Anti-corruption watchdog eyes off bungled NT election vote count

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Anti-corruption watchdog eyes off bungled NT election vote count
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The Independent Commissioner Against Corruption reveals vote counting errors in the seat of Mulka are among more than 20 reports of alleged improper conduct related to the NT election.

The Northern Territory's anti-corruption watchdog says it is responding to a vote counting error that saw some results in one of the Northern Territory election's most hotly contested seats initially switched.One of them relates to election night counting errors in MulkaThe issue is among 21 reports of alleged improper conduct made to the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption in relation to the election.

A count of a mobile booth wrongly gave 956 votes to independent candidate Yingiya Mark Guyula and 424 votes to his challenger, the ALP's Lynne Walker. The ICAC statement did not specifically outline the allegations nor if it was intending to launch an investigation.

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