On Monday, Kelowna city officials met with a hired election staffer concerning ballot box protocol during Saturday’s civic election.

"The ballot machine was removed for a period of time and the ballots were going into the boxes without going through the machine,” said Perry Mazzei, who was working at the Rutland Secondary School voting station.

“It was very busy and I made the observation and thought ‘why are these ballots not going through the machine.’”

The City of Kelowna confirmed that Mazzei was working as an election staffer and met with him for nearly half an hour in the city’s Veendam Room.

"I'm not accusing anyone of anything, I'm just telling Kelowna what I observed," reiterated Mazzei.

The observation was brought to the city’s attention by Mayoral candidate Bobby Kennedy, who was personally emailed by Mazzei following election day.

“He told me something wasn’t right and that he hates corruption,” said Kennedy, who placed third in Saturday’s election.

“I just believe it’s doing my diligence to bring this to the city’s attention.”

Colin Basran was re-elected as Mayor on Saturday receiving 16,904 votes, challenger Tom Dyas finishing second with 9,002 votes.

KelownaNow will update this story as more information becomes available.