A steady stream of residents filed into Dungog Public School throughout the morning to cast their vote in the federal election.

Volunteers handed out how to vote cards for Labor, The Nationals, The Greens and the United Australia Party outside the rural polling booth.

Brian Hanson said he was handing out how to vote cards for The Nationals because "I think they do a good job" while Pamela Nielson said she was handing out for Labor because she felt like Australia needed a change in government.

"I really want to see a change and I think Labor is the best party for the job," she said.

"I think we need the old values of Labor back. I also want to see action on climate change."

The Nationals' Dr David Gillespie holds the division of Lyne, in which Dungog is part of, by a comfortable 15.2 per cent.

There are eight candidates battling it out for the seat of Lyne: Joanne Pearce (Independent), Joel Putland (United Australia Party), David Gillespie (The Nationals), Alex Simpson (Labor Party), Steve Attkins (Independent), Mark Hornshaw (Liberal Democratic Party), Josephine Cashman (Pauline Hanson's One Nation) and Karl Attenborough (Australian Greens).

At Dungog Public School on Saturday, the P&C hosted its first fundraiser of the year - a bake stall.

"We haven't been able to do much fundraising in the past two years because of COVID-19," P&C member Kirilea Watkins said. "This is our first fundraising event of the year and only the second in two years."

Fellow P&C member Natalie Spedding thanked all the families who provided delicious treats for the bake stall.

"We appreciate all parents and members of the P&C committee who provided all the homemade goods for the bake sale," she said.

The funds raised will go towards providing new supplies to students of the school.

The Australian Electoral Commission will begin the task of counting ballots from 6pm, when polling booths across Australia close, as the country votes for its next government.

The commission said about 5.54 million Australians made an early vote ahead of Saturday on top of a record 2.73 million people applying for a postal vote.