Only 19.83% of Wellington voters have posted their voting papers to the Wellington City Council electoral office.
A total of 94 candidates are standing for the Wellington City Council, Tawa Community Board, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Capital & Coast District Health Board elections, with six candidates contesting the capital's mayoralty.
Over the weekend, 2009 votes came in, bringing the total to 26,877, meaning there are 108,679 Wellingtonians yet to vote.
The last time people can place their vote in the ballot box is midday, Saturday 9 October.
Electoral officials say there is still time to apply for papers and to find out about local candidates. They are advising people to go to the council website, or to elections2010.co.nz to check out profiles.
Meanwhile, a Southern Ward candidate for the council says mayoral candidate Bryan Pepperell is right to lodge a complaint with the Wellington Electoral Office after Mayor Kerry Prendergast organised a concert and afternoon tea for seniors in the Town Hall, just six days out from polls closing.
"Wellington voters aren't politically naïve and will see straight through Mayor Prendergast's blatant electioneering, considering the event was held in November for the last three years," Seann Paurini says.
If Prendergast seriously cared about seniors, she would do something about the many people in the city who are unable to access life outside their homes because of physical disability and fragility, Paurini said.
And former mayor Sir Michael Fowler is backing Jack Yan as the city's best choice for the mayoralty.
A Yan-led council would unify both the left and the right, Fowler said.
"He is the only one with a real vision for the 21st century."
Yan said he is delighted to have Sir Michael's support - the second notable endorsement for him in as many weeks. Last Wednesday, his opponent Bernard O'Shaughnessy endorsed him on the Back Benches television show on TVNZ7.
