in that riding had applied to vote by mail.
