Due to a large volume of special votes received across the country, final election results for all councils will be delayed from today at 3pm as planned, to as late as Saturday. Once councils receive verification of the special votes from the Electoral Commission, final results will be released. Special voting was available for people who forgot to enrol, were away during the voting period, had lost or damaged voting papers or whose documents didn’t turn up in the post.
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