Election Results Recount

WHEN WILL THIS BE DECIDED I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF I LOST OR PUSHED.
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=548 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD class=largeBurg width="65%">Results Validated by the Returning Officer
Validation Date: January 25, 2006</TD><TD width="35%"><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD class=mediumBlackBold><INPUT id=EDResults2_1408_2_optViewResult1 type=image alt="View preliminary results" src="http://enr.elections.ca/images/select_button.gif" border=0 name=EDResults2_1408_2ptViewResult1></TD><TD class=mediumBlackBold>View preliminary results</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=mediumBlackBold colSpan=2>
A judicial recount will be conducted in this electoral district.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width=548 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD bgColor=#990033><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=546 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=center><TD width=420><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=mediumBlackBold align=left bgColor=#cc9933>Parry Sound--Muskoka</TD><TD class=mediumBlack align=right bgColor=#cc9933></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD align=right width=126> <INPUT id=EDResults2_1408_2_btnClose type=image alt=Close src="http://enr.elections.ca/images/button_close_en.gif" align=middle border=0 name=EDResults2_1408_2:btnClose></TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#ffffff colSpan=2><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TH class=mediumBurgBold id=header1 align=left width="33%">Party</TH><TH class=mediumBurgBold id=header2 align=left width="28%">Candidate</TH><TH class=mediumBurgBold id=header3 align=right width="12%">Votes</TH><TH class=mediumBurgBold id=header4 align=right width="14%">% Votes</TH><TH id=header5 width="13%"> </TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width=548 summary="Parry Sound--Muskoka" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#ffffff><TD headers=header1 width=180>Conservative</TD><TD headers=header2 width=149>Tony Clement</TD><TD align=right headers=header3 width=62>18,524</TD><TD align=right headers=header4 width=74>40.1</TD><TD headers=header5 width=73> </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#efefdf><TD headers=header1 width=180>Green Party</TD><TD headers=header2 width=149>Glen Hodgson</TD><TD align=right headers=header3 width=62>3,702</TD><TD align=right headers=header4 width=74>8.0</TD><TD headers=header5 width=73> </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#ffffff><TD headers=header1 width=180>Liberal</TD><TD headers=header2 width=149>Andy Mitchell</TD><TD align=right headers=header3 width=62>18,495</TD><TD align=right headers=header4 width=74>40.0</TD><TD headers=header5 width=73> </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#efefdf><TD headers=header1 width=180>N.D.P.</TD><TD headers=header2 width=149>Jo-Anne Boulding</TD><TD align=right headers=header3 width=62>5,474</TD><TD align=right headers=header4 width=74>11.8</TD><TD headers=header5 width=73> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width=548 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#ffffff><TD width=180>Total number of valid votes:</TD><TD width=149> </TD><TD align=right width=62>46,195</TD><TD align=right width=74> </TD><TD width=73> </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#efefdf><TD width=180>Rejected ballots:</TD><TD width=149> </TD><TD align=right width=62>136</TD><TD align=right width=74> </TD><TD width=73> </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#ffffff><TD width=180>Total number of votes:</TD><TD width=149> </TD><TD align=right width=62>46,331</TD><TD align=right width=74> </TD><TD width=73> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#ffffff height=10><TD></TD></TR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN THIS WILL BE DECIDED.

recounts in the U.S are about a 6-8 week process...not sure about Canada

BetIt said:

recounts in the U.S are about a 6-8 week process...not sure about Canada

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GOD I HOPE NOT THAT IS PATHETIC.

TANG said:

GOD I HOPE NOT THAT IS PATHETIC.

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And thats without a paper trail in many districts.

looks like 3 months from election to be published

Wow. Dante, between this and the Burger King info I am very impressed with your resourcefulness lately.

I am waiting aswell TANG

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Total Liberal Seats incl. all recounts
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You At Least Are Waiting On A Potential Winner I Am Sitting With 103.

I Remember Waiting To Lose On Al Gore.

Well At Least I Got Some Revenge With That Clijsters Retirement Winner Yesterday.

