Australian Capital Territory’s Election Set to Come Down to the Wire

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack (C) speaks to media as Assistant Minister for Finance Zed Seselja (L) and ACT leader of the opposition Alistair Coe look on during a federal road infrastructure announcement on October 05, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. Sam Mooy/Getty Images

A few thousand votes will determine whether Labor achieves a sixth successive election victory in the ACT or the Canberra Liberals end 19 years in the wilderness.

More than 70 percent of Canberrans were expected to have cast an early vote or applied for a postal ballot before Saturday’s poll.