Pre Election Voting Qld 2020
With 47 seats needed to form a majority government labor won 52 seats while the liberal national party won 34 seats and formed opposition.
Pre election voting qld 2020. Everything you need to know as voting opens with premier annastacia palaszczuk aiming for a third straight term queenslanders go to the polls on saturday for the 2020 state election with premier annastacia palaszczuk seeking a third straight term. What date do early polling booths open. Queensland votes 2020 queensland election result delay as few as 30 percent of queensland voters are expected to cast their vote on the official election day of october 31 which the electoral commission of queensland is warning could result in a significant delay before results are declared.
With the queensland state election coming up on saturday 31 october 2020 it s important to know what your early voting options are this month. Check the ecq website for updated information or phone 1300 881 665. Electors can pay a visit to one of the state s 200 early voting centres with booths open during the following hours.
In this post i will keep track of the queensland election postal and pre poll vote totals. Clive palmer party probe. Another option available to voters hoping to avoid the crowds on october 31 is casting their vote early at a pre polling booth.
There will be approximately 200 early voting centres at locations across queensland and locations are currently being finalised. On the 22 february 2020 the electoral commission of queensland ecq published notice of the 2020 local government elections to be held on saturday 28 march 2020. 2020 local government elections early voting centres as at 24 march 2020 early voting centre locations may be subject to change.
Early voting opened on monday october 19 and will run until this friday october 30. The ecq is expanding the number and hours of operation of early voting centres across queensland for the 2020 state general election. When an lnp wag declared there goes the next premier of queensland as david crisafulli secured pre selection for the 2017 election they weren t the first to flag him as a future leader.
Find your closest pre polling booths here along with our early voting explainer and election guide. As per section 34 of the local government electoral act 2011 the following nominees are taken to have been elected as the number of nominees equals the number of persons required to be elected. Pre poll final update including friday 30 october another 168 070 pre poll votes were taken on friday the final day of pre polling and the most taken on any day.