Is anyone watching the NI coverage of the count. Notwithstanding the triple election, huge number of spoiled voted and the complexities of STV vote, it's still a comedy of errors:
- count starts officially at 7am, large number of staff fail to show in a number of centres, start time delayed
- verification of votes not completed till 7pm! Only one count through around that time in Newry and Armagh (evening newscasters scrimping for anything at all to talk about, people visibly wilting in count centres)
- oops left two boxes of AV votes lying someplace in Antrim, re-count there
- oops again, boxes arriving in Tyrone have somehow got wet in transit, ballots stuck together, staff asked to bring hairdryers (I kid you not)
- triple oops, table collapses in Omagh count scattering ballots all over, start again folks
- oh dear East L'derry counts not adding up, Electoral office require a re-count
I pity all involved, I'm exasperated watching it from the comfort of my sofa!