Voting in Collie- everything you need to know

A TOTAL of 15 676 659 Australians will have their say in tomorrow’s federal election.

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has published its list of polling places for Collie which is in the O’Connor electorate.

To ensure their vote counts in the federal election, Australian voters must fill in their ballot papers correctly, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) said.

Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers said people will be asked to complete two ballot papers, for voting in the House of Representatives and in the Senate.

"Your vote is important, so please be careful when filling in each ballot paper," he said.

"Instructions are provided on the top of each ballot paper, but if you make a mistake, just ask a polling official for a replacement ballot paper and start again."

On the green House of Representatives ballot paper, voters must number every box in their order of preference, starting at '1' and continuing until they have consecutively numbered all the boxes.

Voting for the Senate has changed at this election.

Instructions on the white Senate ballot paper indicate that voters have the choice to either: number at least six boxes above the line with a '1' for the party or group of their choice, a '2' for their second choice and so on, or number at least twelve boxes below the line for individual candidates in order of their choice.

"While candidate representatives outside polling places may offer you 'how to vote' cards, the final decision rests with you. It is a secret ballot which means no one will know how you have voted. Polling places open at 8am on Saturday and voting will continue through to 6pm sharp," he said.

THE O’CONNOR ELECTORATE

Named after Charles O'Connor 1843–1902, Engineer in Chief of Western Australia (appointed 1891). Designed Fremantle Harbour and the pipeline which supplies Kalgoorlie and other goldfields with water.

There are 101,914 electors on 2016 certified list for the O’Connor electorate.

O'Connor covers a total of 868,576 square kilometers from the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku in the north to the Shire of Dundas in the south following the coast west to Manjimup.

The Division includes the Cities of Albany and Kalgoorlie-Boulder, and the Shires of Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Brookton, Collie, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Denmark, Dundas, Esperance, Kondinin, Laverton, Manjimup, Ngaanyatjarraku, Wandering and Williams.

THE CANDIDATES

Six candidates are set to contest the seat of O’Connor in the 2016 federal election.

RICK WILSON - LIBERAL

JOHN HASSELL - THE NATIONALS

TREVOR YOUNG – AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIANS

JON FORD – AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

STEPHEN CARSON – RISE UP AUSTRALIA PARTY

GIZ WATSON – THE GREENS (WA) 

Rick Wilson MP currently holds the seat of O’Connor for the Liberal Party. 

The candidates for O’Connor are part of the 994 candidates running for the 150 House of Representative seats across Australia.

PAST ELECTION RESULTS

1980- LIB   1983-LIB   1984-LIB   1987-LIB   1990-LIB   1993-LIB   1996-LIB   1998-LIB   2001-LIB   

2004-LIB   2007-LIB   2010-NAT   2013-LIB  

POLLING PLACES

Open from 8am and close at 6pm sharp.

Margaretta Wilson Centre- Forrest Street

North Collie Hall- Princep Street

Collie Senior High School- Wittenoom Street

THE SAUSAGE SIZZLES

The 2016 High School Anzac Tour Group will be conducting a fundraising sausage sizzle at the Margaretta Wilson Centre polling location.