There are a number of things that will need to get unpacked from what was a very strange election day — OK, two days, maybe three — in Edmonton.

• The low voter turnout of barely 30 per cent, the second worst figure in the last 45 years.

• The huge numbers of undecided voters in the final days before Oct. 20 — according to polls anyway — indicating a lack of enthusiasm about any of the contenders.

• The fact that the next mayor, Andrew Knack, is one of the few in Edmonton’s history to win with less than 40 per cent of the vote (probably).

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• The long delays at some polling stations that may have turned people away from voting. And the even longer delays to post the counts.

For all these reasons, one might be inclined to put an

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