Do I need to vote or is the fine easier?
Aug 12th 2013, 6:42 pm
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Aug 12th 2013, 6:52 pm
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Re: Do I need to vote or is the fine easier?
Aug 12th 2013, 9:59 pm
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Re: Do I need to vote or is the fine easier?
Are you sure? 
I was on the AEC site last night to get a postal oting paper and it says
You are required by law to enrol if you:
are an Australian citizen, or eligible British subject,
aged 18 years and over, and
have lived at your address for at least one month.
If you are 16 or 17 you can enrol now so when you turn 18 you'll be able to vote.
I was on the AEC site last night to get a postal oting paper and it says
You are required by law to enrol if you:
are an Australian citizen, or eligible British subject,
aged 18 years and over, and
have lived at your address for at least one month.
If you are 16 or 17 you can enrol now so when you turn 18 you'll be able to vote.
That isn't what it says on the AEC website:
I know someone who's lived here 20 years and has never gone on it and hasn't been fined so I guess there's no way of them checking if you're not registered
Aug 13th 2013, 12:34 am
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Re: Do I need to vote or is the fine easier?
So if I enroll, but missed the deadline, and cannot vote, then I'm in the clear for a free Saturday and a fine.
Aug 13th 2013, 9:57 am
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Aug 13th 2013, 9:59 am
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Aug 13th 2013, 2:17 pm
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Aug 14th 2013, 12:32 pm
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Re: Do I need to vote or is the fine easier?
I can't really make clear sense of the rules regarding voting. I know it's supposed to be compulsory but why then can you take yourself off the electoral roll?
I took myself off when I last left Oz in 2010 and I'm sure the people at the Brissy office said that meant I didn't need to vote. Now I'm not sure at all but I guess it's largely irrelevant as I've missed the deadline to enrol again.
Does anyone actually know what the score is with this, or whether I'm likely to find myself in the poop when I next return to Oz?
I took myself off when I last left Oz in 2010 and I'm sure the people at the Brissy office said that meant I didn't need to vote. Now I'm not sure at all but I guess it's largely irrelevant as I've missed the deadline to enrol again.
Does anyone actually know what the score is with this, or whether I'm likely to find myself in the poop when I next return to Oz?
Aug 14th 2013, 12:36 pm
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Re: Do I need to vote or is the fine easier?
I can't really make clear sense of the rules regarding voting. I know it's supposed to be compulsory but why then can you take yourself off the electoral roll?
I took myself off when I last left Oz in 2010 and I'm sure the people at the Brissy office said that meant I didn't need to vote. Now I'm not sure at all but I guess it's largely irrelevant as I've missed the deadline to enrol again.
Does anyone actually know what the score is with this, or whether I'm likely to find myself in the poop when I next return to Oz?
I took myself off when I last left Oz in 2010 and I'm sure the people at the Brissy office said that meant I didn't need to vote. Now I'm not sure at all but I guess it's largely irrelevant as I've missed the deadline to enrol again.
Does anyone actually know what the score is with this, or whether I'm likely to find myself in the poop when I next return to Oz?
Aug 14th 2013, 6:26 pm
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Re: Do I need to vote or is the fine easier?
There's the noone word again. 
My Ozzie boss says that so many people don't vote and don't get fined because they can't police it all properly. So take ya chances.
My Ozzie boss says that so many people don't vote and don't get fined because they can't police it all properly. So take ya chances.
Last edited by Alfresco; Aug 14th 2013 at 6:28 pm.
Aug 14th 2013, 6:37 pm
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Re: Do I need to vote or is the fine easier?
Last time there was a State election there was a local one at the same time, and you can't get postal votes for that. I was back home, so I got a postal vote sorted in advance for the State one, then got a bill for a fine for the local one - again they needed proof I was abroad before they were happy.