RobFunk said:

Wow. Dante, between this and the Burger King info I am very impressed with your resourcefulness lately.

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why thank you sir....im impressed that people actually bet things like the burger king commercial or election party seats

Dante said:

why thank you sir....im impressed that people actually bet things like the burger king commercial or election party seats

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DANTE I HAD DINNER AT DANTE'S YESTERDAY

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=700 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD align=right width=510>Dante's Italian Restaurant
</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top rowSpan=2><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD><SCRIPT language=JavaScript><!--function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0 OpWin = window.open(theURL,winName,features); OpWin.focus();}//--></SCRIPT><TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width=154 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=148>Introduction</TD></TR><TR><TD width=148>Menu</TD></TR><TR><TD width=148>Delivery Information</TD></TR><TR><TD width=148>Reviews & Awards</TD></TR><TR><TD width=148>Online Coupon</TD></TR><TR><!-- <td width="148">Gift Certificates</td> --></TR><TR><!-- <td width="148">Contests</td> --></TR><TR><TD width=148 height=1>Email to a Friend</TD></TR><!-- <tr> <td width="148">Official Website</td> </tr>--></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=180 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD height=5> </TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width=150 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD height=5> </TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width=150 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD height=10></TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width=150 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=144>Cuisine Style
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</TD><TD rowSpan=2> </TD><TD vAlign=top height=25></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top>One of the GTA's top five picks for orders of Spaghetti and Meatballs.
Big Portion: great leftovers
DANTE'S
Meatballs: Flavourful meatballs just like nonna made.
Everything Else: Spaghetti is just right (tender, but not mushy, and not starchy). The takeout meal comes with a small warm baguette. The tomato sauce is rich, flavourful, and not at all acidic.
The Bottom Line: The portion is huge, the meatballs are terrific (but we wish they didn't come sliced-we want meatballs!).
Price: $13.15
Address & Phone: 267 Baythorn Drive (Thornhill) (905) 881-1070
<HR color=#000080 SIZE=1><HR color=#000080 SIZE=1> NEW! Eat Smart Award 2004 Winner.
Awarded to by the Health Department for healthy food choices on a menu, 100% smoke free dining and food safety.


Mains are equally huge - and a bargain when shared by two - but pizzas are where Dante’s well deserved reputation lies. An exquisite crust and long list of typical and not-so-typical toppings (several different cheeses, cured meats and roasted vegetables, among other regulars) tempt imaginations.” - 2002 Toronto Life Restaurant Guide
“No glitz, just good and abundant Italian Food. Small pizza serves two to three, but we think four is more like it. The crust is a perfect compromise between crispy and doughy, topped with tangy tomato sauce. Classics such as gnocchi, chicken, veal & pastas.” 2002 Toronto Life Restaurant Guide
To Go
Dante's does it right
The first indication that Dante's Italian Foods is a notch above the usual pizza-and-pasta take-out is the cars.
Not the snazzy cars of those dining inside Dante's, a casual restaurant that anchors a tiny Thornhill plaza off Yonge Street. It's the fleet of delivery cars pulled up in the front of the adjoining take-out counter that surprise. There are at least 20 of them in Dante's flotilla, late-model cars far nicer than the usual battered vehicles.
The second sign is the top-notch tomato sauce, a long-simmered homage to the natural sweetness of sun-ripened fruit. (Tomatoes are fruit, but Epicurious.com says they were labelled vegetables in the United States in 1893 for trade.)
Then there are the pizza toppings, as extensive as they are ordinary. (Sliced steak, anyone?)
Portions are enormous. Italian salad ($8.40) is iceberg lettuce covered with a deep layer of salami, cheese and other deli cold cuts; oil-and-vinegar dressing comes in a separate container. It could feed two as a main course.
Lasagna ($14.10) is supposed to feed two. Manifold layers of soft noodles and meat sit in a puddle of that excellent tomato sauce, crowned by a square of melted mozzarella. Skip the redundant bun.
We try the white pizza ($13.80 for eight slices), so called because there's no tomato sauce. It tastes of parmesan and muted garlic, like a big, round cheese bread. The thick crust combines the best of bread (softness) and cracker (crispness).
THE WAIT: About 25 minutes. Take a seat on the padded church pews. Or do as old hands do, and call in your order ahead.
HOW IT TRAVELS: After 20 minutes in the car, the food stays hot. Orders are wrapped in craft paper to retain heat; one container is marked with a smiley face courtesy of the Salad Girl.
VIDEO MATCH: Surfer dude Jeff Spicoli (played by Sean Penn) orders pizza delivered to history class in the 1982 high school comedy Fast Times At Ridgemount High. His teacher is outraged:
Mr. Hand: "Am I hallucinating here? Just what in the hell do you think you're doing?"
Jeff Spicoli: "Learning about Cuba, and having some food."


