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32 INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS DURING COVID-19

✓ If you are postal voting, completing and returning your ballot as soon as you receive it.

• Telephone voting is available for certain eligible voters, including anyone who has been
advised by a medical practitioner to remain in isolation during the election period due to
exposure to COVID-19. Call 1300 912 782 to check eligibility for telephone voting.
• Follow Queensland Health and medical advice regarding contact with other people and
consider your capacity to vote during the two-week early voting period.
• Call the ECQ on 1300 881 665 before election day if you are unable to vote due to
medical reasons.

• Visit the ECQ website at www.ecq.qld.gov.au, call us on 1300 881 665 or follow us on
social media for election updates or to check locations of early voting centres or polling
booths.

• Visit the Queensland Health website for updates and recommendations about COVID-
19 at https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19
• Check our daily updates for more information about the progress of election delivery.

• Visit the Commonwealth Department of Health’s website for health alert information
about novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-
alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert

If you need more information relating to the 2020 elections, please contact ECQ on 1300 881 665 or
by emailing ecq@ecq.qld.gov.au.