Results on W'h'anganui poll due today

The results from Wanganui District Council's latest referendum, which included a question regarding adding an "h" added to Wanganui, will be released later today.

About 19,000 voting papers have been returned, representing more 61 per cent of papers sent out to the district's 31,200 eligible voters, Wanganui Mayor Michael Laws said.

The response tracked well ahead of the last three referendums, electoral officer Noeline Moosman said.

Mr Laws said the voter turn-out was incredible and showed true democracy at work.

"There were complicated choices to be made: from the preferred spelling of Wanganui to the level of rates increase for 2009/10."

Results of the referendum would be released at the council's special meeting at 3pm.

- NZPA