Greater Dandenong Council is sticking with attendance voting for the Saturday 22 October election.
But voters can apply for a postal vote until Thursday 20 October, or attend the early voting centre.
The municipality’s early voting centre is at the Dandenong Civic Centre, 225 Lonsdale Street, and will be open 9am to 5pm weekdays from 21 September to 19 October, 9am to 8pm on Thursday 20 October and 9am to 6pm on Friday 21 October.
In-person voting on election day will be open from 8am to 6pm, and is compulsory for anyone who pays rates on a property in the city and is on the electoral roll.
Silverleaf takes in Noble Park North and Dandenong North, and has voting centres at Carwatha College, Oakwood School, and the Rosewood Downs, Silverton and Wooranna Park primary schools.
Lightwood Ward includes Springvale and Springvale South and its voting centres are the Athol Road Primary School west campus, Edinburgh Road Hall, the Heatherhill and Keysborough primary schools, Keysborough College’s banksia campus, Spring Parks Primary’s valley campus, the Springvale Customer Service Centre, Springvale Rise Primary’s heights campus, and Whitworth Avenue Pre-School.
Red Gum Ward includes Dandenong, Dandenong South and Bangholme.
Voting centres include Dandenong High School, Dandenong North Senior Citizens Centre, and the Dandenong, Dandenong South and Dandenong West primary schools.
Paperbark Ward covers Noble Park and Keysborough, and voting centres include the Chandler Park, Harrisfield, Noble Park, Resurrection, Wallarano and Yarraman Oaks primary schools.
Voting is compulsory and enrolled voters will be fined if they do not participate in the poll, including property owners and tenants.
