Over 12 million vote in marriage survey

Over 12 million people have returned the equal marriage survey, representing 77 per cent of those entitled to vote.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated it received an additional 400,000 survey forms in the week to Friday, October 27, bringing the total to 12.3 million voters.

There are just seven days left until the survey closes on November 7. The result will be released on November 15.