If applicants live in Australia but do not have a permanent address, they can apply for enrolment as an itinerant elector. This will enable them to enrol in the Division in which they were last entitled to enrolment, where their next of kin is enrolled, the Division in which they were born, or if none of the above apply, the Division with which they have the closest connection. Physically Incapacitated Electors Enrolment is available to anyone qualified for enrolment who is so physically incapacitated as to be unable to sign their name or make their mark. This circumstance must be certified by a medical practitioner. Is enrolled as a silent elector Because of religious beliefs or membership of a religious order, precluded from attending a polling place during all or most of the hours of polling O verseas Electors Electors who are already on a Commonwealth of Australia electoral roll and who are resident overseas or who intend to leave Australia within the next 3 months can register as Eligible Overseas Electors.
Registration ensures electors names remain on the roll whilst they are overseas.
It does not mean that they will automatically be sent ballot papers . Electors will still have to vote either in person at an Australian Diplomatic Post which provides full consular services or by applying for a Postal Vote. It does not mean that they will automatically be sent ballot papers . Electors will still have to vote either in person at an Australian Diplomatic Post which provides full consular services or by applying for a Postal Vote. The applicant is, or expects to be in Antarctica, in the course of their employment and registration ceases when the elector ceases to reside in Antarctica.