GUILDFORD’S early voting location has been a site of gridlocked cars backing into James Street traffic as voters come and go through a single access point in the small lot.

Echo News arrived onsite on Monday to investigate the parking and traffic situation at the location.

Candidates and volunteers were stood under the hot sun, on a small walkway ringed by election signage leading into the building on 48A James Street.

A chalk line had been scrawled across the paved brick walkway to indicate the point candidates couldn’t stand past, but it was a rule made difficult to adhere to by the limited standing space.

The Midland candidates from Labor, Liberals, The Nationals, Christian Party and the Greens were all present during time of arrival.

Greens candidate for Kalamunda Janelle Sewell said all candidates were united in feeling very unhappy with the parking and traffic management situation.

“It’s just been chaos with signs being crushed because there’s no room to manoeuvre and the management is being done by volunteers,” Ms Sewell said.

“A volunteer did an amazing job jumping in and directing traffic, but it’s not right because the liability falls on them when there should be official management provided by the electoral commission.

“This site is taking in voters from Wooroloo to Pickering Brook and it’s just not coping with the amount of traffic – there’s only about 14 car bays and the flow of traffic has been constant.”

Business owners in the row of shopfronts beside the location had put up a large sign warning voters their bays were reserved for customers only and violators risked having their vehicles towed.

Guildford Garden Machinery owner Craig Andrew had his shop operations disrupted directly next door to the polling booth and said he wasn’t alone in his frustrations.

“Over the weekend none of the businesses could get parking, every bay was filled by voters – it’s unacceptable,” he said.

“We had customers ringing us asking where they should park because they couldn’t get in and it was frustrating.

“So we took measures because we had to combat something here but since then, the sign was actually run over out the front.

“A guy in a F250 has absolutely levelled my sign and kept driving – it’s been chaos to say the least.”

The WA electoral commission has been contacted for comment.