VIC: No polling booth for MCG, Melbourne Show

AAP General News (Australia)
08-31-1999
VIC: No polling booth for MCG, Melbourne Show

The MCG won't become a polling station for the Victorian election, and the electoral
commission says football fans have to vote early before heading to the AFL preliminary final.

The Victorian Electoral Commission says football followers must cast their vote in their
electorates on September 18 ahead of any plans to attend the MCG final.

Commission public information manager DOUG BEECROFT says there will be about 1,600 polling
booths across the state but none at the football or at the Royal Melbourne Show.

Mr BEECROFT says they are advertising to encourage people to vote before they go.

When Premier JEFF KENNETT called the election last week opponents claimed he nominated
September 18 so that the election campaign would be buried by the AFL finals coverage.

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KEYWORD: POLLVIC VOTING (MELBOURNE)

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