What is a general postal voter, and how do I register as one?
An elector who is registered as General Postal Voter will automatically be sent ballot papers as soon as practicable following the declaration of nominations for a federal election, or the issue of writ for a federal referendum. An eligible elector only has to fill in a General Postal Vote application form once. Electors do not have to reapply. This is where a General Postal Vote application form differs from a Postal Vote Application. A Postal Vote Application is made available by the AEC on the announcement of an election and is only intended to be used for that electoral event. An elector can 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, and because of serious illness or infirmity is unable to travel to a polling place • are not in hospital but, due to serious illness or infirmity,
Registration as a general postal voter means that you will automatically be sent postal voting material as soon as possible after pre-poll voting commences for each election. You can apply for registration as a general postal voter if: • you are a patient in a hospital, nursing home or similar institution that is not provided with mobile polling facilities and you are too ill or infirm to travel; • you live at home and you are too ill or infirm to travel; • you are detained in lawful custody (for example, serving a prison sentence); • you have a physical disability which prevents you from signing your name and have provided on enrolling (or can provide) a doctor’s certificate to this effect; • you live more than 20 km by the nearest practicable route from a polling place; • your address is not shown on the roll because you are a silent elector; or • because of your religious beliefs you are precluded from attending a polling place. Contact the ACT Electoral Commission or the Australian
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