The successful candidate will join Alan Dennis, Paddy O’Brien, Suzanne Prentice, Sean Bellew, and Angela Newell at the ILT table. As of Wednesday morning, 7730 votes had been cast from the pool of 32,372 eligible voters, meaning a 23.88 per cent voter turnout to date. It is the second by-election held in Invercargill this year following February’s Invercargill City Council by-election. The council by-election attracted 14,700 votes which was a 36.58 per cent turnout. Those who still want to vote in the ILT by-election will need to drop voting papers off to the council’s office in Esk Street, or at the Invercargill Public Library.