THE Australian Electoral Commission believes this federal election will have the most complete electoral roll for any Australian federal election since federation, with around 18 million people enrolled; approximately 98% of the eligible population.
The federal election process is a huge undertaking with more than 500 early voting centres currently operating across the country and over 7000 polling places operating on election day. On Saturday 3 May, over 100,000 temporary staff will work at the election.
There will be 20,000 lanyards, and 240,000 vests and staff will use 25,000 copies of the electoral roll to check off the names of voters. There will be 80,000 ballot boxes and 90,000 ballot transport containers. There will be 5000 rolls of tamper proof tape, and 1.4 million security seals. Voters will mark their ballots with 250,000 pencils (held in place by 250,000 pieces of string to thwart those that want to take home more than just a democracy sausage).
Voting is compulsory, with four options for pre-polling in the electorate of Flinders, as well as 40 election day polling stations spread across the peninsula.
Where to vote pre-poll
There are four pre-polling centres where you can vote before election day.
- Advance Community College (Hastings Hub), 1973 Frankston-Flinders Rd, Hastings
- Mount Eliza Community Hall, 90-100 Canadian Bay Rd, Mt Eliza
- Salvation Army Mornington Mission Centre, 750 Nepean Hwy, Mt Martha
- Rosebud Sea Scouts Hall, Rosebud Foreshore – Point Nepean Rd, Rosebud
Where to vote on election day
- Balnarring Primary School, 16 Civic Ct, Balnarring
- Baxter Primary School, 120 Grant Rd, Baxter
- Bittern Primary School, 10 Portsmouth Rd, Bittern
- Blairgowrie Community Hall, 8 William Rd, Blairgowrie
- Boneo Community Hall, 572 Boneo Rd, Boneo
- Crib Point Primary School, 70 Milne St, Crib Point
- Dromana Primary School, 50 McCulloch St, Dromana
- Dromana Community Hall, 2A Verdon St, Dromana
- Dromana Senior Citizens Club, 43 Pier St, Dromana
- Flinders Civic Hall, 54-56 Cook St, Flinders
- Wallaroo Primary School Hastings, Stalwart Ave, Hastings
- Western Port Secondary College, 215 High St, Hastings
- Moorooduc Primary School, 279 Mornington-Tyabb Rd, Moorooduc
- Saint Mark’s Uniting Church, 50 Barkly St, Mornington
- Mornington Primary School, 25 Vale St, Mornington
- Benton Junior College, 261 Racecourse Rd, Mornington
- Mornington Park Primary School, 40-58 Robertson Dr, Mornington
- 1st Mornington Scout Hall (Venice Reserve), Mitchell St, Mornington
- Mount Eliza Secondary College, 204 Canadian Bay Rd, Mt Eliza
- Mount Eliza Fifty Five Plus Club, 90B Canadian Bay Rd, Mt Eliza
- Mount Eliza Primary School, 1 Wooralla Dr, Mt Eliza
- Kunyung Primary School, 50 Kunyung Rd, Mt Eliza
- Mt Martha Primary School, 37-55 Glenisla Dr, Mt Martha
- Salvation Army Mornington Mission Centre, 750 Nepean Hwy, Mt Martha
- Osborne Primary School, 120 Craigie Rd, Mt Martha
- Watson’s Pavilion, 33A Blair Rd, Portsea
- Red Hill Consolidated School, 341 Arthurs Seat Rd, Red Hill
- All Saints Anglican Church, 1153-1157 Point Nepean Rd, Rosebud
- Bayview Church, 1 Inglewood Cres, Rosebud
- Rosebud Secondary College, 245 Eastbourne Rd, Rosebud
- Rye Civic Hall (Citizens Hall), 12 Napier St, Rye
- Shoreham Community Hall, 67 Byrnes Rd, Shoreham
- Somers Primary School, 87 Camp Hill Rd, Somers
- Somerville Mechanics Hall, 66 Station St, Somerville
- Somerville Primary School, 37 Eramosa Rd E, Somerville
- Somerville Rise Primary School, 34 Worwong Ave, Somerville
- Sorrento Community Centre, 860 Melbourne Rd, Sorrento
- St Andrews Beach Recreational Hall, 99 Bass Meadows Blvd, St Andrews Beach
- Tootgarook Primary School, 7 Carmichael St, Tootgarook
- Tyabb Community Hall, 1535 Frankston-Flinders Rd, Tyabb
First published in the Mornington News – 29 April 2025
