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.
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