Queensland council election larger centre pre-poll hours including Mount Isa's have been extended as the Electoral Commission Qld encourages people to vote early due to COVID-19.
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Mount Isa pre-poll at the Civic Centre are now opening from 9am till 9pm Wednesday and Thursday, 9am-5pm Friday (unchanged) and will now open 9am-5pm Saturday.
It will also be open in unchanged hours of operation 9am-6pm next Monday to Friday ahead of the March 28 poll.
Smaller centre pre-polls also open Monday.
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The ECQ said record numbers of people have already voted in the first few days of pre-poll.
Queensland Electoral Commissioner, Pat Vidgen, said the number is nearly four times that of the first two days of voting in the 2016 local government elections.
"Queensland electors have embraced early voting in record numbers with 73,900 casting their vote at yesterday's pre-polling and over 95,000 voting today," he said. "The 2016 local government elections saw around 48,000 votes cast over the first two days, so the increase is more than an astonishing 121,000 voters. Although we were expecting a rise in early voting, this increase is much greater than predicted. "Clearly electors are hearing our message about taking advantage of early voting to mitigate exposure to COVID-19."
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Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
