Fears quashed over stolen WA votes

FEARS that a ballot box was stolen with a car in the knife-edge West Australian electorate of Midland have proven baseless.

As counting continued in several contested WA seats on Tuesday, the state's electoral commission confirmed the car, belonging to a staff member, had been stolen from the Midland Sports Complex as counting got underway on Saturday night.

However, electoral commissioner Warwick Gately said there were no ballot papers in the car at the time.

Midland remains undecided, as does Collie-Preston, Eyre and Kimberley, with wafer-thin margins in each.

Belmont is still being tallied, but Liberal candidate Glenys Godfrey appears safe, leading by 299 votes.

The WAEC said the Kimberley seat was still a three-way race, with scrutiny of votes to continue on Tuesday afternoon.

The district's two-party preferred leaders are set to be revealed later Tuesday.

Labor's Josie Farrer leads the primary vote with 2,893, followed by Liberal Jenny Bloom with 2,645 and the Nationals' Michelle Pucci with 1,899.

The allocation of notional two-party preferred status has been delayed while votes arrived in Broome from remote and mobile polling centres.

All the votes will be examined by WAEC officials and party representatives to check for formality and to re-tally totals.

The WAEC said results in Collie-Preston, Eyre, Midland and Kimberley were still not expected until Saturday.

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