Timetable

The election timetable is below and is also available as a PDF file.

Date	Time
Thursday 7 March		Nominations open
Wednesday 13 March	5:00 pm	Electoral roll closes
Friday 15 March	12:00 noon	Nominations close
	1:00 pm	Declaration of nominations, draw for position on ballot papers
		Postal vote mail-out commences
Monday 18 March	8:00 am	Early voting commences
Sunday 24 March	6:00 pm	Overseas postal voting despatches cease
Monday 25 March	9:00 am	Mobile voting commences
Tuesday 26 March	6:00 pm	All postal voting despatches cease
Wednesday 27 March	5:00 pm	Early voting ceases
Thursday 28 March		Election day
	8:00 am	Election day voting commences
	4:30 pm	Election day voting ceases
		Mobile voting ceases
		Primary counts of ordinary, postal and early votes commence
		Primary counts of postal, mobile and early votes commence
Friday 29 March	9:00 am	Declaration vote verification checks, commence recheck of all counts
		Primary counts of accepted declaration votes, further postal counts
Wednesday 3 April	12:00 noon	Deadline for receipt of postal votes
		Final counts of postal votes commence
		Distribution of preferences
	1:00 pm	Declaration of the election result

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