No, you can't take a picture of your ballot: Voting rules, explained — and how they get counted

It’s not exactly a papal conclave, but the doors are similarly locked, and the counting of votes at Canadian polling stations and their reporting to Elections Canada and onward to the public on election night is similarly steeped in tradition, protocol and a grand sense of purpose.

Many people don’t realize it happens the old fashioned way, each ballot counted by hand...