State elections and by-elections
Early voting
Can’t make it to a polling booth on election day? Our early voting centres will open the week before polling day, giving you the flexibility to vote at a time that suits you. You’ll find early voting centres across South Australia, interstate, and even at select overseas locations. It’s all about making voting easier, wherever you are.
View eligibility criteria
You are eligible to vote at an early voting centre if, on polling day, you:
- are more than 8 km from a polling booth
- are travelling are ill, infirm or disabled – preventing you from attending a polling booth
- are due to give birth shortly
- are caring for someone who is ill, infirm or disabled - preventing you from attending a polling booth
- have religious beliefs - preventing you from attending a polling booth
- are working and unable to leave your workplace to vote
- are a resident of a declared institution being a hospital, convalescent home, nursing home, home for the aged, hostel for the aged or infirm, prison or other place of confinement
- have your address suppressed on the electoral roll (a silent elector)
Polling day
Polling booths are open from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm on polling day. You can vote at any polling booth within the state; however, if you vote outside your own electoral district, you may experience delays as you will need to cast a declaration vote.
Voting in a hospital or a nursing home (declared institutions)
To allow voters who are residents of hospitals, nursing homes and other similar institutions (ie prisons) the opportunity to vote at state elections and by-elections, we send trained electoral teams to support the voting process. Locations, dates and times are available on the website closer to the election. Patients and residents of these institutions may also apply for a postal vote. These are known as "Declared institutions".