More than 8.4 million Australians have already voted; Prime Minister Anthony Albanese makes his pitch for a Yes vote, saying “thinking of others costs nothing”. Follow updates here.
When the polls start to close this evening, workers in polling booths around the country will hand count the full vote twice, with scrutineers representing the Yes and No campaigns watching on. Every vote cast that day will be counted, plus the vast majority of votes cast at early voting centres will be counted as well. A small proportion of postal votes will also be counted.
In order for a referendum to pass, it needs a double majority, that means it needs to be agreed to by the majority of voters nationally, as well as the majority of voters in the majority of states. The national majority is a count of every vote cast across Australia – if more than half of all formal votes cast are for Yes, then the referendum has been agreed to by the national majority.
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