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B.C. Electoral Officer Rebuts False Claims, Affirms 2024 Vote Integrity

Boegman's report attributes election night errors to manual processes, severe weather together with a party's late withdrawal that did not compromise the NDP's majority.

Chief Electoral Officer Anton Boegman speaks during a press conference at the Elections BC office in Victoria on Sept. 25, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
NDP leader David Eby and his wife Cailey Lynch on stage to speak to supporters at NDP party headquarters in Vancouver on election night

Overview

  • The report rejects allegations of widespread non-citizen voting, multiple ballots and fraudulent mail-in voting as unfounded.
  • It details B.C.’s voter eligibility checks, list-verification procedures and identity standards for mail ballots as proven safeguards.
  • Boegman accepts responsibility for human-caused errors, including an uncounted advance ballot box in Prince George-Mackenzie that triggered a partial recount.
  • Key administrative challenges cited include the BC United Party’s late withdrawal, extreme weather on voting day and reliance on manual result reporting.
  • BC Conservatives leader John Rustad continues to call for an independent review despite confirmation that Premier Eby’s NDP secured a single-seat majority.