JUNEE residents will have five choices for their next representative in state parliament this Saturday.
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The Nationals’ Katrina Hodgkinson, Country Labor’s Charlie Sheahan, Rod Therkelsen from the Greens, Elio Cacciotti for the No Land Tax party and the Christian Democratic Party’s Philip Langfield.
All five are looking for the chance to become the new Member for Cootamundra – a seat created through a recent redistribution.
Within Junee Shire, votes can be cast at Junee High School and Illabo Public School from 8am until 6pm on Saturday.
Pre-poll has been available at the Junee council chambers since the start of the week.
Pre-poll made voting easier for resident Denis Shepherd, which is available for voters who won’t be able to vote on Saturday.
“When we go away with the car club it removes the worry of forgetting to vote.”
Stu Hodgson prefers the camaraderie of the queue on election day.
“You always see someone you know in the queue and you move through the line fairly quickly,” he said.
The only volunteers at Junee’s pre-poll station were Margaret Hill and Trevor Glover, who said early voting had not been popular so far.
“It hasn’t been too hectic, we’re expecting it to pick up with the fine weather,” Mrs Hill said.
Mr Glover has spent eight weeks on the campaign trail with Charlie Sheahan and said it had been positive.
“People are really interested in knowing who he is and what he stands for,” Mr Glover said. “Things have been positive across the board, not to say everyone will vote for him, but they are prepared to listen and ask questions.
“It’s a low-key campaign, and I wonder how much the ICAC investigations have impacted on the campaign as both sides have been looked into,” Mr Glover said.
Meanwhile, Mrs Hill had spent time working with Katrina Hodgkinson’s campaign office.
“A lot of supporters have called in and offered their support because they admire Katrina and just calling in to wish the campaign well.”
Mrs Hill said the new internet voting system – iVote – had enjoyed strong support and said people were keen to see their vote counted.