Early voting begins on Tuesday April 22, and election day is on May 3. Here’s all the information you need about when and where to vote in New England.
See also:
Changes to the New England Electorate
How to Vote in New England
Pre-Poll Voting
There are eight Pre-Poll or Early Voting centres in the New England electorate. Glen Innes and Quirindi pre-poll will only begin after Anzac Day on Saturday 26 April, and Tenterfield will only be available from Monday 28 April.
Location Wheelchair accessible Open Dates and Times Armidale Town Hall
127 Rusden St, ArmidaleFull 22-24 April, 8.30am to 5.30pm
25 April CLOSED – Anzac Day
Saturday 26 April, 9am to 4pm
28 April – 1 May, 8.30am to 5.30pm
2 May, 8.30am to 6pmUniting Church Hall Glen Innes
70 Macquarie St, Glen InnesAssisted NOT OPEN 22-25 April
Saturday 26 April, 9am to 4pm
28 April – 1 May, 8.30am to 5.30pm
2 May, 8.30am to 6pmMasonic Hall
166 Otho St, InverellFull NOT OPEN 22-25 April
Saturday 26 April, 9am to 4pm
28 April – 1 May, 8.30am to 5.30pm
2 May, 8.30am to 6pmStan Thiess Memorial Centre
Victoria Park, Hill St, MuswellbrookFull 22-24 April, 8.30am to 5.30pm
25 April CLOSED – Anzac Day
Saturday 26 April, 9am to 4pm
28 April – 1 May, 8.30am to 5.30pm
2 May, 8.30am to 6pmCWA Quirindi
84 Pryor St, QuirindiNone NOT OPEN 22-25 April
Saturday 26 April, 9am to 4pm
28 April – 1 May, 8.30am to 5.30pm
2 May, 8.30am to 6pm535 Peel St, Tamworth
(Next to Battery World)None 22-24 April, 8.30am to 5.30pm
25 April CLOSED – Anzac Day
Saturday 26 April, 9am to 4pm
28 April – 1 May, 8.30am to 5.30pm
2 May, 8.30am to 6pmTamworth Southside Uniting Church
426-440 Goonoo Goonoo Rd, HillvueAssisted 22-24 April, 8.30am to 5.30pm
25 April CLOSED – Anzac Day
Saturday 26 April, 9am to 4pm
28 April – 1 May, 8.30am to 5.30pm
2 May, 8.30am to 6pmTenterfield Memorial Hall
96 Molesworth St, TenterfieldFull NOT OPEN 22-26 April
28 April – 1 May, 8.30am to 5.30pm
2 May, 8.30am to 6pm
Mobile voting
Mobile voting is underway. During the election, AEC officials are planning to visit 30 hospitals and aged care centres in the electorate. Check with your facility if you are concerned about being able to vote.
Postal voting
Postal votes have been sent out. You can still register for a postal vote until the Wednesday before election day (April 30). More information about postal voting is here: https://www.aec.gov.au/election/pva.htm
Voting on the day
This is the current list of planned polling booths for election day across the New England. The Glencoe booth will not be available this year, and there are new booth locations at Denman, Muswellbrook, North Star, Sandy Hollow, and Warialda. Check the list below or use the AEC tool to find your most convenient booth.
Booth Address Wheelchair accessibility Aberdeen Aberdeen Public School, 35-43 Segenhoe St, ABERDEEN Full Armidale Armidale Town Hall, 127 Rusden St, ARMIDALE Full Armidale South Armidale City Public School, 142-152 Faulkner St, ARMIDALE Assisted Armidale West Drummond Memorial Public School, 250 Rusden St, ARMIDALE Full Ashford Ashford Central School, 51 Martyn St, ASHFORD Assisted Attunga Attunga Public Hall, 24A Attunga St, ATTUNGA Assisted Barraba Bicentennial Community Centre, 15 Bridge St, BARRABA Assisted Ben Lomond Ben Lomond War Memorial Hall, 1231 Ben Lomond Rd, BEN LOMOND Assisted Ben Venue Ben Venue Public School, 83-103 Erskine St, ARMIDALE Assisted Bendemeer Bendemeer Public School, 17-27 Charles St , BENDEMEER Full Bingara The Roxy Theatre, 72-80 Maitland St, BINGARA Full Black Mountain Black Mountain Public School, 815 Black Mountain Rd, BLACK MOUNTAIN Assisted Blackville Blackville Public School, 13 O’Neile St, BLACKVILLE Assisted Bonshaw Bonshaw Memorial Hall, 3 Miller St, BONSHAW Assisted Bundarra Bundarra School of Arts Hall, 29 Bendemeer St, BUNDARRA Assisted Calala Carinya Christian School, 25 Boronia Dr, CALALA Full Caroona Caroona Mechanics Institute, 10 Boundary St, CAROONA None Cassilis Cassilis Public School, 37 Coolah Rd, CASSILIS Full Currabubula Currabubula War Memorial Hall, 53 Davis St, CURRABUBULA Assisted Dangarsleigh Dangarsleigh School Of Arts, 874 Dangarsleigh Rd, DANGARSLEIGH Assisted Deepwater Deepwater School of Arts, 72 Tenterfield St, DEEPWATER Assisted Delungra Delungra Public School, 19 Wallangra St, DELUNGRA Assisted Denman Denman Anglican Parish Hall, 50 Palace St, DENMAN Full Drake Drake Community Hall, Cnr Allison St & Tabulam St, DRAKE