The AEC says a worker collected a secure container holding 1,866 House of Representatives votes from a Sydney polling booth but failed to deliver it to a central counting centre.
It is a little concerning that the container wasn’t noticed immediately
I’m less concerned and more confused about this, personally. I’ve never been responsible for carrying materials back to the outpost, but in doing the packing up work it’s always been strongly impressed on me that whoever is bringing it back won’t be able to leave until the person at the outpost station has counted and ensured everything they expect to be there is there. How they could miss a whole box of ballots is absolutely beyond me.
I’m less concerned and more confused about this, personally. I’ve never been responsible for carrying materials back to the outpost, but in doing the packing up work it’s always been strongly impressed on me that whoever is bringing it back won’t be able to leave until the person at the outpost station has counted and ensured everything they expect to be there is there. How they could miss a whole box of ballots is absolutely beyond me.