Jump the queues by heading down early and avoid all the campaigners and madness on election day.
Good news: Early voting in Geelong is now open and you don’t even need a reason to vote early.
With early voting centres available in every district across Victoria, you can vote between Monday, November 14 and Friday, November 25. The full list of early voting centre locations and hours can be found here. No democracy sausages if you do this though, sadly.
Early voting Geelong
- Early voting is now open for the Victorian State Election, find a map of all of them here
- You can vote early in centres across the state – you don’t need to provide a reason to vote early
- The state election takes place on November 26
Stay up to date with what’s happening in and around the region here.
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Below is a short list of some of the districts in the Geelong region and one of their early voting centres. If you don’t know what district you’re in, enter your address into the VEC site and they’ll let you know.
- Thomson EVC – 60 St Albans Road , Thomson VIC
- Newtown EVC – Unit 3, 7/21 Newcastle Street, Newtown VIC
- Lara – 365–455 Melbourne Road, Norlane VIC
- South Barwon – 19–21 Peter Street, Grovedale VIC
- Torquay EVC – 36 Wadawurrung Way, Torquay VIC
- Geelong – 38–40 Brougham Street, Geelong VIC
- Bellarine – 9 Smithton Grove, Ocean Grove VIC
Elsewhere in regional Victoria? This is not a full list of all the districts across regional Vic, if you don’t see your district in this list, head here to check where you can vote early.
- Polwarth – 16–20 Murray Street, Colac VIC
- South-West Coast – 86 Kepler Street, Warrnambool VIC
- Portland EVC – 60 Wellington Road, Portland VIC
- Hamilton EVC – 110 Brown Street, Hamilton VIC
- Ararat EVC – Level 2, 31–33 Lambert Street, The Great Hall, Gum San Heritage Centre – Accessibility Parking and Access via Mount Romnya Lane (next to No 35) Ararat VIC
- Castlemaine EVC – 57 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
- Eaglehawk EVC – Corner High Street and Brazier Street, (access via High Street) Eaglehawk VIC
- Bendigo West – 53 Williamson Street, Bendigo VIC
- Bendigo East – Unit 13A, 172–176 McIvor Road, Strathdale VIC 3550
- Drouin EVC – Drouin Recreation Reserve – Social Club Room, Sinclair Street Drouin VIC
- Lowan – Anglican Parish of Horsham, 10 Andrew Street Horsham VIC
- Mildura – 69–71 Lime Avenue, Mildura VIC
- Swan Hill EVC – 159 Stradbroke Avenue, Swan Hill VIC
- Murray Plains – 200 Pakenham Street, Echuca VIC
- Mooroopna EVC – 92 McLennan Street, Mooroopna VIC
- Shepparton – 126–128 High Street, Shepparton VIC
- Ripon – 3 Neill Street, Maryborough VIC
- Macedon – Unit 4, 52 Saleyards Road, Kyneton VIC
- Wendouree EVC – Shop 117, Stockland Wendouree , 330 Gilles Street North Wendouree VIC
- Eureka – Warehouse 1, 328 Eureka Street, Ballarat East VIC 3350
- Wendouree – 81 Bridge Mall, Ballarat Central VIC
- Yarrawonga EVC – 26 McNally Street, Yarrawonga VIC
- Benambra – 82 High Street, Wodonga VIC
- Ovens Valley – 46 Murphy Street, Wangaratta VIC
- Mansfield EVC – 165 Mt Buller Road, Mansfield VIC
- Benalla EVC – 61 Fawckner Drive, Benalla VIC
If you’re actually away from the state for the election, you can vote from interstate in person at any State or Territory electoral commission across Australia. The locations and hours can be found here.
You can also vote by post – you must apply between Wednesday, November 2 and Wednesday, November 23, with the ballot packs sent out from Monday, November 14. Apply to vote by post by heading here and then enjoy the rest of your beach holiday.
If all of these elections, referendums, ballots, polls and stuff seem a bit overwhelming: the Victorian Electoral Commission has a service called VoterAlert, which is a free election reminder service that will let you know where and how to vote in any elections that you’re eligible to vote in. Sign up, and check your Victorian enrolment details, by heading here.
Don’t see your district in this list? Check out the full list of early voting locations by heading here.
