Election count "only a third of the way through"

Thursday 08 October 2020

After eight hours of counting, the election team still has around 16,000 votes to count before the result of the island-wide election is known.

The count was originally expected to be completed this evening, but that is now extremely unlikely.

The count started at 09:00 this morning. 

"It’s still all hands on deck at Beau Sejour as the count continues," said a spokesperson.

"Around a third of the ballot papers have now been through the scanner. Currently it looks like the declaration won’t be before midnight."

Current indications are that the counters around a third of the way through 24,000 ballot sheets. 

Follow Express for updates through the evening and tomorrow.