Australians all let us enrol for we are girt by disenfranchisement
3-Jul-2007Today is one of the first of the likely days on which Australia’s PM might flick through his Filofax to remind himself who the Governor General is and then drive out and ask for him to schedule an election. After unfavourable recent polling for the Federal Coalition Government today isn’t as likely to be the day an election is called as it looked a few weeks ago, but it is a good reminder to get our Australian friends and family to check they’re correctly enrolled.
Recent changes to Electoral Enrolment laws mean that if you intend to vote in Australia’s upcoming Federal Election today would be a good time to enrol to vote or update your electoral details (if you aren’t correctly enrolled already) because there is no longer a grace period after the calling of an election to allow stragglers to be enrolled to vote in it.
