Australian Electoral Commission figures show almost 6 million of 17 million voters could have cast their ballots before Saturday

Updated May 19 2022 - 11:42am, first published 5:00am

THE election is already one third over before polling day, with the Australian Electoral Commission reporting nearly six million people having already voted by pre-poll or applied for a postal vote.

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