The counting of the special votes is a significant reason for the delay between the election night preliminary result and the final result to be announced on November 3rd, however, it isn’t the only reason.

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Stephen Berry is a former Act candidate and Auckland Mayoral candidate. The libertarian political commentator retired as a politician in July 2020 and now hosts the Mr Berry Mr Berry Show on Youtube.