Possible Supreme Court action over the pre-poll period for the South West Coast by-election has been flagged by one candidate for the Victorian state seat, as counting continues following Saturday's vote.

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However, strong preferences are expected to flow to Mr Reekie.

He said the Victorian Electoral Commission accepted his request to devise a new two-party preferred allocation on Monday morning.

"Once we have that completed, we'll know clearly where I am in relation to Roma Britnell," he said.

"If the result is less than 5,000 votes in favour of Britnell, I'll appeal the result to the Supreme Court on the basis that the pre-poll period was too long.

"I would take that action just to go through the process and to make a point about that length of pre-poll."

The pre-poll period went for four weeks and left election officials with 52 per cent of the vote to count after the poll.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-02/victorian-by-election-supreme-court-action...


What's too long for pre polling?