There were no democracy sausages, cake stalls or markets, no-one gathering around the entrance and far fewer people heading to the polls as they chose to postal vote instead.

However there is a return to normal for the 2022 Federal Government election and of course the highlight is the return of the democracy sausage, cake stalls and other market stalls.

Southern Highland News reporters have been heading out to polling booths to capture that sense of 'a return to the voting norm' on camera.

Here are some pictures taken across the Southern Highlands and the democracy sausage is definitely back on the table.

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