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Milton Chan, the campaign manager for Ms. Yeung Racco, said the candidate is requesting a judicial recount “because of the uncertainty” associated with the process.

“We were given one set of results on election night. We were given another result the day after,” said Mr. Chan. “We are not saying that we think we have won or we think we have lost. We are saying that when the result is so close, everyone deserves to feel confident that the final result is accurate and that voters got the MPP that they voted for.”

Elections Ontario attributed the differences to “transpositions and other minor clerical errors.”

But Mr. Chan said there were 13 polls that experienced changes in the final tallies for both Ms. Yeung Racco and Ms. Martow, and that the final result was inconsistent with notes taken by the Liberal candidate’s team of scrutineers at each poll.

He said Ms. Yeung Racco would look to file her request for a recount as quickly as possible.

According to Elections Ontario, a request must be made within four days of the official tabulation if a candidate believes ballots were counted improperly, there was an incorrect statement of the number of ballots cast, or the returning officer has improperly tabulated the vote. If the judge accepts the request at a hearing, the recount must take place within 10 days.

Ms. Martow says she never planned to request a recount when it was thought she’d lost because her scrutineers didn’t notice anything alarming when ballots were counted.