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Timetable
The Fannie Bay by-election is on Saturday, 20 August 2022.
Election timetable (PDF 138KB)
| Date | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 28 July 2022 | Nominations open | |
| Friday, 29 July | 5:00 pm | Electoral roll closes |
| Tuesday, 2 August | Election return of gifts received (return prior to early voting) due | |
Thursday, 4 August | 12:00 noon | Nominations close |
| 1:00 pm | Declaration of nominations and draw for position on ballot paper | |
| Monday, 8 August | Postal vote mail-out commences Early voting commences Mobile voting commences | |
| Tuesday, 16 August | 5:00 pm | Overseas postal voting despatch ceases |
| Wednesday, 17 August | Election return of gifts received (return prior to election day) due | |
| Thursday, 18 August | 5:00 pm | All postal voting despatches cease |
| Friday, 19 August | Election return of gifts received (return prior to election day) published | |
| 6:00 pm | Early voting ceases | |
| Saturday, 20 August | ELECTION DAY | |
| 8:00 am | Voting commences | |
| 6:00 pm | Voting ceases (including mobile voting) | |
| Primary counts of ordinary, early, mobile and postal votes commence | ||
| Monday, 22 August | 9:00 am | Declaration vote verification checks Commence recheck of all counts Primary counts of accepted declaration votes and further postal counts |
| Friday, 2 September | 12:00 noon | Deadline for receipt of postal votes Final count of postal votes Distribution of preferences |
| Monday, 5 September | 10:00 am | Declaration of election result |
| Monday, 26 September | Return of the writ | |
| Thursday, 29 September | Election return of gifts received (post-election return) due (to be published as soon as practicable) | |
| Monday, 17 October | Last day for disputing the validity of the election | |
| Wednesday, 19 October | Expenditure returns due (to be published as soon as practicable) |