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Timetable
View a pdf of the 2026 Mulka by-election timetable.
Thursday 20 August
- Issue of the writ
- Nominations open
Friday 21 August
- 5pm - Electoral roll closes
Tuesday 25 August
- Election return of gifts received (prior to early voting) due
Thursday 27 August
- 12pm - Nominations close
- TBC - Declaration of nominations and ballot draw
Friday 28 August
- 12pm - Election return of gifts received (prior to early voting) published
Monday 31 august
- Postal vote mail-out commences
- Early voting period commences
- Mobile voting period commences
Tuesday 8 September
- 5pm - Overseas postal voting despatch ceases
Wednesday 9 September
- Election return of gifts received (prior to election day) due
Thursday 10 September
- 5pm - All postal voting despatches cease
- 5pm - Election return of gifts received (prior to election day) published
Friday 11 September
- 6pm - Early voting ceases
Saturday 12 September
- 8am - Election day voting commences
- 6pm - Election day voting ceases
- 6pm - Mobile voting ceases
- 6pm - Primary counts commence
Monday 14 September
- 9am - Commence recheck of all counts
- 9am - Declaration vote verification
- 9am - Postal votes count commences
(Detailed count schedules to be published, dates and time indicative)
Friday 25 September
- 12pm - Deadline for receipt of postal votes
- 12pm - Final postal counts commence
- 12pm - Distribution of preferences
Monday 28 September
- 10am - Declaration of the election result
Wednesday 21 October
- Last day for the return of the writ.
Thursday 22 October
- Election return of gifts received (post-election return) due
Monday 9 November
- Last day for disputing the validity of the election
Wednesday 11 November
- Expenditure returns due