Saturday 26 November 2022 09:23 AM Victoria Election 2022 Dan Andrews, Matthew Guy: Voters forced to write their ... trends now
Some Victorians had to hand-write votes on blank ballot papers as a number of centres ran out on election day.
The Victorian Electoral Commission confirmed the ballot paper shortage on Twitter on Saturday night.
'We are aware of a limited number of voting centres running out of printed district ballot papers earlier today. This may have been because of people voting outside of their district,' the commission wrote.
'No voters were turned away or missed out on voting due to this.
'In the interim voters were provided with blank ballots, with candidates' names handwritten on the ballot. This is an acceptable approach in this situation.'
Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy voting with his family wife Renae, sons Alexander, Joseph and Sam in his Bulleen electorate at Serpell Primary School in Melbourne (pictured)
Some Victorians have had to handwrite their own voting slips after the VEC confirmed they ran out on Saturday at the polling booths (pictured)
Polls closed at 6pm on Saturday, after weeks of early voting in which nearly 2 million Victorians pre-polled.
Deputy Premier Jacinta Allan told the ABC there would likely be 'patchy results in different parts of the state.'
Shadow treasurer David Davis agreed but said he was hopeful there would be 'significant movement.'
Just before voting closed, outgoing senior member of the Andrews government and former police minister Lisa Neville predicted a Labor win but only just.
'What we'll see is some big swings, taking us back to where we were really in 2014 - a bit closer to that,' she told Sky News.
Outgoing Liberal MP Tim Smith predicted no uniform swing, describing the poll as a series of 87 by-elections.
After voting opened on Saturday, Premier Daniel Andrews urged Victorians to opt for a
