Ways to vote at 2014 House of Assembly Elections


The Tasmanian Electoral Commission provides a number of services to help you have your say at the 2014 State election.


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Polling Day

Vote in Person from 8am to 6pm Saturday 15 March 2014 at a polling place near you.

The TEC's electronic roll means you can vote at any polling place in Tasmania. Find your nearest polling place online or the ElectionsTas smartphone app, or check your newspaper.


Make your vote count

Watch this animation about voting in a Tasmanian House of Assembly election.


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Need assistance?

VI Vote

The TEC has a number of vision impaired voting systems (VI Vote) available at pre-poll centres and a number of polling places on polling day. Call 13 2326 to confirm the location of these systems.

Other

For other assistance, please call 13 2326 for options to help you have your say at the 2014 State election.



Pre-poll voting, postal voting and express voting

Apply for a postal vote now.
If you need a postal vote, your Postal Vote Application form must reach your Returning Officer before 6pm Thursday 13 March 2014 (or Tuesday 11 March 2014 if an overseas application).

Busy on Polling Day?

Vote early

Postal vote

Applications are available at any post office, electoral office or online.

Pre-poll centres

Hobart, Launceston, Devonport and Burnie centres are open weekdays from Monday 3 March 2014 until 6pm Friday 14 March 2014.

Click on the location below to see the address and opening times.

In addition, the following pre-poll centres will be open in Glenorchy, Kingston and Rosny from 9:30am to 5pm, weekdays from Tuesday 11 March 2014 until 6pm Friday 14 March 2014.

Click on the location below to see the address.

Call 13 2326 to find your nearest pre-poll centre.


Overseas?

2 ways to have your say

Overseas express vote

Apply online for an Express Vote to be delivered to you by email or fax or in our ElectionsTas smartphone app.

Overseas postal vote

Overseas postal applications have closed.


Interstate?

3 ways to have your say

Pre-poll centres

Call 13 2326 to find your nearest interstate pre-poll centre.

Postal vote

Applications are available at any Tasmanian post office, electoral office or online.

Remote express vote

A way to vote using email for electors who are in remote locations of Australia during the election.



Pre-poll voting allows electors to vote in person at electoral offices within Tasmania and across Australia at Australian Electoral Commission divisional offices. Pre-poll voting is available during regular electoral office hours soon after the announcement of candidates until the Friday before polling day.

To find your nearest divisional office, call 13 23 26 or enter your postcode at Contact the AEC to find contact numbers for your local office.

Postal voting is available to all Tasmanian electors who cannot get to a polling place on polling day. Voters must first apply for a postal vote. The ballot is then mailed to the voter, who completes it and returns it to the Returning Officer by post.

Overseas voters can apply for a postal vote online.

Like ordinary voting and pre-poll voting, postal voting maintains the secrecy of the vote.

Express voting is a new service which allows electors to receive a ballot paper image by email or fax. The voter must then complete the ballot, sign a declaration and return the ballot and declaration to the returning officer by post, email or fax.

Express voting is only available to voters in remote areas or overseas. While express voting is significantly faster than postal voting, the secrecy of the ballot cannot be guaranteed.



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