A hair less than 800,000 Australians cast their vote yesterday, a slight decline for the second day in a row. Despite a minor slowdown, yesterday still had a record-high number of votes for the Wednesday before the election, and 4.8 million Australians – more than a quarter of voters – have now filled in their ballots. That’s almost a million more votes than at this point last election.

The ABC reported yesterday that the Labor campaign is fearing a last-minute Peter Dutton recovery. While that’s far from impossible, with so many Australians having already cast their ballot it may already be too late for such a surge to make a difference.

Wondering how pre-polling has evolved over time, and what the implications are of so many early votes? You can read more about that here.