00:00Getting to work ahead of polling day.
00:04The AEC hoping the federal election runs much smoother than the recent state poll.
00:11We're confident in our data, we're confident in our ballot paper numbers, in our staffing numbers.
00:17WA's March election, run separately by the WA Electoral Commission, was plagued with widespread problems reported at polling booths,
00:26including long voter lines, ballot paper shortages and vote counting delays.
00:31The issues are now being investigated by an independent review, including the outsourcing of election staffing.
00:38But the AEC's looked at its own data, comparing it to the WAEC's to avoid the same issues.
00:45We know that there's been some gaps in service offering, we know that we're filling those gaps, so we're confident.
00:50We have had a look at some of the issues that were reported in the media, as well as online,
00:55off the back of the WA state election.
00:57I'm very confident that our plans have built everything into account that we need to.
01:02The AEC also expects most voters won't wait longer than 15 minutes on polling day,
01:07with staff ready to service a record number of enrolled WA voters, more than 1.9 million.
01:14This centre might look like organised chaos now, but the space will come alive on May the 3rd,
01:20with hundreds of AEC workers counting pre-poll votes from 6pm on election night.
01:26Community independent Kate Hewlett also getting her ducks in a row after previously hitting a roadblock in her federal bid for Fremantle,
01:34successfully renouncing her British citizenship a day before nominations close.
01:39I don't think I've had a proper night's sleep for two weeks, and last night I slept like a mummy in bed.
01:46So physiologically I was on a nice edge, and now I feel like we can take on the world.
01:54Early voting gets underway in under a fortnight.
01:57Early voting gets underway in under a fortnight.
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