Questions will not be about who voted in the 2013 local body elections, but about who didn't vote - and why.
Indications are that Hamilton's election turn-out will one of the lowest on record; and the country's fourth largest city is not alone in voter reluctance. Figures from all over the country are showing a disinclination to register an opinion on local politics before close off at noon tomorrow.
After less-than-encouraging results in 2010's election, when Hamilton figured as one of the worst performing centres with a 38 per cent voter turn-out, this year's results are looking worse. Early figures show votes tracking well below 2010. By midweek less than 25 per cent of those eligible had bothered to vote. The chat is that a sweep run by incumbent Hamilton councillors saw most money on a total vote of 35 per cent or under.
What are the reasons? Postal voting is simple - and the option of casting a vote in the traditional way is still available.
It is not as if there is a lack of interest in the Hamilton election which also features the fluoride and STV referendum, at least judging by letters to the editor, attacks on signs, police investigating electoral breaches, social media bitchiness and a two-horse mayoral race.