FIRST-time voter Travis Wah ushered in the future on Saturday when he made his decision based on the information provided via QR codes.
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A university student, Mr Wah said he found information on prospective councillors hard to find but the QR codes on candidates' corflutes helpful.
"I tried to look on online but there was like one list of all the candidates and you had to pay to read it," he said.
As a first time voter, he said he was looking forward to having input into the election result.
"I feel like I should have a say on what goes on," he said.
Cabonne first-time voter Jamie Lipscomb said he had been looking forward to voting.
"It feels like something I need to do, as being part of the community," he said.
"I want to feel like I'm making a change for the country and for the local area for that matter."
Mr Lipscomb said he had done is research on candidates before heading to the polls on Saturday but would have liked more information.
"There wasn't too much available on-line on candidates," he said.
"I feel like I got sufficient information but I feel there could have been more."
Zachary Oakes, who enrolled to vote on the day, admitted he hadn't given the election much thought but found voting 'pretty easy".
"I'm a bit of a gun nut so I just voted for the Shooters and Fishers," he said.
"I just asked questions and it pretty much told me what to do on the ballot paper. It was pretty simple."
Enrolling on the day was popular among first-time voters with Mr Oakes saying he was keen to avoid the fine.
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