2024 Epping, Hornsby and Pittwater State by-elections bulletin No.5
Bulletin No.5
Issued 18 October 2024
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Election day voting
Voting centres will be open from 8am to 6pm on election day, Saturday, 19 October 2024. Electors can find information about the voting centres on our website.
Scrutineers, candidate workers and volunteers
Scrutineers
Scrutineers must be appointed in writing by completing the SE.213 Appointment of a scrutineer form available on our website. Scrutineers must complete the declaration on that form each time they attend a scrutineering location.
Important information for political participants about scrutineering can be found in the Candidate handbook.
Candidate workers and volunteers
Candidate (including party) workers and volunteers are allowed to:
- distribute electoral material more than six metres from the entrance of the voting centre, subject to any directions relating to safety or order issued by election officials
- use the toilet facilities of the voting centre
- enter a voting centre when voting is occurring to discuss safety or order issues with the voting centre manager, or to collect or store electoral material (if space permits) when voting is not occurring.
More information about candidate workers or volunteers is available in the Candidate handbook.
Counting and results information
The results website for the State by-elections for the districts of Epping, Hornsby and Pittwater will be live from 6pm on election day.
The count location and timeline on election night can be found on our website.
Reporting non-compliant electoral material
Concerns about electoral material displayed or distributed at voting centres on election day may be raised directly with the voting centre manager.
If you have concerns that election material is unlawful during the regulated election period, report it to us by email via candidates@elections.nsw.gov.au. Reports should not be made by telephone.
Disinformation register
Our Disinformation register tracks and rebuts prominent false and misleading statements about electoral processes in New South Wales. It also notes any action taken by the NSW Electoral Commission.