# Tomorrow's NSW state election (26 March) - any predictions?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [March 25, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrows-nsw-state-election-26-march-any-predictions/575930 "2011-03-25T04:24:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrows-nsw-state-election-26-march-any-predictions/575930/21 "2011-05-05T11:32:03Z")

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Apologies for reviving a zombie thread, but some vampires just won’t die even after the stake and silver bullet have been used.

[Hanson to challenge NSW vote count](http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/hanson-to-challenge-nsw-vote-count-20110504-1e7y5.html)

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> She (Hanson) has now confirmed she will lodge a challenge in the NSW Supreme Court, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, on Thursday.
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> Ms Hanson in April claimed the preferences weren’t distributed fairly and raised concerns about the preference system used by the NSW Electoral Commission.
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> Nationals candidate Sarah Johnston, who took the 21st and last spot up for grabs in the NSW Legislative Council, was just 1306 votes ahead of the former federal MP.
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> Before preferences, Ms Hanson led the Nationals by 7540 votes and the Greens - which took the 20th spot - by 15,470.

The apparently uncounted votes (about 1,200) aren’t sufficient to get her across the line on first preferences, but there might be others found and the bizantine preference flows between minor and micro parties might alter the order of elimination and consequently the result.

I really hope not.

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrows-nsw-state-election-26-march-any-predictions/575930/22 "2011-06-27T00:08:24Z")

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_Gahhh, zombies, please just kill off the dammed zombies_

Hanson took her challenge to the Court of Disputed Returns. After a delay when they couldn’t produce their key witness, one Michael Rattner, the claim was dismissed when it was discovered that Rattner wasn’t a source, or have access to a source within the NSW Electoral Commission but a fraudster/prankster.

[Hanson challenge based on a confidence trick](http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/hanson-to-avoid-massive-legal-bill-for-nsw-election/story-fn59niix-1226076687496)

But just to make the sweet victory for the greater public good taste astringent, the court has determined Pauline should not be required to pay the costs of the challenge, something around $100k.

So this publically funded electoral hydra still lives on.

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