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Early Voting -Voting before polling day from the AEC
Hundreds of early voting centres will be open progressively across the country from Tuesday 22 April 2025 and will run up to and including Friday 2 May.
Check the opening dates as not all early voting centres are open for the entire two-week early voting period.
All early voting centres will be closed on Easter Monday, 21 April, and Anzac Day, Friday 25 April.
Major political parties are stepping up campaigning ahead of pre-polling
Overseas voting centres are available during the early voting period, which is the two weeks leading up to polling day. Not all overseas voting centres will open for the full two-week period and the opening dates and times will vary.
A list of overseas voting centres for the election are available below. These centres may provide in-person voting and accept your completed postal vote. Check the opening days and times at the overseas voting centre near you as well as any entry requirements for the centre before you visit.
If you’re overseas and unable to vote in-person or by postal vote, you should complete and submit an overseas notification form.
It is not compulsory to vote if you are outside Australia. However, if you do not inform the AEC, we will write to you asking you to explain why you did not vote
The prime minister has vowed not to slip into complacency on the campaign trail, fearing a repeat of his party’s shock election loss six years earlier.
Anthony Albanese visited one of Labor’s most marginal seats on Monday as the latest Newspoll showed Labor’s primary vote was at its highest point in a year.
It was the latest in a series of surveys that have showed the government well ahead on a two-party preferred basis and within reach of being returned with a majority.
