Compared to the ongoing U.S. presidential election this week, British Columbias recent provincial election was a sleepy affair. There wasnt a single broadcaster in khakis frantically pointing at individual electoral districts on some sort of giant hi-tech touch screen for 36-hours straight.

But there is one thing both races have in common: record numbers of mail-in ballots.

As the world fixates on Pennsylvania, Georgia and Nevada south of the border, a huge chunk of B.C.s provincial vote will also roll in this weekend. According to B.C. election law, ballots cannot be counted until 13 days after election day, which was Oct. 24.

We are going to start reporting results on [Nov. 6] on our website, but it may take some time, given the extra steps necessary to process these types of ballots, Elections BC spokesperson Andrew Watson said in a statement. We are hopeful that we can complete the count within three days.