Description

We take an initial look at Edmonton's new city council, which looks eerily similar to the old one. Plus, we discuss delayed results, missing ballots, and monumental recounts. 

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Election results

• Unofficial results
• Andrew Knack: 'Edmonton chose independent leadership'
• Edmonton mayor-elect Knack's priorities include safety, affordability
• Edmonton votes 2025: School board trustees
• Edmonton region votes 2025: Six new mayors, dozens of new councillors

New councillors

• Jon Morgan
• Reed Clarke
• Michael Elliott
• Thu Parmar
• Cracks appear in Cartmell's Better Edmonton coalition

Incumbents

• Most Edmonton city councillors to serve another term, election results suggest
• Judicial review for Edmonton city councillor Jennifer Rice set for after next civic election

Counting process

• News Release: Summary of facts that show how the process was verified and sound
• Edmonton Elections blames labour shortage, technology issues in voting and counting delay
• Ward councillor race flips after Edmonton Elections recount
• From 6 to 600 ballots: What went wrong with the count in sipiwiyiniwak?
• Slow results and long lines in 2025 Edmonton election

Taproot Survey

• Taproot Survey
• Voter response statistics

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