Some cared about the result, some did not, but they still lined up to vote in the 2016 federal election.
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Booths were all over the Bega Valley, with long lines winding away from those at Bega High and Public Schools while the ones at Candelo and Brogo were much quieter.
While lining up, Barbara Lovelock of Bega said the main issue on her mind was health.
As she was on the pension, she did not want the price for attending hospital or receiving medical services to increase.
“When you’re on a pension you’re on limited amounts of money and if you need to pay large amounts for medical services then you’ve got no food on the table,” Ms Lovelock said.
Michelle Wilkie of Tanja was traditionally a Labor voter, but this election she was undecided until she saw the film Chasing Asylum about detention centres in Nauru and Manus Island.
"After seeing it I was shocked, disturbed and dumbfounded about how [asylum seekers] were treated and that it could be supported by the major parties," Ms Wilkie said.
"I didn't vote for a party that supported that policy.
"Malcolm Fraser flew Vietnamese people to Australia in the 1970s, there were some boatpeople however the majority were flown in, and did our society fall apart?
"No, they became part of our society."
Many new adults who had just turned 18 also lined up on the day.
Matt Lowe, who's birthday was the day before on June 1, said he would probably vote Labor.
“I just heard better things about them than the Liberal Party,” the Candelo resident said.
The main issue to him was Medicare, as he had heard a lot on the subject and did not want it to change.
Brogo resident Gian Hofstetter also said one of the main issues for him was Medicare, as well as refugees and renewable energy.
The 18-year-old had researched the different parties before making up his mind, choosing Greens.
He had heard a lot of others his age talk about voting for the party while a few others agreed with Labor.
While he was excited to vote, as a whole he was not impressed with the election.
“In some ways it’s the same old each time, from what I’ve seen,” Mr Hofstetter said.
“People just try and win you with what they’re saying then change their minds [after the election].”
This sentiment was echoed by Ryan Veitch of Wapengo who voted for Labor, but said he was not interested in the campaign and did not watch any of it.
“Either way it goes they’re always just looking out for themselves,” he said
The volunteers passing out how to vote cards may have had different opinions on policies, but Marie Hackett said all the volunteers in Candelo got on very well.
She was handing out for the Liberals and liked to laugh with the Green and Labor volunteers.
“It’s great we live in such a lovely little township and we all get on so well,” Ms Hackett said.
The Greens candidate for Eden-Monaro Tamara Ryan was visiting election booths around the Bega Valley on the day and said she was feeling confident.
“The polls are showing a swing of 5.5 per cent in our favour and we think it indicates that people are fed up with the merging politics of Liberal and Labor,” she said.