Last chance to vote in same-sex marriage poll
Australians are running out of time to have their say, with postal voting no longer an option.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will be receiving votes until 4.30pm today but if the forms have not already been posted, they will only be counted if voters return them to ABS offices directly.
A new Essential Poll in The Guardian today suggests 64 per cent of 1792 respondents said they had ticked the “yes” box.
Thirty one per cent were ‘no’ voters and five per cent declined to answer.
Of the 86 per cent of people who have said they voted, more were over the age of 55 (94%) than people under the age of 35 (80%).
Source: essentialvision.com.au
Votes can be dropped off today at ABS offices in Canberra, Sydney, Darwin, Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart and Perth.
But Victorian voters should note the ABS offices in Melbourne’s Docklands are closed for the Melbourne Cup public holiday but the Geelong offices are still open for business.
The ABS will continue to count the votes ahead of announcing the results next Wednesday, November 15.
– AAP