</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=700 align=center background=http://www.dineaid.com/images/navbar_bottom.gif border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width=698 height=26></TD><TD vAlign=bottom width=2 height=26> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Cuisine Style:
Pizza & Pasta


Entrée Price Range:
$4.99 - $16.99


Features:
Delivery
Dine In
Take Out


Ambiance:
Rustic Italian


Reservations:
Reservations are not required


Payment Options:
Cash
Visa
MC
American Express
Diners Club
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This place is great.

TANG said:

DANTE I HAD DINNER AT DANTE'S YESTERDAY

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you should have told me first I could have gotten you a discount

My reading of the relevant section "the returning officer shall make a request...within 4 days" and "the judge shall fix the date...to be conducted within four days after...the request" indicates that the recount cannot take place after January 31 (8 days after the election).

"Recount Procedure

Request by returning officer for recount
300. (1) If the difference between the number of votes cast for the candidate with the most votes and the number cast for any other candidate is less than 1/1000 of the votes cast, the returning officer shall make a request to a judge for a recount within four days after the results are validated.

Notice to candidates
(2) The returning officer shall notify each candidate or his or her official agent in writing of the request for a recount.

Recount automatic
(3) The judge shall fix the date for the recount to be conducted within four days after he or she receives the request.

Documents to be supplied
(4) The returning officer shall attend the recount and shall bring all relevant election materials including

(a) the ballot boxes;

(b) the statements of the vote used to validate the results; and

(c) all ballots cast and statements of the vote made in accordance with Part 11.

Application for recount
301. (1) An elector may, within four days after the date on which a returning officer issues a certificate under section 297, apply to a judge for a recount.

Grounds for recount
(2) The judge shall fix a date for a recount if it appears, on the affidavit of a credible witness, that

(a) a deputy returning officer has incorrectly counted or rejected any ballots, or has written an incorrect number on the statement of the vote for the votes cast for a candidate; or

(b) the returning officer has incorrectly added up the results set out in the statements of the vote.

Deposit
(3) The applicant shall deposit with the clerk or prothonotary of the court the sum of $250 as security for the costs of the candidate who obtained the largest number of votes.

Date for recount and summons
(4) The date fixed for the recount shall be within four days after the judge receives the application. The judge shall summon the returning officer to attend and to bring the relevant ballot boxes and statements of the vote together with the ballots that were counted, and the statements that were completed, under Part 11.

Notice to candidates
(5) The judge shall notify each candidate or his or her official agent in writing of the time and place fixed for the recount. The judge may decide that service of the notice will be substitutional, by mail or posting or in any other manner.

Returning officer required to attend
(6) A returning officer to whom a summons is directed under subsection (4) shall obey it and shall be present throughout the recount.

More than one application
302. If a judge receives more than one application for a recount for more than one electoral district, the recounts shall be conducted in the order in which the judge receives the applications.

Right of candidate to attend
303. (1) Each candidate and up to three of his or her representatives may attend at a recount. If a candidate is not present and is not represented at the recount, no more than three electors are entitled to attend on the candidate's behalf.

No other person may attend
(2) Except with the permission of the judge, no person other than those described in subsection (1) and the returning officer may be present at the recount.

Recount procedure
304. (1) The judge shall conduct the recount by adding the number of votes reported in the statements of the vote or by counting the valid ballots or all of the ballots returned by the deputy returning officers or the Chief Electoral Officer.

