{"id":42377,"date":"2013-08-26T17:11:37","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T07:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=42377"},"modified":"2020-09-11T13:57:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T03:57:37","slug":"early-voting-opens-in-federal-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/08\/26\/early-voting-opens-in-federal-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Voting Opens In Federal Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>August 26, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Voters who cannot make it to a polling booth for the September 7 Federal Election may be eligible to cast an &#8220;early vote&#8221; from today.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in Maranoa electorate can now pre-poll vote in Kingaroy or Nanango at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kingaroy Council Chambers, 45 Glendon Street<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>August 26 &#8211; August 30, 9:30am-4:30pm<br \/>\nSeptember 2 &#8211; September 6, 9:30am-4:30pm<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nanango QGAP Office, 30 Henry Street<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>August 26 &#8211; August 29, 8:30am-1:00pm; 2:00pm-4:30pm<br \/>\nSeptember 3 &#8211; September 6, 8:30am-1:00pm; 2:00pm-4:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Maranoa residents who cannot make it to either of these locations, or voters in Flynn and Wide Bay, may be eligible for a postal vote.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about postal voting, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aec.gov.au\/election\/pva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Residents can vote early or vote by post if on election day they will be<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Outside the electorate where you they are enrolled to vote<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">More than 8km from a polling place<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Travelling<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Unable to leave workplace to vote<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Seriously ill, infirm or due to give birth shortly (or caring for someone who is)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">A patient in hospital and can&#8217;t vote at the hospital<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Religious beliefs that prevent them from attending a polling place<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Are in prison serving a sentence of less than three years or otherwise detained<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">A silent elector<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Have a reasonable fear for your safety.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.17em;\">* * *<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.17em;\">South Burnett Polling Booth Locations<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>On September 7, polling booths will be open from 8:00am-6:00pm in the following locations:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flynn<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Durong South &#8211; Durong Community Hall, 8940 Chinchilla Wondai Rd<\/li>\n<li>Mondure &#8211; Mondure Public Hall, 12 McConnell Way<\/li>\n<li>Proston &#8211; Proston State School, 94 Rodney St<\/li>\n<li>Wondai &#8211; Wondai Memorial Hall, cnr Scott &amp; MacKenzie Sts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Maranoa<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Brooklands &#8211; Assembly of God Hall, cnr Pimpimbudgee &amp; Tarong Rds<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Blackbutt &#8211; Blackbutt State School, Crofton St<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Burra Burri &#8211; Burra Burri State School, 3173 Burra Burri Creek Rd<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Coolabunia &#8211; Coolabunia State School, cnr D&#8217;Aguilar Hwy and Mary St<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Cooyar &#8211; Cooyar State School, 16 Gracey St<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Inverlaw &#8211; Inverlaw Farmers Hall, 1136 Kingaroy-Burrandown Rd<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Kingaroy &#8211; Kingaroy State High School, 15 Toomey Street<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Kingaroy &#8211; St John&#8217;s Lutheran School, 84-92 Ivy St<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Kingaroy &#8211; Taabinga State School, Rae St<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Kumbia &#8211; Kumbia State School, 22 Bell St<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Maidenwell &#8211; Maidenwell Hall, cnr Cooyar Rd and Poole St<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Nanango &#8211; Nanango State High School, 54 Elk St<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Nanango &#8211; Nanango State School, 39 Drayton St<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Yarraman &#8211; Yarraman State Pre-school, John St<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wide Bay<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cherbourg &#8211; Cherbourg State School, Fisher St<\/li>\n<li>Cloyna &#8211; Cloyna State School, 8 William Webber Rd<\/li>\n<li>Goomeri &#8211; Goomeri State School, 5 Munro St<\/li>\n<li>Kilkivan &#8211; Kilkivan State School, 6 Council St<\/li>\n<li>Lower Wonga &#8211; Lower Wonga Hall, 7 Lower Wonga Hall Rd<\/li>\n<li>Murgon &#8211; Murgon PCYC, 40 Macalister St<\/li>\n<li>Tansey &#8211; Tansey Bowls Club, 28 Tansey Hall Rd<\/li>\n<li>Widgee &#8211; Widgee State School, 2156 Gympie-Woolooga Rd<\/li>\n<li>Woolooga &#8211; Woolooga State School, 23 Edwards Rd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For a list of candidates in each seat, see our related article: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/08\/election-race-hots-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Election Race Hots Up<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voters who cannot make it to a polling booth for the September 7 Federal Election may be eligible to cast an &#8220;early vote&#8221; from today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":194368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[21],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Early Voting Opens In Federal Poll - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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