Ballot counting in progress, unofficial results being added as counts are reported

Update at 2:10 p.m. on October 22:

Returning Officer, Bonnie Hilford says 20/21 polls are now reporting for the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division Ward 2. Visit www.lethbridge.ca/election to see the in-progress numbers.

A statement from Returning Officer Bonnie Hilford:

During an audit of the ongoing unofficial Election results, a duplication from one ballot box of reported numbers in the Mayoral contest has been discovered.

The adjustment and correction did not affect the outcome for the Mayor-Elect. Only the numbers and percentages have changed.

The count from a Mayoral contest box of 633 ballots from the YMCA on October 17 was entered twice into the results database. The same ballots were not counted twice; the numbers were entered twice.

This potential scenario is why we have the appropriate checks, balances and an audit system in place.

The 2025 Lethbridge Municipal and School Election results will become official at noon on Friday, October 24.

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Update at 6:25 p.m. on October 21:

More unofficial results for the Council contest are now posted.

Returning Officer, Bonnie Hilford says 18/20 polls are reporting for the Council contest.

Visit www.lethbridge.ca/election to see the in-progress numbers.

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Update at 2:30 p.m. on October 21:

The first unofficial results for the Council contest are now posted.

Returning Officer, Bonnie Hilford says 10/20 polls are reporting for the Council contest.

Visit www.lethbridge.ca/election to see the in-progress numbers.

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Original post at 10:18 a.m. on October 21:

As ballot counting remains in progress, the first unofficial results have been posted for the 2025 Lethbridge Municipal and School Election.

Returning Officer, Bonnie Hilford says there are 13/20 polls now reporting for the Mayoral contest. Visit www.lethbridge.ca/election to see the in-progress numbers.

Ballot counting has resumed this morning and will continue with multiple shifts. Results will be updated at approximately 1 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. today.

Lethbridge had 17,102 people cast a ballot, which is 19.3 per cent of the 88,647 eligible voters.

The 2025 Municipal and School Election results will become official at noon on Friday.

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