More than 335,000 bull dog clips, 2500 computers and 82,995 pens with string are being distributed across NSW in preparation for the state election on Saturday, March 23.
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Planning and executing the election is a major logistics exercise, according to NSW Electoral Commissioner John Schmidt, with preparations beginning more than 17 months ago.
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“Helping deliver democracy through election events requires significant coordination and engineering,” he said.
“There are nearly 5.3 million voters, more than 2,500 individual venues, around one thousand candidates and more than 20,000 workers involved.
“Twenty-eight million ballot papers will be printed and more than 2,200 voting centres and 200 early voting centres will be set up … wherever possible, we re-use and recycle election materials.”
Election staff will also visit nearly 600 declared facilities such as nursing homes, aged care facilities and hospitals before election day to allow residents to vote in person on site.
Each electoral district will have between 17 and 50 voting centres that are set up from election managers’ offices.
Also being delivered to election managers’ offices:
- 3999 furniture items, including 279 desks, 1,395 chairs and 2,325 trestle tables
- 622 pallets • 2,500 computers
- 987,000 forms and other materials including stationery kits and first aid kits
- 837 cardboard tables
- 93 kettles
- 82,995 pens with string
- 930 canvas ballot boxes
- 1200 new plastic ballot boxes
- 15,843 cardboard ballot boxes
- 46,400 new cardboard items including signs, voting screens and recycle bins
- 80,850 seals to secure ballot boxes and other electoral material
- 335,340 bull dog clips
