Legal Beagle by Graeme Edgeler

And the one time I remember to turn comment on, I have to turn them off :-)

in all likelihood not one result will hinge on one vote

Although specials will no doubt decide it, Christchurch still it goes to prove even one vote could make a difference.

Although specials will no doubt decide it, Christchurch still it goes to prove even one vote could make a difference.

The preliminary count isn't accurate anyway :-)

My dad was an issuing officer/vote counter in Taupo this election. They counted the results at the end, and it one of the four races (two votes in the local general and Maori electorate) they were out by one (i.e. after the votes were split into piles, and the piles counted, this didn't tally with the overall number of votes cast). But it was close enough for the preliminary count (there's an allowable tolerance), so they just sent them in like that.