@davidc4430 wrote:
btw, why are they not counting/recounting today and tommorow? like i thought the people who do the counting are waiting for an election to do 'they're thing' but the they take 2 days off straight after the poll day?? isnt that like a life saver swimming to a drowning man then having lunch before rescuing him?
Most of the scrutineers and workers are volunteers who work from the time the polling booths open on Saturday morning till the time counting is finished at night....often as late as midnight. It is a bit much to expect them to front up again on Sunday. Depending on the size of the polling booth there might only be one worker from the AEC who is paid.
If there is any doubt about the Saturday night count you usually find that the paid election officials will do a recount on Sunday...this is decided before the close of counting on Saturday so the candidates can arrange for their own scrutineers to be present.
There is not much point in counting on Monday as they have to allow a certain amount of time for postal votes to be received....it used to be Thursday but it might have changed by now. Postal votes don't have to be posted till polling day so time has to be allowed for the votes to arrive from the most out of the way places.
