Time to wait

Many candidates in last weekends local government elections are awaiting the final distribution of preferences which will take place on Friday evening at 6pm at the NT Electoral Commission offices in Darwin.

Postal votes have until Friday at 6pm to come in. They are then added to the primary votes of each candidate before the preferences are distributed. All results should be known that evening.

Whilst I polled well at 37.5% in a field of four candidates in my ward, none of the others preferenced me - giving me a four on each of their how to vote cards. I am hoping that there is sufficient 'leakage' ie. people who did not follow the how to vote cards, to push me over the line.

A nervous time for many of us.