WA Electoral Commission under fire for long wait times, running out of ballots at booths during state election

The Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) is under fire after it ran out of ballot papers at some polling booths during yesterday's state election.

As voters once again handed Labor a resounding victory – its third-straight WA election with more than 40 seats – reports emerged of extensive wait times of up to 90 minutes at some polling booths due to a lack of staff.

Newly elected Premier Roger Cook said this morning that some polling booths ran out of ballot papers.

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Speaking at a press conference this morning, he said the WAEC's administration of the election wasn't up to scratch.

"I just want to say that it was unacceptable yesterday, the waiting times for people who were having to wait to vote," Cook said.

"It was unacceptable the WAEC ran out of ballot papers in some booths – obviously they can get some from others.

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"We were disappointed with the WAEC's running of the election yesterday and I'm sure a lot of people shared our frustration with having to wait for so long."

While Cook played a straight bat to questions about whether WA Electoral Commissioner Robert Kennedy should immediately resign, saying "no, let's wait until the election is done and dusted", he did flag a there would be a review into how the election was run.

"Every election provides an opportunity to review the way it ran and what you can learn from that," he said.

Cook said he was yet to be formally briefed on the election operation, but that he expects to be in the coming days.

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