imag0834.jpg Dunedin City Council chief executive Dr Sue Bidrose collects a last minute voter's paper outside the Civic Centre today. Photo by Timothy BrownThe final votes are in and Dunedin's representatives will be known by about 5pm. Council staff including chief executive Dr Sue Bidrose took to the streets to collect the papers of any voters who left their civic duties to the last minute. Dr Bidrose said 19.8kgs of special votes were cast this morning and had been sent to Christchurch as hand luggage of council civic and legal manager Kristy Rusher to be counted. Electionz.com showed by 11.25am this morning 38,442 voting papers had been returned in Dunedin, a turnout of 43.24%, just down on last election's 43.49%.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 08, 2016 01:18 UTC