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How the Australian Electoral Commission is preparing for the Federal Election
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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3/7/2025
While the Prime Minister is yet to set an election date, the Australian Electoral Commission is well and truly in election mode.
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Not even the Australian Electoral Commission knows when election day will be, but time
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is ticking and preparations are well and truly underway.
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This year will be the biggest federal election yet, with more than 18 million Australians
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set to cast their vote.
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Australia wide, there'll be more than 7,000 polling places and 500 early voting centres.
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If you find a trip to Officeworks overwhelming, well, spare a thought for the AEC.
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They'll be printing 25,000 copies of the electoral roll, 55 million ballot papers and
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distributing a quarter of a million pencils.
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The Northern Territory will have the biggest remote voter service in the country, with
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24 teams visiting 200 locations, including town camps.
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Our remote voter service offering is the biggest that we've ever delivered.
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And part of that is staying longer in locations, part of it is about offering polling day services
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in communities, which we really haven't done a lot of in the past.
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Around 94% of eligible Territorians are enrolled to vote, slightly below the national rate
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of 98%.
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And while Indigenous enrolment figures are the highest they've ever been, at 88% the
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AEC says there's still significant work to be done.
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Adding to the complexity, the Commission hasn't delivered a remote voting schedule during
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a wet season since 1996.
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And while Election Day remains a mystery, it's possible it could happen in early April,
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with road access posing a significant challenge.
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And they've told us that, so we can't get in, and we're looking at alternative arrangements.
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But the other critical thing, as I said, was are people still in those smaller locations?
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So now it's all eyes on the Prime Minister to reveal that much-anticipated election date,
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but the AEC says they'll be ready when he does.
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