@chris

The Guardian live blogs are often great for this kind of thing. They’ve been expanding their US coverage, especially with many new US subscribers since the WaPo didn’t issue an editorial opinion on the election.

You do have to create an account for more than a certain number of views per month, and there are limits if you don’t donate/subscribe but it’s not an aggressive paywall.

MSNBC and CNN will allow a certain amount of time for non subscribers on a browser view before bumping you.

Some of the US streamers have promoted election night coverage. Disney+ in Canada will be bringing ABC News coverage of the Election starting at 7 pm Eastern Time on November 5th. I expect Paramount+ will carry CBS News coverage.

@chris

According to the guide posted in November 2023, the trigger for a mandatory judicial recount request to be filed is quite low.

In a riding with 25,000 votes cast for example, the threshold would be a difference of less than 25,000/500 = 50.

p. 51
“In the event of a tie vote, or if the difference between the first two candidates is less than 1/500 of the total ballots considered, the District Electoral Officer must make an application for a judicial recount. An application must be made within six days after the declaration of official results following the conclusion of final count.”

https://elections.bc.ca/docs/8008790_Guide-to-Voting-and-Counting.pdf

@chris I’ll see if I can track that down.

I don’t live in BC now so I assume it’s changed but 10s of votes difference usually gets you an automatic recount in Canada.

@chris

Do you happen to know the current threshold for automatic judicial recounts in BC elections? It would seem that there could be several.

Especially keeping in mind that the last reported polls are often close ones where there may be a recount by the deputy returning officer and poll clerk even before the papers are signed and filed.