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October 30 2008

Elections BC Down For Count

Elections B.C.'s website seems unable to handle a by-election in two ridings:

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Imagine how badly they can screw up the provincial general election next May.

The geek in me comes out at times like this. The open source (RedHat Linux, Apache, PHP) server behind www.elections.bc.ca is housed in Regina, not in B.C., and is serviced by SaskTel.

Update

NDP candidates in both Vancouver-Burrard and Vancouver-Fairview, Spencer Herbert and Jenn McGuinn respectively, appear to have carried the day.