There are six locations at which residents can cast an early vote.

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These are:

● Tea Gardens District Office at 245 Myall Street, Tea Gardens. It is fully wheelchair accessible.

● Forster Civic Centre at 4 Lake Street, Forster. It is fully wheelchair accessible.

● Tuncurry Memorial Hall at 7 Point Road, Tuncurry. There is no designated accessible parking spot and the path of travel may require assistance.

● Manning Uniting Church at 29 Albert Street, Taree. It is fully wheelchair accessible.

● Mid-Coast Council, Gloucester Council Chambers, at 89 King Street, Gloucester. Assisted access may be required as there is no designated disabled parking spot.

● Wingham Memorial Town Hall at 52 Farquhar Street, Wingham. Assisted access is required as there is no designated accessible parking spot and the building has lips and/or steps.

With the exception of Sunday, all centres will be open Monday to Wednesday, 8:30am – 5:30pm; Thursday: 8:30am – 8:00pm; and Friday: 8:30am – 6:00pm.

Telephone voting may be available to those unable to visit a polling centre, while electoral officers can visit nursing and aged care homes if they are considered “Declared Facilities”.
There is no absentee voting in local government elections.

Anyone living away from their registered council area has until Monday, 9 September, to apply for a postal vote.

Completed ballot papers and postal vote certificates must then be received by the NSW Electoral Commission no later than 6pm, on 27 September.

Eleven councillors are to be chosen to sit on MidCoast Council.

They will then choose a Mayor.

A full list of election day polling stations will appear in next week’s paper.

In the meantime, further details can be found on the NSW Electoral Commission website at elections.nsw.gov.au/elections.

By Sue STEPHENSON