Chaos at Eagleby polling booth

Chaos which brought about voters to wait around virtually an hour for ballot papers has pretty much induced Logan Town Council election turmoil.

On Sunday morning, it appeared the challenger for Division 12 (Beenleigh/Eagleby) Nate Hamon was about to lead to an upset.

He was primary sitting councillor Karen Murphy by 67 votes, and questioning how a lot of extra that may have been if the Electoral Commission of Queensland experienced not operate out of papers in his heartland Eagleby.

Mr Hamon reported some folks went house, some arrived back again and other individuals went to other polling stations.

On the other hand, he conceded late Sunday that it most likely wasn’t adequate to impression the total outcome.

Cr Murphy polled strongly in cell workplaces on Sunday and was most likely to poll well from postal votes afterwards in the 7 days.

She was primary the rely by far more than 200 votes and was strongly favoured to get the division and keep her placement on council.

“At the finish of the working day, it’s up to the folks,” Cr Murphy explained.

She claimed the end result would not alter a $23 million expenditure to up grade Beenleigh pool, and would not change the perform she’d done to enhance parks, “oodles of CCTV cameras” and other updates to the Beenleigh spot.

“There is even now heaps of operate to be completed,” she mentioned.

“Our space has been a little bit overlooked, so I’ve experimented with to cater to that. Plenty of funds is coming to the spot.”

Mr Hamon claimed he was late to the election and an upset consequence was now unlikely.

But he stated he’d been equipped to elevate crucial difficulties for the space – issues he’d go on to struggle for from outside the house the council chambers.

“I was generally the underdog,” he claimed.

“I will carry on to combat for challenges that impact our local community – there are holes in the roadways, unsealed roadways and hazard cones in all places.”

Mr Hamon mentioned he would call for an investigation into the tender method in council.

In another near contest, Paul Jackson was 4% ahead of Sovannary United kingdom on main votes in Division 5.

Preferences from Zoe McDonnell (21%) could play a purpose in determining the closing result.

In other divisions, all sitting down councillors would keep their positions.