Federal election 2019: Wicks and Charlton vie for voters
The result will be close and so were the two main contenders for the very marginal seat of Robertson today as they handed out how to vote cards just metres from each other.
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The result will be close and so were the two main contenders for the very marginal seat of Robertson today as they handed out how to vote cards.
Sitting Liberal MP Lucy Wicks and her main rival Labor’s Anne Charlton stood just metres from one another pouncing on hapless voters as they entered the Erina High School polling station today.
It was a sort of metaphor for the battle for Robertson which is expected to be close again in 2019.
Speaking after casting her vote, Lucy Wicks said that although the campaign had been long and busy she was “feeling energised” because she was doing what she loved for “the best region in the best country in the world”.
“People matter to me,” Ms Wicks said.
“It’s going to be close,” she said.
“It always feels a bit surreal to go in there and vote for myself, but I’m voting for the future of Australia.”
Her rival for the seat Anne Charlton said she was “not confident” about taking the seat despite predictions that the Labor party would win the election.
“In this seat we can’t take anything for granted,” Ms Charlton said.
“People in Robertson know their votes count,” she said.
It was no surprise that the pair decided to slug it out in the final battle for votes outside Erina High School which is the biggest booth in Robertson in terms of voter numbers.
Officer in charge of the seat Geoff Johnson said at least 2200 people wer expected to vote there in this election.
He said the popularity of the erina polling station was due to it being on a main road, being close to the shopping hub at Erina Fair and being central.
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