The VEC had decided the western Victorian town of Kaniva would go without a polling booth on election day, but a group of concerned residents weren't having it.
Almost 50 people recruited by the Victorian Electoral Commission will patrol polling booths from the start of early voting.
Two women, Louise Elliot and Zelinda Sherlock, are elected to Hobart City Council, while the deputy mayor-elect, Ben Lohberger, has failed to win a council seat and will not be able to serve.