Voting papers need to be returned to a Tararua District Council service centre by noon on Saturday. Photo / File
Voting returns for this year's local body elections are slower than in previous years, according to figures released on the Tararua District Council website.
Returning officer Sandy Lowe said as at yesterday the voter return was 32.87 per cent.
At the same point in the election of 2016 the figure
was 36.87 per cent and in 2013 was 36.41 per cent.
The final voter return figure for 2016 was 53.45 per cent, up on the 2013 final figure of 50.47 per cent.
"We are expecting a large influx of returns in this last week," said Lowe.
