Legislative Council elections 2026

Telephone voting

Voters who are interstate or overseas, or who have a print disability, can use the telephone voting service. Available from Monday 27 April, this secure and confidential service can be completed in a single phone call, where you are marked off the roll and your vote is recorded on a ballot paper.

Who is eligible

If you will be interstate or overseas during the polling period, and you're unable to vote at a pre-poll centre, you are eligible to use the telephone voting service.

If you have a print disability, you are eligible to use the telephone voting service. The Tasmanian Electoral Commission defines a print disability as:

1. vision impairment or blindness,
2. a person unable to hold or manipulate written material or to focus or move their eyes,
3. physical dexterity problems such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, arthritis or paralysis,
4. a learning disability, such as dyslexia,
5. a brain injury or cognitive impairment,
6. literacy difficulties, or
7. early dementia.

How to vote

1. Consider your vote. Review the candidates and decide your preferences.
2. During the phone voting service hours (see below) call the TEC on 1800 801 701 or +61 3 6208 8700 and select the first menu option (1). Get ready to make a note of your unique phone voting code that will have six digits.
3. A team member will check if you're enrolled to vote and that you haven't already voted. If you are eligible, they will provide you with a unique phone voting code.
4. To maintain the secrecy of your vote, you will then be transferred to a separate phone voting team who will ask for your unique phone voting code, and then number your preferences on a ballot paper before placing it in a secure ballot box.

When is it available

• Commencing Monday 27 April, 10 am to 5:30 pm.
• From Tuesday 28 April to Thursday 30 April, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm.
• Friday 1 May, 8:30 am to 6 pm.
• On polling day, Saturday 2 May, 8 am to 6 pm.