Comments on: Photo finish: McEwen

By: William Bowe

William Bowe — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:32:08 +0000

I've put up a new post on this result, so I'm closing this thread.

By: kasa

kasa — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:01:12 +0000

what a finish!!

By: Rod

Rod — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:41:40 +0000

Some of us might say they were already clearly more than a bit befuddled if the Lib HTV card was the one they were relying on, GG!

Cheers

Rod

By: Greeensborough Growler

Greeensborough Growler — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:23:34 +0000

The issue about the 1 & 7 on the Liberal HTV is that is might have befuddled voters as they were about to vote.

By: joe blogs

joe blogs — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:20:50 +0000

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22892302-29277,00.html

7 votes in the news.

rod at 107:

It would but it means that ability of the scruitineers to argue for the inclusion/exclsusion of doubtful ballots comes into play. Perhaps more important making sure you watch every ballot counted to make sure no possible informals go into the opponents pile. So the candidate with the best scruitineers will prolly win when it comes down to a margin as small as this.

By: Rod

Rod — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:33:06 +0000

Oliver says: Are you sure they’re all counted? The AEC site seemed a bit inconclusive

Hi Oliver. The only real discrepancy on the website is a single vote that appears to be mislocated in either the “Postal” or “pre-Poll list. Not enough to change the vote and probably simply a “clerical error”.

DECLARATION VOTE SCRUTINY PROGRESS
Absent Provisional Pre-Poll Postal Total
Envelopes Issued 9528 1091 7276 9379 27274
Envelopes Received 9528 1091 7276 7790 25685
Rejected at Preliminary Scrutiny 877 949 292 373 0
Ballot Papers Counted 8651 142 6983 7418
remaining to count? (approx) 0 0 1 -1

(Sorry if that didn’t line up)

The discrepancy between Postals issued and postals received occurs simply because some people obtain them but don’t use them, and others arrive beyond the time limit.

Cheers

Rod

By: Rod

Rod — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:23:27 +0000

Watcher writes: The problem the returning officer has to decide whether its a 1 or a 7 on several disputed votes.

Wouldn’t a problem of that kind affect votes from both candidates, Watcher?

Cheers

Rod

By: Watcher

Watcher — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:09:20 +0000

The problem the returning officer has to decide whether its a 1 or a 7 on several disputed votes. As you know some people when they indicate a 1 they put a little inflection on the top. That’s why the vote has taken so long at McEwen. Returning officer and scrutineers have the same the problem in oth electorates. It is just that when it comes down to a few votes it becomes more critical.

By: Watcher

Watcher — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:07:43 +0000

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:47:03 +0000

The HTV would clearly be the party’s fault, it’s their own responsibility to ensure their voters know how to vote correctly for their candidate