Queensland's electoral commissioner has reassured voters that polling will go ahead "as normal" in the upcoming local government elections, despite community worries over coronavirus.

Key points: Elections will still be held on March 28

Elections will still be held on March 28 Hand sanitiser and extra pencils will be in place in all 1,100 booths

Hand sanitiser and extra pencils will be in place in all 1,100 booths Postal voting applications close at 7pm, Monday, March 16

More than three million voters are set to visit voting booths throughout Queensland on March 28 to cast their vote in council elections.

Commissioner Patrick Vidgen said there were no postponement plans.

"We're planning with what we know and going ahead as normal," he told ABC Radio Brisbane's Rebecca Levingston.

"We have 3.2 million voters in Queensland and 10,000 staff and 9 million ballot papers, so our focus is what we know now.

"Things could change, but we're not doing detailed planning as it would depend on the advice and the severity of the advice.

"It's a sliding scale in what response we may need to implement."

He said his team had been taking advice daily from Queensland Health.

"We understand community concerns regarding the virus," he said.

"But we're working towards the knowledge we have from Queensland Health and their advice is that public events and mass gatherings are continuing."

Mr Vidgen said despite the community's worries around coronavirus, there had not been an increase in postal vote applications.

"We currently have 300,000 applications and we're trending that way at the moment," he said.

"It's followed the [typical] trend during this period."

Bring your own pencil

Mr Vidgen said the electoral commission had already sourced a supplier for hand sanitiser to ensure availability at the 1,100 polling booths.

"We've also organised a huge amount of pencils, so if people have concerns we will be replacing them often during the day," he said.

"We will also be wiping down tables and if people bring their own pencil, we're OK with that.

Volunteers will be wiping down surfaces throughout the day. ( ABC: Damien Larkins )

"We don't want people to be concerned and we don't believe there's a greater risk than what has been advised by health agency.

"If the advice changes between now and March 28 we will fall into line with that."

What are your options?

Mr Vidgen says people have three options for voting in the council elections:

Early voting begins on Monday, March 16 at 170 centres across the state

Early voting begins on at 170 centres across the state Apply for a postal vote by 7pm, March 16 if you want to vote from home

Apply for a postal vote by if you want to vote from home Attend polling booths on election day March 28

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Your thoughts on polling day

Listeners to ABC Radio Brisbane had mixed thoughts about attending polling booths on election day:

"This is the perfect time to move into electronic voting and we need to set it up as soon as possible as it will avoid a mass gathering of people and dirty pencils." - Kay from Sunshine Coast

"I had already requested a postal vote last week; corona was my only reason." - Liam from Morningside

"At least the voting queues will be short if everyone else does postal voting." - Marion from Brisbane