If you will be outside your division but still within your home State, you may vote as an absent voter at any polling place in your State. I am visiting friends in another State this weekend and will be unable to vote in my division on polling day. If you will be outside your home State on polling day, you can only vote by attending a pre poll voting facility on polling day or an Australian Electoral Commission divisional office. If the elector is unable to sign their name, they may make their mark as a signature. In such cases the elector must make their mark in the presence of the person acting as a witness.
Voting is still compulsory for such electors.
There is no provision for proxy voting in federal elections in Australia. However, if an elector requires assistance, they are able to choose the person who assists them, whether they vote at a polling place or are having a postal vote. If the elector cannot sign, they must make a mark and it must be appropriately witnessed. To make a formal vote on your House of Representatives ballot paper, you must number every box. DO NOT use ticks or crosses, duplicate or omit any numbers.