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Elections B.C. has accepted two recount requests while denying four others because they do not meet the requirements set out in the Election Act.

According to a press release, the legislative office received recount requests from six candidates in five ridings where results were close on election night.

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Liberal candidate Jim Benninger’s request for a recount in Courtenay-Comox was accepted because the difference between the two top candidates was only nine votes, while three NDP and a Liberal candidates’ requests were denied because they do not meet the requirements.

The Election Act states that in cases where the difference between the two top candidates is more than 100 votes — as it was in Vancouver-False Creek, Coquitlam-Burke Mountain, Richmond-Queensborough and Maple Ridge-Mission — the request must include “factual basis that ballots were not correctly accepted or rejected, or that a ballot account does not accurately record the number of votes for a candidate.’