Australia Post will consider residents who don't return polling forms by 5pm on March 19 to be happy with the existing arrangements.

Any forms not returned will be counted as "no" votes.

More news: Fired up for noodle night in Bendigo

Eligible residents ought to have received their forms last month.

More than 50 per cent of eligible residents will have to vote in favour of expanding the street mail delivery service for Australia Post to make a change.

The poll comes in response to a petition, which called on Australia Post to expand its street mail delivery service in Huntly.

The petition's author, Kristy Harris, last month urged people to return their forms, regardless of how they intended to vote, so Australia Post had a clearer idea of the community's wishes.

She believed a 2017 poll was unsuccessful because of how many ballots weren't returned.

More news: 'Significant' players push to stop Bendigo goldfields closing

Mrs Harris understood the overwhelming majority of people who returned their ballots in 2017 voted in favour of street mail delivery.

Residents will no longer be offered a reduced rate for a PO Box at the Huntly Post Office if the 2021 survey succeeds.

"We know the important role Australia Post plays in communities, and where there is wide support for a change in mail delivery arrangements, we can review the situation to determine if a change is viable," an Australia Post spokesperson said in February.

Have you signed up to the Bendigo Advertiser's daily newsletter and breaking news emails? You can register below and make sure you are up to date with everything that's happening in central Victoria.