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Angela Kokott: Big fail for Elections Calgary

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City of Calgary Solicitor and General Counsel apologizes for 2017 election issues
WATCH: Calgary City Solicitor and General Counsel Glenda Cole apologizes for wait times, technology glitches and reporting delays on election night – Oct 17, 2017

Heading into Monday’s election, there were already strong indications this was going to be an election day unlike any other Calgary has experienced.

Record-breaking advance polls. A gorgeous fall day. An extremely tight mayor’s race. How could Elections Calgary not be ready for this?

WATCH BELOW: Lineups form as Calgarians wait to cast their ballot in the 2017 election

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Lineups form as Calgarians wait to cast their ballot in the 2017 election
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How could polling stations run out of ballots? How could heavily populated communities have just one polling station?

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Invariably, we’ll hear the conspiracy theories that this was all a ploy to hijack the vote; that some challengers’ supporters were left out of the process.

WATCH BELOW: Reports say Calgary polling stations running out of ballots

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Reports say Calgary polling stations running out of ballots

As we dissect the results Elections Calgary has a lot of questions to answer and they’ve got four years to get it right.

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