Premium Content Early voting for the Rockhampton Regional Council Division 3 councillor by-election began on Monday. The early voting is available at the James Lawrence Pavilion at the Rockhampton Showgrounds, with voting on weekdays from 9am to 5pm from Monday March 1, to Friday March 12. The election day will be held on Saturday March 13, from 8am to 6pm, with booths at the Berserker Street State School and the Lakes Creek State School. “The voting system is optional preferential, which means to make their vote count, electors can choose to number one, some, or all the five boxes on their ballot paper in their order of candidate preference,” Electoral Commission of Queensland Commissioner Pat Vidgen said.