Webinar Q&As

Yes, people under 18 years of age can assist handing out electoral material and how-to-vote material. 

If you are employing people under 18 years of age, you may wish to contact organisations such as SafeWork NSW and the Fair Work Ombudsman in relation to work restrictions that may apply relating to age.

Posters are not permitted in places that people vote, or within six metres of the entrance to those places.

Further than six metres from the entrance, posters may be displayed on the outer wall, fence, etc. of the grounds in which a building used for voting is situated, or within the grounds of the building.

Posters are not permitted within any premises occupied or used by, or under the control or management of:

• a NSW Government agency, or
• any council, or
• on or within any other premises unless the owner has given permission in writing.

Any poster in these places or on private property without permission can be removed without notice to you. Note: this includes electricity and other utility poles, as placing posters on them without written permission is against the law.

The NSW Department of Education has asked that people do not enter schools before 4:30pm on the Friday before election day to place posters. 

The Election Officials in charge at a polling place will determine the entry and exits of the venue prior to the commencement of voting. 

Entrances and exits to a polling place centre are decided with consideration to managing the entrance and exit of people the venue.

This can be discussed with the Polling Place Manager and Election Officials at the briefing prior to the commencement of voting.

The address listed in the authorisation should be the address of the premises at which the material was printed, so in this case the address of the sub-contracted printer. The name of the printer can be the name of the printer you engaged. 

The venues and projections are published on the NSW Electoral Commission website under the Electoral material section (see ‘Venue projections’).

No, local government election legislation does not allow for ‘absent’ voting by all electors. 

Where polling places are near the border of multiple local government areas, electors may be able to vote in another area or ward. This will also occur for inner-Sydney local government areas.

The Find my electorate tool on our website will provide a list of pre-poll and polling locations for each area of ward.

Every candidate is entitled to appoint a scrutineer at each voting and counting location.

There will be counting at each election day polling place after 6pm. The location and schedule of counting at Returning Officer’s offices and centralised counting locations (i.e. pre-poll votes, postal and other declaration votes) will be published on our website closer to election day.

Further information will be provided in the upcoming Counting and Results webinar at 11am, 10 September. Register to attend.

Candidates cannot scrutineer their own election. Candidates can scrutineer a different election, i.e. if appointed as a scrutineer by a candidate in a different election.

Pre-poll voting commences on Saturday, 7 September until Friday, 13 September 2024 (not including Sunday).

Note: times may vary by location. Please refer to our website for specific times.

This is dependent upon the number of votes cast at the venue. The venue projections available on our website will provide an estimate of voters based on historical attendance.

For organising scrutineers, assume that they will be required to be at the venue from 6pm until counting ceases at 10pm. 

No, the election night count is only a first preference count.

Further information will be provided in the upcoming Counting and Results webinar at 11am, 10 September. Register to attend.

The ballot paper templates are available on the NSW Electoral Commission website.

Further information about electoral material can be found on our website.

No, changes are planned. However, unforeseen circumstances may cause polling places to change.

The most up-to-date list of polling places can be found on our website.

The Polling Place Manager will not be able to provide that information on election day.

After the initial count is completed, this information will be available on our website.

For pre-poll venues and postal votes, the daily metrics will be published on our website.

The link for the number of voters expected at each polling place is published on our website under 'Venue projections' on the Becoming a candidate for the 2024 Local Government elections page.

The link will also be published in the next bulletin.

Yes. The pages linked via QR code will also need to comply with electoral material authorisation rules.

Electoral material authorisation requirements can be found in the Candidate handbook.