Pembroke
By-election
2022

Pre-poll voting

Voting in person at the pre-poll centre.

For electors who are:

How

1. You attend the pre-poll centre
2. You declare you are unable to attend a polling place on polling day
3. You record your vote and place it in the ballot box.

When

From Monday 15 August to Friday 9 September 2022, between 8:30am and 6pm.

Where

Interstate electors can find interstate pre-poll locations below.

Overseas voting

Voting by post or phone.

For electors who are:

Options

  Overseas electors can apply to vote by post.

  If you are unable to vote by post, you can vote by telephone in the last week of early voting, or on polling day.

How

1. Consider your vote. Review the candidates candidates and decide your preferences.
2. During the phone voting service hours (see below) call the TEC on +61 3 6208 8700 and select the ‘overseas’ option. Have a pen and paper handy.
3. The phone voting registration team member will check if you’re enrolled to vote in the Pembroke by-election and that you haven’t already voted. If you are eligible, they will ask you to write down your unique phone voting code.
4. To help 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 record your preferences on a ballot paper before placing it in a secure ballot box.

When

Early voting - between 8:30am and 6pm, Hobart time, from Monday 5 September to Friday 9 September 2022.

Polling Day - between 8am and 6pm, Hobart time, Saturday 10 September 2022.

Postal voting

Voting by post.

For electors who are:

How

1. You apply for a postal vote
2. We check your enrolment and send you a ballot pack
3. You record your vote and post it back.

When

Apply as soon as possible. Remember, postal services can be slow.

Applications close 4pm Friday 2 September 2022.

Receiving your voting pack

The Australia Post service standard for delivery of priority mail is 2 business days in Tasmania and 2-4 business days for interstate.

If you haven’t received your pack by Thursday 8 September, you may want to consider voting at the pre-poll centre or at a polling place on polling day. Those with difficulty accessing a polling place, can attend a polling place in a vehicle (with or without a postal voting pack) and we can assist you with car-side voting.

Returning your vote

You must record your vote before 6pm on polling day, Saturday 10 September.

We can receive returned postal votes until 10am Tuesday 20 September.