Australian Federal Election

[AW2007]

hi,

This maye be a silly question, but do all Australian passport holders need to vote this weekend?

[bdw]

If you are on an electoral roll, yes. If you don't, you will receive a fine in the mail. You can then call them up and explain you are overseas and they will usually waive the fine.

[Crocodile]

hi,

This maye be a silly question, but do all Australian passport holders need to vote this weekend?

If you are a non-resident of Australia, then you should have taken yourself off the register.

So, no, not all Australian passport holders will be voting.

[bdw]

I am too lazy to take myself off the roll, and too lazy to do a postal vote or go to the consulate. So the last 4 elections I have been fined and managed to talk my way out of the fine. I guess Im a typical Aussie.

[AW2007]

How do you ask to get taken off the electoral roll?

[Crocodile]

How do you ask to get taken off the electoral roll?

There is a form on the website that you can print and send/fax/email to the AEC.
Easy: I'll be overseas

[Loz_2]

Its easier for me to head down the street to vote at the consulate. Has anyone been recently? Heard there were big queues.

[MovingIn07]

Did you not get the email from the consulate about this? I did. There was a time limit about being enrolled (or not) ... I think it passed some weeks ago! There is an online site you check check to see if you are enrolled though, probably can google it.

Here you go: https://oevf.aec.gov.au/

[Loz_2]

Im not on the mailing list but thanks for the link

[bdw]

There was a time limit about being enrolled (or not)

After Gillard called the election, you had exactly 1 day to get yourself on or off the roll. Then it closed. From memory she called it over a weekend and then you had until 8pm on the Monday to update the roll.