By Jeremy Sollars
Voting in the 2020 Southern Downs Regional election is open today, Saturday 28 March, until 6pm.
More than half of voters in the region had already cast their votes prior to today using the extended pre-poll or early voting option available in Warwick and Stanthorpe due to the coronavirus situation.
There are 25,950 voters on the electoral roll for the SDRC area.
The Electoral Commission of Queensland has extra precautions in place for health safety during voting today.
Where to vote – polling stations open until 6pm –
• Allora – Senior Citizens Hall, 18 Drayton Street, ALLORA
• Applethorpe – Applethorpe State School, 25576 New England Highway, APPLETHORPE
• Ballandean – Ballandean State School, 7 Bents Road, BALLANDEAN
• Broadwater – Broadwater State School, 638 Texas Road, BROADWATER
• Dalveen – Dalveen State School, 40 Pine Crescent, DALVEEN
• Glen Aplin – Glen Aplin State School, 54 Mount Stirling Road, GLEN APLIN
• Goomburra – Public Hall, Goomburra Road, GOOMBURRA
• Killarney – Senior Citizens Hall, 11 Ailanthus Street, KILLARNEY
• Leyburn – Leyburn State School, 34 Peter Street, LEYBURN
• Maryvale – Maryvale State School, 81 Taylor Street, MARYVALE
• Massie – Deuchar Massie Hall, 12 Warwick Allora Back Road, MASSIE
• Murrays Bridge – Murray’s Bridge State School, 1378 Warwick‐Killarney Road, MURRAYS BRIDGE
• Pratten – Public Hall, 101 White Street, PRATTEN
• Stanthorpe – St Paul’s Parish Hall, 2 Corundum Street, STANTHORPE
• Stanthorpe West – Sunday School Hall, Stanthorpe Baptist Church, Cnr Hillcrest/Railway Streets STANTHORPE
• The Summit – The Summit State School, 34 Taggart’s Road, THE SUMMIT
• Wallangarra – Wallangarra State School, 50 Callandoon Street, WALLANGARRA
• Warwick – Warwick Indoor Recreation and Aquatic Centre, 29 Palmerin Street, WARWICK
• Warwick East – Warwick East State School, 45 Fitzroy Street, WARWICK
• Warwick West – Warwick West State School, 17 George Street, WARWICK
• Yangan – School of Arts, 7‐9 King Street, YANGAN
COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS…
The Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) has issued the following directions about the conduct of voting as a result of COVID-19 –
• Where available, hand sanitiser will be provided for voters and polling officials at early voting centres and polling booths
• Additional cleaning of polling booth areas will be undertaken to ensure that hard surfaces are regularly disinfected
• All people in polling booths should follow social distancing guidelines including maintaining distances of 1.5 metres where possible and avoiding handshakes
• Voters are encouraged to bring their own pen or pencil with them to vote, although pencils will still be available to all voters
THE RESULTS…
• Votes will start being counted when polling stations close at 6pm tonight. Results will be sent to the central tally room at the Warwick Town Hall.
• Stay up to date with the Free Times on Facebook and at www.freetimes.com.au for updates on the count from tonight onwards…
