aikmann4 wrote on Jul 18
th, 2010 at 1:40pm:
Can you only get fined if you're enrolled but you don't turn up? I'm not sure how it works.
I'll be moving most likely in two weeks. It all depends on if I pass the medical I've got coming up in Tamworth. I want to vote but I don't know if I can.
If you dont vote and they work it out they will ask if you have a good reason, If you provide a reasonable story they probably let you off if not you get a fine $20 I think.
You could pre arrage a postal vote where you are currently enroled if you move and can not get to the correct location on the 21/8.
Eligibility for early voting
You are eligible to vote before election day if, on election day,
you can’t get to a polling place because you:
■■ are outside the state or territory where you are enrolled
to vote
■■ are more than 8km from a polling place
■■ are travelling or can’t leave your workplace to vote
■■ are seriously ill, infirm or approaching childbirth (or if you
are caring for someone who is)
■■ are a patient in hospital and can’t vote at the hospital
■■ have religious beliefs that prevent you from attending a
polling place
■■ are in prison serving a sentence of less than three years or
otherwise detained
■■ are a silent elector.