Voter lends extra weight to ballot box

ONE voter in South Antrim staked perhaps slightly too much on her vote, by leaving her wedding ring in the ballot box.

Speculation that it was one of the candidate’s wives was rife as pundits at Newtownabbey wondered who may have needed the extra weight.

It remains unclear whether David Ford was phoning his wife to check her jewellery count as he made a none-too subtle call.