There are four pre-polling places in the City of Coffs Harbour local government area but only one in the Bellingen Shire.

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It is at the Bellingen Shire Council offices at 33-39 Hyde Street Bellingen and is fully wheelchair accessible.

The locations for Coffs Harbour City Council are:

– Coffs Harbour Indoors Sports Stadium at 74A Bray Street, Coffs Harbour. It is fully wheelchair accessible.

– The office of the Coffs Harbour Returning Officer at 123 Pacific Highway, Coffs Harbour. It is also fully wheelchair accessible.

– Toormina Community Centre at 17 Toormina Road, Toormina. There is no designated accessible parking spot and the path of travel from the car park may require assistance.

– Woolgoolga Uniting Church at 5 Trafalgar Street, Woolgoolga. The path of travel into the pre-polling centre may require assistance.

With the exception of Sunday, all centres will be open at the following times.

– Monday to Wednesday: 8:30am – 5:30pm

– Thursday: 8:30am – 8:00pm

– 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.

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