Documents that may be examined
(2) If a recount of all of the ballots returned is required, the judge may open the sealed envelopes that contain the used and counted, unused, rejected and spoiled ballots. The judge shall not open any envelopes that appear to contain other documents or refer to any other election documents.

Steps to be taken by judge
(3) At a recount, the judge shall

(a) count the ballots in the manner prescribed for a deputy returning officer or a special ballot officer;

(b) verify or correct, if necessary, each statement of the vote; and

(c) review the decision of the returning officer with respect to the number of votes cast for a candidate, in the case of a missing or destroyed ballot box or statement of the vote.

Powers of judge
(4) For the purpose of arriving at the facts with respect to a missing ballot box or statement of the vote, the judge has all the powers of a returning officer with regard to the attendance and examination of witnesses who, in case of non-attendance, are subject to the same consequences as in the case of refusal or neglect to attend on the summons of a returning officer.

Additional powers of judge
(5) For the purpose of conducting a recount, a judge has the power to summon any deputy returning officer or poll clerk as a witness and to require him or her to give evidence on oath and, for that purpose, has the same power that is vested in any court of record.

Clerical assistants
(6) Subject to the approval of the Chief Electoral Officer, a judge may retain the services of support staff to assist in the performance of his or her duties under this Part.

Proceedings to be continuous
305. The judge shall, as far as practicable, proceed continuously with a recount, except for necessary breaks and, unless the judge orders otherwise, between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.

Security of documents
306. (1) During a break described in section 305, the judge or any other person who has possession of ballots and other election documents shall keep them sealed in parcels, and the seal shall be signed by the judge and may be signed by any other person in attendance.

Supervision of sealing
(2) The judge shall personally supervise the parcelling and sealing of ballots and documents at a recount and take all necessary precautions for their security.

Judge may terminate recount
307. Except in a case referred to in section 300, a judge may at any time terminate a recount on request in writing by the person who applied for the recount.

Procedure at conclusion of recount
308. At the conclusion of a recount, the judge shall

(a) seal the ballots in a separate envelope for each polling station and without delay prepare a certificate in the prescribed form that sets out the number of votes cast for each candidate; and

(b) deliver the original of the certificate to the returning officer and a copy of it to each candidate.

Costs
309. (1) If a recount does not alter the result of the vote so as to affect the return, the judge shall

(a) order the costs of the candidate for whom the largest number of votes have been cast to be paid by the person who applied for the recount; and

(b) tax those costs, following as closely as possible the tariff of costs allowed with respect to proceedings in the court in which the judge ordinarily presides.

Disposal of deposit and right of action for balance
(2) The money deposited as security for costs shall, as far as is necessary, be paid out to the candidate in whose favour costs are awarded under subsection (1) and, if the deposit is insufficient to cover the costs, the party in whose favour the costs are awarded has their action for the balance.

Application for reimbursement of costs
310. (1) After a recount, a candidate may make an application to the Chief Electoral Officer for reimbursement of his or her costs in respect of the recount, setting out the amount and nature of the costs and whether they were actually and reasonably incurred.

Chief Electoral Officer determines costs
(2) On receipt of an application under subsection (1), the Chief Electoral Officer shall determine the costs, and shall make a request for reimbursement to the Receiver General, up to a maximum of $500 for each day or part of a day during which the judge conducted the recount.

Payment from Consolidated Revenue Fund
(3) The Receiver General, on receipt of a request for reimbursement from the Chief Electoral Officer, shall pay to the candidate the amount requested from the Consolidated Revenue Fund."

Forgot to add the weekend. Last day for judicial recount should be February 2.

Holy Shit Can They Make A Fuken Decision On This Already.

How Long Does It Take To Count Votes Again.

I Know I Have No Patients But Let It Just Be A Push Or A Loss Already.

i have 3 election bets still pending..

- ndp under 21.5 (easy loser, don't care)
- ndp under 30.5 (what recount is this waiting on?)
- conservatives under 128 seats (gonna take a miracle to lose this one)