Bendigo federal election 2019: Everything you need to know ahead of voting

There are three early voting centres in the region - in shop 45 in Mitchell Street, Bendigo; at the Abundant Life Christian Fellowship in Mackenzie Street West, Bendigo; and at Castlemaine's town hall in Lyttleton Street.

Find out each centre's opening times and details here.

If you are abroad, you can check whether the country you will be in has a consulate.

Click here for more details on voting abroad.

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We've compiled a list of where you can vote and collect your democracy snag on Saturday. Check it out here.

Bendigo suburbs

Outside of Bendigo

There are seven candidates standing for the seat of Bendigo, representing Labor, the Liberals, the Greens, the United Australia Party, Pauline Hanson's One Nation, the Rise Up Australia Party and Fraser Anning's Conservative National Party.

Rise Up Australia Party's Sharon Budde is a retired nurse and a housekeeper.

Liberal candidate Sam Gayed is a chartered engineer. He has lived in Bendigo with his wife and three children since 2013.

The Greens candidate, 27-year-old Robert Holian, is a first-time campaigner and a practising doctor in Bendigo.

Former councillor and anti-mosque protester Julie Hoskin will stand for Fraser Anning's Conservative National Party. She was last year declared bankrupt but has an application pending with the Federal Court in relation to an appeal. She declined to comment on how her financial status affected her decision to nominate.

Adam Veitch, of the United Australia Party, ran in 2007 as an independent. He has quit his job as a disability and mental health advocate with the Rights Information and Advocacy Centre to concentrate on his campaign this time around.

Vaughan Williams, the self-employed candidate for Pauline Hanson's One Nation, campaigned for a seat in local government in 2016. His bid to become a councillor in the Lockwood ward of the City of Greater Bendigo was unsuccessful, garnering 5.43 per cent of the first preference votes.

Labor's Lisa Chesters will again contest the seat she has held since 2013. She won the 2016 election with 53.74 per cent of the two party preferred votes.

Learn more about the seven candidates here.

Yes. Not that you needed reminding. If you are over 18 and an Australian citizen you are obliged by law to vote, even if you are not in the country. If you don't vote you face a $20 fine.

Here you go!

Head to the AEC website for full details.

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