More than 500,000 people vote on first day of pre-polling, breaking 2022 record

ABC NEWS (Australia)

More than half a million people voted on day one of pre-polling yesterday. The Australian electoral commission expects around half of the country's 18 million voters will cast their ballots before the election on the third of May.

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00:0010 days out from the federal election early voting is in full swing right around the country

00:08including here in western sydney where the queue to vote is streaming out the door a record 540

00:15000 people cast their vote yesterday on the first day of early voting smashing the previous 2022

00:22election record by 70 percent new south wales saw the highest turnout with 166 000 voters

00:30while victoria saw around 143 000 and queensland 117 000 around 19 000 votes were cast with mobile

00:41voting teams and so far 2.2 million postal votes have been distributed the increase in early voters

00:49means political parties have been forced to adapt their campaign strategies to get their messages

00:54across early a lot of voters today say they don't expect to change their mind before election day

01:02i think i am basing it on the policies i see up to this day so i guess there is risk of that but

01:09i think i'm pretty confident my choice based on what i've seen i think we have enough data to review

01:15you know what they have presented so far and that's good enough to make a decision

01:20i've got enough knowledge of what's going on and happy to vote who i'm voting for

01:25regional voters have also shown up in their thousands including in south australia

01:30the australian electoral commission is expecting half of the country's nearly 18 million voters

01:37to cast their vote before election day

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