Where you can vote early in the Riverina

With the Australian federal election just 12 days away, Riverina voters can head to the pre-polls tomorrow (22 April) to vote early for who they would like to see lead the country for the next three years.

While the election date is set for Saturday 3 May, pre-polling begins on Tuesday and will run up to and including Friday 2 May.

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) allows you to vote early if on polling day you:

• are outside the electorate where you are enrolled to vote
• are more than 8 km from a polling place
• are travelling
• are unable to leave your workplace to vote
• are seriously ill, infirm or due to give birth shortly (or caring for someone who is)
• are a person with disability (or caring for someone who is)
• are a patient in hospital and can’t vote at the hospital
• have religious beliefs that prevent you from attending a polling place
• are in prison serving a sentence of less than three years or otherwise detained
• are a silent elector
• have a reasonable fear for your safety or wellbeing.

Where can you vote early in the Riverina?

Albury

• Wool Stores, 567 Smollett St, Albury
• Albury Masonic Centre, 336 Gulpha St, North Albury

Cootamundra

• Cootamundra Town Hall, 81 Wallendoon St, Cootamundra

Deniliquin

• Deniliquin Town Hall, 170 Cressy St, Deniliquin

Griffith

• Griffith Aboriginal Community Cnt, Wiradjuri Pl, Griffith

Junee

• Junee Recreation and Aquatic Centre, 151 Lorne St, Junee

Leeton

• Leeton Council Chambers, 23-25 Chelmsford Pl, Leeton

Narrandera

• Emergency Operations Centre, 17-21 Twynam St, Narrandera

Temora

• Temora Town Hall, 131 De Boos St, Temora

Tumut

• Tumut CWA Rooms, 148 Wynyard St, Tumut

Wagga Wagga

• 182A Baylis Street, Wagga Wagga
• 72 Fitzmaurice Street, Wagga Wagga
• Glenfield Park Scout Hall, 59 Dalman Pkwy, Glenfield Park
• Boughton Centre, Blamey Barracks, Kapooka Milpo
• RAAF Base Wagga Wagga, Cnr Newton Rd & Sturt Hwy, Forest Hill

Mobile Voting

AEC mobile voting teams assist those who cannot travel to a polling booth. They will visit residential aged care homes, public and private hospitals, mental health services, residential locations for people living with disability, homelessness services, correctional facilities, non-remote discrete Indigenous communities, and some Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations across Australia.

Albury

• Mercy Place Albury, 578 Poole St

Coolamon

• Allawah Lodge, 60 Mirrool St
• Coolamon Multi Purpose Service – Residential Aged Care, 1 Dr Buchanan Dr

Cootamundra

• Adina Care Cootamundra, 121 Mackay St
• Southern Cross Care Cootamundra, 14 Scott Ave

Deniliquin

• Navorina Nursing Home, 5 Macauley St
• Southern Cross Care Orana Residential Aged Care, 59 Napier St

Griffith

• Pioneers Lodge, 15-23 Sidlow Rd
• Uniting Griffith, 67-71 Erskine Rd

Junee

• Cooinda Court Aged Care Limited, 24-28 Commins St
• Junee Correctional Centre Area One, 197 Park Ln
• Junee Correctional Centre Area Two, 197 Park Ln
• Junee Correctional Centre Area Three, 197 Park Ln
• Junee Multi Purpose Service – Residential Aged Care

Leeton

• Assumption Villa, 84 Brobenah Rd
• Leeton Health Service – Carramar Aged Care Facility, 114-124 Wade Ave

Narrandera

• Teloca House, 120 Audley St

Temora

• Whiddon Temora – Greenstone, 37 Gloucester St

Tumut

• Catholic Healthcare Blakeney Lodge, 27-29 Carey St
• Uniting Tumut, 112 Lambie St

Wagga Wagga

• Edel Quinn Support Services – St Vincent de Paul, 6 Edel Quinn Ln
• Gumleigh Gardens Hostel, 29-35 Shaw St
• Mary Potter Nursing Home, 6 Lewisham Ave
• RSL Remembrance Village, 56A McKell Ave
• Wagga Wagga Base Hospital – Common Area, 260-280 Edward St
• Wagga Wagga Base Hospital – Multiple Wards, 260-280 Edward St
• Wagga Wagga Base Hospital – Mental Health Unit, 260-280 Edward St

Check the AEC website for the opening hours of each of the pre-polling locations and mobile voting locations.

All early voting centres will be closed on Anzac Day, Friday 25 April.