Counting is set to resume this morning for local government elections being held across the state.

Voting closed in WA’s local government regions yesterday afternoon, with counting by the state’s electoral commission due to pick up again on Sunday morning.

Voters in the City of Perth will be expected to decide whether current acting lord mayor Bruce Reynolds - who took over after Basil Zempilas made his run at state politics - should carry on in his position.

Reynolds is the immediate past president of the Perth Liberal branch, but resigned from the role when he became deputy lord mayor.

Councillor Catherine Lezer is also running for lord mayor, leading a ticket that presents itself as independent.

In campaign material, Lezer calls herself Perth’s "biggest cheerleader", cites her fina

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