Over seventy thousand people travelled to their local voting centres today to cast their vote for the 2025 Federal Election.

The weather was unpredictable, although there was definitely more sun on offer this afternoon.

According to the Australian Electoral Commission, 49,291 people voted early this election, which is 38.1% of the registered electoral voters in the seat of Page. That has risen 6% from the 2022 election. In 2019, 29.9% of people voted early, so the trend to cast an early vote is growing.

The number of postal applications was 7,467, which left 72,692 people to vote on election day.

The reasons for voting on election day itself varied, with some people saying it was because of work, some had plenty of time on their hands, some liked the Aussie Democracy Sausage, while others thought about voters giving people jobs who worked for the AEC.

The democracy sausage was not available at all voting centres, disappointing some whose expectations were high to join the Aussie election tradition.

The three major candidates voted in different parts of the electorate and at different times.

Dr Luke Robinson voted yesterday at the Goonellabah pre-poll centre, Wendy Backhous voted at the Mullaway Public School, just north of Woolgoolga, around lunchtime, and Kevin Hogan voted at the Wollongbar Hall with his family just after 3pm.

(Kevin and Karen Hogan voting at the Wollongbar Community Hall this afternoon, along with their family Sean, Rosie and Ruby)

Voting centres close at 6pm, when the counting begins.

If it goes as expected, the Page result will be known very early in the night, with sitting member Kevin Hogan being returned for a fifth term.

Results will be published on the Lismore App Facebook page during the evening and, once declared, on the Lismore App.