OTTAWA — Conservative party leadership campaigns staff and party insiders say apparent vote counting discrepancies are much ado about nothing, with no one publicly questioning the close victory of Andrew Scheer. The database contained 133,896 entries while the party announced 141,362 party members voted in the process. The rest come from “human error,” Hann said. Dan Nowlan, chair of the Leadership Election Organizing Committee, helped set up the rules governing the leadership race. “What was critical was making sure the ballots were valid, the ballots were secure and the ballots were counted.

Source: National Post June 05, 2017 22:43 UTC