MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release Thursday 22 August 2024
Authorised by Anthony O’Reilly
The 2024 Local Government Elections will be held on Saturday 14 September 2024. These elections will be managed by the NSW Electoral Commission.
To ensure a smooth and accessible voting experience for all Hilltops residents, Hilltops Council staff will undergo training to ensure that pre-polling is also offered in Boorowa and Harden.
Our staff will be in training on Monday 26 August 2024, from 11am to 3pm. To facilitate this training the Boorowa and Harden Council offices will be closed during the above-mentioned hours.
As Council staff are conducting pre-polling in the Boorowa and Harden Offices, available hours for pre-polling will be 9am to 4.30pm. Both offices will be closed for lunch as per usual business hours.
Pre-polling will begin in Young on Saturday 7 September 2024 and will start in Boorowa and Harden on Monday 9 September 2024. It will conclude on Friday 13 September 2024.
The Boorowa, Harden and Young Council Offices will be the only locations pre-polling is available within the Hilltops region.
You may be eligible to vote early at a pre-polling centre if you:
- Will be outside your ward or council area on election day
- Will be more than 8km from a voting centre (polling place) in your ward or council area on election day
- Will be travelling and unable to attend a voting centre on election day
- Are seriously ill or infirm, and due to such illness or infirmity will be unable to attend a voting centre
- Are approaching maternity
- Have religious membership or beliefs that prevent you from attending a voting centre on election day
- Are in a correctional centre and prevented from attending a voting centre on election day
- Are caring for a person outside of a hospital setting, which prevents you from attending a voting centre on election day
- Will be working on election day
- Are a silent elector
- Are a person with a disability
- Believe that attending a voting centre on election day will place your personal safety or the safety of your family at risk
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation during this time. For any immediate enquiries or assistance, please note that phone support may be limited during the training period.
For more information on pre-polling locations and times, please visit the NSW Electoral Commissions website – https://elections.nsw.gov.au/elections/local-government-elections/2024-nsw-local-government-elections
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Media enquiries – Hilltops Council 1300 445 586