what day is the voice referendum

The Voice referendum will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2023. Polling places will be open from 8am to 6pm, and there will be about 8000 polling places for the referendum, as well as about 500 early voting stations. Early voting began on September 25, and remote voting is also available for Australian residents who live in remote areas. Postal voting is also an option for the referendum. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) will display the results on their “tally room” website and other channels, broken down by electorate and voting booth. There’ll be one major difference from a normal election – due to the referendum’s required “double majority”, the AEC will also display a running counter of the tally in each state. A constitutional change requires a double majority: that is, a national majority of all votes, plus a majority of votes in a majority of states (that is, four out of the six states) . Results will be updated every 90 seconds, and the first results will arrive shortly after 6pm on the east coast.