>>>>Well, not quite, but nine votes ended up having a huge impact on yesterday's provincial election:
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>>>>http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/how-nine-votes-could-mean-the-difference-in-b-c-election-1.3406592
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>>>>http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/absentee-voting-explained-1.4108548
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>>>>Our voting system is pencil marks on paper ballots. There will likely be one or more recounts after absentee ballots are counted.
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>>>That's a tiny electorate
>>>Here in Hamilton, NJ, we get more votes for a township election
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>>There are 4.6 million people in BC. I wouldn't call that "tiny".
>
>Sorry, I've been dense lately.
>What am I missing, Al?
>I thought I read that one candidate got 10K votes.

Ah, you're talking about that one riding (I think what you would call an electoral district?). Its population is around 55K, which could well be smaller than your NJ township.