AEC election service centres

During a federal election or referendum, AEC offices are an important resource for voters to receive information and advice on AEC services and the process of voting.

To ensure that all voters have access to an AEC office and face to face advice, Election Service Centres (ESCs) are established during an election or referendum period in divisions where there is no permanent AEC office.

ESCs operate throughout the close of rolls period, when voters can enrol to vote or change their details on the electoral roll.

ESC staff will be able to answer a number of electoral enquiries and provide basic electoral services including:

• Lodgement of enrolment applications or updates
• Checking to see if a voter is currently on the electoral roll
• Advice on the location and opening times of pre-poll voting centres and polling places for election day
• Receiving postal vote applications and applications for polling official employment

ESCs will not be able to accept candidate nominations.

Locations and opening hours of ESCs will be included on the AEC website at the time of an election or referendum, but it is expected that ESCs will be operating in the list of divisions following.

Electorates in which election service centres will be established for the next federal election

Election service centres

NSW (19)	QLD (14)	VIC (9)	SA (8)	WA (8)	TAS (2)	NT (1)	ACT (1)
Bennelong	Bonner	Calwell	Boothby	Brand	Franklin	Lingiari	Canberra
Berowra	Bowman	Casey	Hindmarsh	Canning	Lyons
Bradfield	Dickson	Gellibrand	Kingston	Curtin
Charlton	Fadden	Gorton	Makin	Hasluck
Chifley	Fisher	Higgins	Mayo	Pearce
Fowler	Griffith	Isaacs	Port Adelaide	Stirling
Grayndler	Lilley	La Trobe	Sturt	Swan
Greenway	Longman	Melbourne Ports	Wakefield	Tangney
Hughes	McPherson	Menzies
Kingsford Smith	Moreton
Macquarie	Oxley
Mitchell	Rankin
Newcastle	Ryan
Paterson	Wright
Reid
Throsby
Watson
Wentworth
Werriwa

The full range of AEC services for voters and candidates is available from AEC divisional offices.