Ontario municipalities to extend voting

TORONTO – Many voters in Ontario will continue to cast ballots today.

Dominion Voting Systems, Canada, said in a statement that 51 have been impacted by a glitch that stalled online voting for at least 90 minutes.

While many impacted communities have been kept under control by the Municipal Elections Act and extended voting for a full day.

Some of those municipalities include Pembroke, Waterloo, Prince Edward County, Greater Sudbury, and several communities in the Muskoka region.

The rest of Ontario's 417 municipal races went off without technical trouble, but there was no lack of drama.

While in Toronto, Ontario, he has been reduced to a new contest in Brampton, Ont., To form Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown defeat incumbent Linda Jeffrey.

Brown's win comes a year after he was ousted as a provincial party leader amid allegations of badual misconduct which he has consistently denied.

In Thunder Bay, Ont., Another close race saw Liberal Council Minister Bill Mauro voted in as mayor.

Mayor of Prussia, Ontario, Ontario Conservative Member of Parliament Kathryn McGarry in Cambridge, Ont., And former Conservative Member of Parliament Joe Preston in St. Thomas, Ont.

Dominion Assigned Monday's election-night delays to "slow traffic" it blamed on an unnamed Toronto "internet co-location provider" for placing a limit on incoming voting traffic. Dominion said the issue was eventually resolved, but many voters still complained of problems.

"Dominion regrets the challenges that our system-load issue poses for both election officials and voters alike," the company said in its statement. "It is important to note that at no time was the integrity of the system at risk of compromised, or in any way insecure."

One other Ontario municipality is also expected to provide results, but this delay is anticipated well in advance.

The City of London, Ont., The first to hold an election after the ballots, previously announced results.

The first-past-the-post system will be used by the first, second, and third choices. If no candidate receives an absolute majority on the first ballot, the last-place is seconded and their supporters' second-choice votes are counted. That continues to be more than 50 per cent.