‘Sick of it’: why so many Australians are voting early this election

A drawn-out campaign and potential Covid risks are leading a record number of voters to cast their ballots before 21 May

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A record number of Australians are voting early in the 2022 federal election, with many saying they're sick" of the drawn-out election campaign and want to avoid expected queues on 21 May.

Some 314,095 Australians cast their ballots on the first day of early voting this year, almost three times the 120,000 people that voted on day one of pre-poll in 2019.

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