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An individual has 8 weeks after turning 18 to register and the 8-week period also applies to update of details. Failure to enrol or update details can incur a fine. [25] However, citizens who later enrol themselves are protected from prosecution for not enrolling in the previous years by section 101(7) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918. [26]
The Electoral Act stipulates that the election campaign must run for a minimum of 25 days and a maximum of 55 days. Like all other states and territories voting in South Australia is compulsory, however unlike other states initial enrolment is not compulsory so a voter could theoretically not be compelled to vote if they chose never to enrol.
At the 2010 Tasmanian state election, with a turnout of 335,353 voters, about 6,000 people were fined $26 for not voting, and about 2,000 paid the fine. [39] A postal vote is available for those for whom it is difficult to attend a polling station.
[31] Following the 2021 council elections, the NSW Electoral Commission issued 18,501 failure to vote notices and fines to non-residential electors in the City of Sydney, representing 39% of all non-residential electors for the area. [32]
By the 1996 election, the rate was set at $1.58 per vote for both Houses. By the 2013 election the rate was $2.49. At 1 January 2014 the rate was $2.52 per vote. [20] By the 2016 election, the election funding rate from 1 July 2016 to 31 December 2016 was $2.62784 per eligible vote. [21]
At the 2010 federal election more than 1.5 million people did not vote or voted incorrectly. ... "History of voting in NSW". NSW Electoral Commission. 6 March 2024.
Some councils use a single ballot paper, while others have an Australian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting. [16] Councils can be either undivided or be divided into wards ranging from two-member to five-member. [17] [18] Voting is compulsory for anyone on the New South Wales state electoral roll. [19]
He stated the government should not force citizens to vote or threaten them with a fine. [28] At the 2013 federal election, considering the threat of a non-voting fine of up to A$20, [29] there was a turnout of 92%, [30] of whom 6% lodged either informal or blank ballot papers. [31]