Winnipeg South Centre runs out of ballots, briefly

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A polling station in the riding of Winnipeg South Centre ran out of ballots briefly Monday afternoon.

Polling station No. 57, located at River Heights Community Centre on Grosvenor Avenue, ran out of ballots for about 40 minutes, Elections Canada confirmed. During that time, voters were asked to wait or to return later.

“The agency goes to great lengths to try to prevent this from happening,” Marie-France Kenny of Elections Canada told the Free Press about two hours before polls were set to close at 8:30 p.m. Monday. “This does happen, not very often, but it does.”

Thomas, who asked that his last name not be used, said he was turned away from the polling station at 3:55 p.m. after he was told it had run out of ballots. He was asked to return later to cast his vote.

“I walked in and (an Elections Canada worker) asked for my voting card. And she went, ‘Oh, no — No. 57,'” said Thomas, 25.

“I got home, I was like, that’s kind of insane,” said Thomas, who planned to go back and cast his ballot before the polls closed Monday night.