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Aaron Bunch

RARE PHOTOS: Cost cutting poor voter estimates behind poll problems | Vintage Vibes

A special inquiry has made 24 recommendations after a problem-plagued state election. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

Cost-cutting and an underestimation of the number of voters casting their ballots have been blamed for a problem-plagued state election.

Labor swept to victory in Western Australia in the March 8 poll, winning a third term in office with 46 of 59 seats to the Liberals' seven and Nationals' six.

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