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The Federal Election – postal voting
Wednesday 21 July 2010
Australia will be holding a Federal Election on Saturday 21 August 2010.
If you are eligible to vote but unable to attend a polling booth due to ill-health, you can offer a postal vote.
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has this information on its General Postal Voters web page:
General Postal Voters
Forms available on this page may be completed on screen prior to printing out, signing and returning to the AEC.
Registering as a General Postal Voter (GPV) means that you will automatically be sent ballot papers for each election until you change your enrolled address. This is generally for people who are enrolled at an address that is not near a polling place. This is distinct from a Postal Vote Application (PVA), which is a one-off postal vote and applies to a particular election only, ie. you are on holidays and will not be near a polling place for a specified election.
An elector can only apply to be registered as a general postal voter if they:
- live more than 20 kilometres from a polling place, including a place where mobile polling will be conducted;
- are a patient at a hospital or nursing home where polling will not take place;
- are not in hospital but, due to serious illness or infirmity, are unable to travel from their home to a polling place;
- cannot travel to a polling place because they are caring for a person who is seriously ill or infirm;
- are registered as a silent elector;
- are an elector whose religious beliefs, or membership of a religious order, preclude them from attending a polling place for all or most of the hours of polling;
- are registered as an overseas elector;
- are a member of the defence force, or a defence civilian who is serving outside Australia
- are an Australian Federal Police officer or staff member who is serving outside Australia
- are unable to sign their name due to physical incapacity
- are serving a prison sentence of less than 3 years, on remand or in periodic detention
Register as a General Postal Voter for:
- Australian Capital Territory - Federal and Territory Elections [PDF 98KB]
- New South Wales - Federal, State and Council Elections [PDF 157KB]
- Northern Territory - Federal and Territory Elections [PDF 101KB]
- Queensland - Federal and State Elections [PDF 141KB]
- South Australia - Federal and State Elections [PDF 128KB]
- Tasmania - Federal and State Elections [PDF 77KB]
- Victoria - Federal and State Elections [PDF 95KB]
- Western Australia - Federal and State Elections [PDF 125KB]
Contact your local AEC office
The AEC is organised on a wide geographic basis, with a National Office located in Canberra and a State Office in each capital city. In addition, there are separate Divisional Offices that service the 150 House of Representatives electoral divisions. For assistance completing AEC forms, or for more information, please contact your local AEC office.
The above originally appeared here.
The AEC also has this information from its Postal Vote Application form:
Eligible for early voting
You are eligible to vote before election day if, on election day, you can't get to a polling place because you:
- are outside the state or territory where you are enrolled to vote
- are more than 8km from a polling place
- are travelling or can't leave your workplace to vote
- are seriously ill, infirm or approaching childbirth (or if you are caring for someone who is)
- have religious beliefs that prevent you from attending a polling place
- are in prison serving a sentence of less than three years or otherwise detained
- are a silent elector.
Early voting in person
You can vote early in person at an AEC divisional office or at an early voting centre. You will not need to complete this form. Locations and opening times of early voting centres in Australia and overseas can be found on our website, or by phoning 13 23 26.
Please carefully consider your options as voting early in person may be an easier option for than voting early by post.
Early voting by post
Apply for a postal vote by printing and filling out this application form. Additional forms are also available at any AEC office, post office or from our website.
Due to the large amount of forms we receive, please return yours as soon as possible. The AEC must receive your form by 6pm on the Thursday before election day.
Ballot papers
Ballot papers will be sent in response to postal vote applications after the nominations for candidates have closed, which is usually two or three weeks before polling day.
Remember to leave plenty of time for your ballot papers to be posted to you, completed, and then returned before 6pm on election day.
Witnesses
Electors who appear on the Commonwealth of Australia electoral roll can witness postal vote applications, both within Australia and overseas.
However, candidates standing for election cannot act as witnesses.
Witnesses for overseas voters
If you are overseas, suitable witnesses to this form include certain Australian public officials or their equivalents in a Commonwealth country. For a full list please visit www.aec.gov.au or call +61 2 6271 4411.
If you can't find a suitable witness, submit your application with a signed statement explaining why your application couldn't be witnesses and a photocopy of your passport showing the country, date of issue, passport number, date of birth, signature and photograph.
About your postal vote application
The personal information you give on the application is used for electoral purposes and may be viewed by authorised staff and scrutineers.
All applications are available for public inspection at divisional offices.
Lists of postal vote applications are made available to candidates and registered political parties from the third day after polling until the election or referendum can no longer be questioned.
Please note: as the security of external information systems cannot be assured, the AEC does not accept any liability for unauthorised interception of electronic communications associated with the use of this form.
For more information...
on early and postal voting and to find out how to return your form, please visit www.aec.gov.au or call 13 23 26.
Arabic: 1300 720 132
Cantonese: 1300 720 135
Croatian: 1300 720 136
Greek: 1300 720 137
Italian: 1300 720 138
Khmer: 1300 720 134
Macedonian: 1300 720 139
Mandarin: 1300 720 142
Polish: 1300 720 143
Portuguese: 1300 720 145
Russian: 1300 720 146
Serbian: 1300 720 147
Spanish: 1300 720 148
Turkish: 1300 720 149
Vietnamese: 1300 720 152
Other languages 1300 720 153
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