A Canadian I talked to was saying that general election ballots in Canada are not only counted by hand, but within a couple of hours after the polls close. Impressive.
Do Canadian general elections only have one thing on the ballot? Or do you cram other things on it, like a provincial election, or provincial or local referenda, and other such stuff? I was assuming it is the former, as Americans probably have multiple contests on our ballots due to the fact that we are (in my opinion) lazy voters. ("You mean I have to vote again? I just did that s*** last year!")