Assisted Dungowan Dungowan Community Hall, Ogunbil Rd, DUNGOWAN Assisted Duri Duri Public School, 100 Duri-Dungowan Rd, DURI Assisted Ebor Ebor Public School, 52 Ebor St, EBOR Assisted Emmaville Emmaville Central School, 20-28 Park Rd, EMMAVILLE Assisted Gilgai Gilgai Hall, 1 Hall St, GILGAI Assisted Glen Innes Glen Innes Public School, 171 Church St, GLEN INNES Assisted Glen Innes West Uniting Church Hall Glen Innes , 70 Macquarie St, GLEN INNES Assisted Gravesend Gravesend Hall, 57 Railway Pde, GRAVESEND Full Gundy Gundy Soldiers Memorial Hall, 10 Duke St, GUNDY Full Guyra Guyra Community Hall, Cnr Marne St & Dutton Pde, GUYRA Assisted Hillvue Tamworth Southside Uniting Church, 426-440 Goonoo Goonoo Rd, HILLVUE Assisted Hillvue West Hillvue Public School, 145 Hillvue Rd, SOUTH TAMWORTH Assisted Inverell Masonic Hall , 166 Otho St, INVERELL Full Inverell East Inverell Public School, 22-30 Wood St, INVERELL Full Kentucky Kentucky Memorial Hall, 44 Noalimba Ave, KENTUCKY Assisted Kingstown Kingstown Community Hall, Kingstown Rd, KINGSTOWN Assisted Kootingal Kootingal Public School, Denman Ave, KOOTINGAL Assisted Legume Legume Hall, 9283 Acacia Ave, LEGUME Full Liston Liston Hall, 14 Stanthorpe St, LISTON Assisted Loomberah Loomberah Hall, 1 Monteray Rd, LOOMBERAH Full Madgwick Austin Page College, 62 Meredith Rd, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND Full Manilla Manilla Small Town Hall, 191 Manilla St, MANILLA Full Merriwa Merriwa School of Arts Hall, 15 Bow St, MERRIWA Assisted Moonbi Moonbi Public School, 24-42 Charles St, MOONBI Full Moore Creek Moore Creek Fire Shed, 1019 Upper Moore Creek Rd, MOORE CREEK Assisted Murrurundi Murrurundi CWA Rooms, 109 Mayne St, MURRURUNDI Full Muswellbrook Stan Thiess Memorial Centre, Victoria Park, Hill St, MUSWELLBROOK Full Muswellbrook East Muswellbrook Indoor Sports Centre, Rutherford Rd, MUSWELLBROOK Assisted Nemingha Nemingha Public School, 145 Nundle Rd, NEMINGHA Full Newling Newling Public School, 80 Chapel St, ARMIDALE Assisted North Star North Star Hall, 28 David St, NORTH STAR Assisted Nowendoc Nowendoc Memorial Hall, 3 Tops Rd, NOWENDOC Full Nundle Nundle Memorial Hall, 101 Jenkins St, NUNDLE None Oxley Vale Oxley Vale Public School, 155-169 Manilla Rd, OXLEY VALE Full Peel West Peel High School, 88 Gunnedah Rd, WEST TAMWORTH Assisted Quirindi Quirindi High School, 113 Hill St, QUIRINDI Assisted Rocky River Rocky River Public School, 354 Thunderbolts Way, ROCKY RIVER Assisted Ross Hill Ross Hill Public School, 31-39 Andrew St, INVERELL Full Sandy Hollow Sandy Hollow Public School, 1581 Golden Hwy, SANDY HOLLOW Assisted Scone Scone Public School, 82-98 Liverpool St, SCONE Full Scone East Scone Senior Citizens Centre, Cnr Oxford Rd & Cooper St, SCONE Assisted Scone South Scone High School, 9 Gundy Rd, SCONE Assisted Somerton Somerton Public School, 10 Milkmaid St, SOMERTON Full Spring Ridge Spring Ridge Community Hall, 82 Darby Rd, SPRING RIDGE Assisted Tamworth 535 Peel St, TAMWORTH None Tamworth East Tamworth East Public School, Napier St, EAST TAMWORTH Assisted Tamworth North North Tamworth PCYC, 2 Darling St, TAMWORTH Assisted Tamworth South Tamworth High School, Willis St, SOUTH TAMWORTH Assisted Tamworth West Tamworth West Public School, 65 Bridge St, WEST TAMWORTH Full Tenterfield Tenterfield Memorial Hall, 96 Molesworth St, TENTERFIELD Full Timbumburi Timbumburi Public School, 542 Kia Ora La, TIMBUMBURI Full Tingha Tingha Public School, 54-60 Ruby St, TINGHA Full Uralla Memorial Hall Uralla , 27 Salisbury St, URALLA Assisted Urbenville Urbenville Public School, 15 Welch St, URBENVILLE Full Walcha Walcha Central School, 154 North St E, WALCHA Assisted Wallabadah Wallabadah Community Hall, 38 Martyn St, WALLABADAH Assisted Warialda Warialda Town Hall, 72 Hope St, WARIALDA Full Werris Creek Werris Creek Public School, 68 Dewhurst St, WERRIS CREEK Assisted Westdale Westdale Public School, Gunnedah Rd, WESTDALE Assisted Willow Tree Willow Tree Community Hall, 56 New England Hwy, WILLOW TREE Assisted Wingen Wingen School of Arts, 14 Madeline St, WINGEN Assisted Woolbrook Woolbrook Public School, 11 Church St, WOOLBROOK Full Woolomin Duncans Creek Woolomin War Memorial Hall, 53-55 Nundle Rd, WOOLOMIN Assisted Yarrowitch Yarrowitch Public School, 50 Chandlers Rd, YARROWITCH Assisted Yetman Yetman Hall, 82-84 Warialda St, YETMAN Full
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