The AEC has published the total numbers on the electoral roll for the upcoming election. The good news is that the national electoral roll, as a proportion of the number of Australians eligible to vote, is about the same as it was as of the close-of-rolls in 2004, write Simon Jackman and Peter Brent.
Electoral roll
Vote 1 jumbuck: you have until 8pm to enrol
GetUp has tried everything to maximise the number of people enrolled to vote in this election from enrolment drives to SMS reminders. But there’s one thing we never thought of — wood chopping, sheep shearing and sheep dog trials, writes Ed Coper.
Your vote returned to sender?
Many Australians will be denied their vote this year – and that’s not just under-eighteens, foreigners, prisoners and pets – and a number of those will only find out when they front up to a booth on election day to flex their democratic muscle, writes GetUp!’s Ed Coper.
