The centres will be open from 8am to 6pm to provide members of the region's communities the opportunity to cast their vote.

Full wheelchair access will be provided at the polling stations at Buangor Primary School - 26 School Road, Buangor; Elmhurst Mechanics Hall - High Street, Elmhurst; Glenorchy Memorial Hall - 29 Forest Street, Glenorchy and Stawell West Primary School - 80-88 Cooper Street (access via Longfield Street), Stawell.

Assisted wheelchair access will be available at the Ararat Senior Citizens Clubrooms - High Street, Ararat; Ararat College - 4-30 Barkly Street, Ararat; Concongella Primary School - 61 Concongella-School Road, Concongella; Great Western Primary School - Stephenson Street, Great Western; Landsborough Public Hall - 29 Burke Street, Landsborough; Marnoo Primary School - 80 Newall Street, Marnoo and Stawell Senior Citizens Club Rooms - 9 Victoria Street, Stawell.

There will be no wheelchair access at the Moonambel State Primary School - 24 Humffray Street, Moonambel.

In Lowan, polling places are available at the Lake Bolac College - 90 Montgomery Street, Lake Bolac; Willaura Primary School, 14 Warranooke Street, Willaura; and the Tatyoon Hall - Tatyoon Road, Tatyoon.

When you vote in a State election, you complete two ballot papers.

Voters are being urged to take their time reading instructions printed on their ballot papers to make sure they vote correctly.

The small ballot paper is for the Lower House (Legislative Assembly). Put a 1 in the box next to the name of the candidate you most want to see elected, then number all all the remaining boxes in the order of their preference for their vote to count.

It is important to remember that you must number all the boxes on the smaller ballot paper.

The large ballot paper is for the Upper House (Legislative Council). Voters have two options for completing that ballot paper.

Option one is to vote above the line. Do this by writing a 1 in the box of the party or group of your choice.

If a voter chooses to vote 'above the line', their preferences are distributed according to the party or group's Group Voting Ticket.

Group Voting Tickets can be inspected on the VEC website atvec.vic.gov.au and at voting centres on election day.

Option two is to vote below the line. Do this by numbering at least five boxes (from one to five) for the candidates of your choice. Voters can number more than five boxes if they wish.

Electoral Commissioner Warwick Gately said a record 1557 how-to-vote cards have been registered with the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) by political parties, independent candidates and interest groups.

"How-to-vote cards are distributed to voters to encourage them to number preferences on their ballot papers in a way determined by a particular political party, group or independent candidate," he said.

"It's important to remember that how-to-vote cards provide suggestions only - it is the voter who decides how their preferences are to be distributed."

How-to-vote cards are distributed by candidate and party representatives and can also be inspected on the VEC website at vec.vic.gov.au