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And they're racing ... the Eurobodalla election count continues

Writer's picture: The BeagleThe Beagle

Welcome to Monday Dec 6th where the counting continues to see who will become the next Mayor and councillors for Eurobodalla Shire as at 9:28am the following counts have been for the Mayoral position:

Given that these only represent 28.2% of the total possible votes it is early days still. If you wanted to project the figures to a final winner you will need to look at where candidate preferences lie as there will be no clear winner across the line with more than 50% of all the votes. That is where preference deals click in.

Based on the numbers we have already you could play the game: Round 1. Who is the lowest? Gary Smith. Gary gave his 2nd Preference to Tubby Harrison - this will now give Tubby a new total of 1180 + 189 = 1369 Round 2. Who has the next lowest? Alison Worthington. Alison gave the 2nd preference to David Grace - this will now give David a new total of 1219 + 1067 = 2286 Round 3. Who has the next lowest? Karyn Starmerwith 1344 Karyn gave the 2nd preference to David Grace - this will now give David a new total of 2286 + 1344 = 3680 Round 4. Who has the next lowest? Rob Pollock Rob did not preference - his votes dissolve (note: If he did give preferences he gave them to Tubby Harrison - this would have the effect of giving Tubby 2746 votes) Tally so far - David Grace 3680 - Tubby Harrison 1369 (or 2746 depending on what Rob Pollock did) - Mat Hatcher 2120. Road 5. Who has the next lowest? 1st option - Tubby Harrison Tubby gave the 2nd preference to Mat Hatcher - this will now give Mat a new total of 2120 + 1369 = 3489 This would then see a two horse race between David Grace on 3680 and Mat Hatcher on 3489 (keep in mind that this is only a projection based on the current 28.2% of votes counted) BUT - what if Pollock did give his preferences to Tubby? Then Mat would be the next lowest and he would give his preferences to.... Tubby That would then see a two horse race between David Grace on 3680 and Tubby on 4858.


NOTE: Comments were TRIALED - in the end it failed as humans will be humans and it turned into a pile of merde; only contributed to by just a handful who did little to add to the conversation of the issue at hand. Anyone who would like to contribute an opinion are encouraged to send in a Letter to the Editor where it might be considered for publication

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