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Early voting underway for council elections

Early voting for the Local Government Elections 2020 is underway.

Early voting opened on Monday, 16 March and will continue until Friday, 27 March.

Early voting centres in Ipswich are at:

  • Town Square Redbank Plains Shopping Centre, Shop 38a, 357-403 Redbank Plains Road, Redbank Plains.
  • Springfield Tennis Centre, Unit 1, 44 Sportstar Drive, Springfield Central.
  • 1/14 Coal Street, Bundamba.
  • WG Hayden Humanities Centre, 56 South Street, Ipswich.
  • Yamanto Shopping Village, Shop 29, 512-514 Warwick Road, Yamanto.

Early votes for Ipswich can also be cast at Brisbane City Hall on Adelaide Street, Brisbane in the Sherwood Room (entry via Ann Street doors).

Early voting centres are open 16 to 20 March from 9am to 5pm, and from 16 to 27 March from 9am to 6pm.

The Electoral Commission of Queensland will be implementing a range of new measures for people attending early voting centres and polling booths to vote in-person.

This includes sourcing additional supplies of hand sanitiser for use by voters at polling booths. Due to high levels of demand, these supplies are expected to be available at early voting centres by mid-week.

Voters are also encouraged to bring their own pen or pencil with them to vote as an additional hygiene precaution.

Other measures include:

  • Additional cleaning of polling booth areas will be undertaken to ensure that all surfaces are regularly disinfected.
  • Extra staff will be employed at polling booths to assist with queue control and monitoring numbers of people in attendance.
  • Vote issuing tables and screens will be positioned to maximise distance between all people in attendance.
  • New measures will be implemented to take votes of residents of aged care facilities which were to be ‘declared institutions’.

Postal ballot applications are open until 7pm, Monday, 16 March. For more information about registering for a postal ballot, visit ecq.qld.gov.au

Polling day for the 2020 Local Government Elections is on Saturday, 28 March.

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