With the referendum on next Saturday, we’re opening up this thread for questions about the referendum itself. As I read in an ABC article this morning no-one under 42 has ever been able to vote in a referendum and the last one was ~24 years ago.
This thread is not a place to discuss the alteration itself - that is handled by the older Voice to Parliament Referendum Megathread which will remain open until after October 14. There you will find a wide range of opinions, and do remember these are opinions and not facts.
Anyway this thread is here for anyone that’s got questions about the referendum. And by extension anyone with answers
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Hey, just a little nudge, if you’re keen to chat about the Voice to Parliament, we’ve got this corker of a megathread where we can all have a good chinwag in one spot. But if you’re not up for that, no worries, it’s business as usual. Gotta keep things fair dinkum!
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The closest polling place to me isn’t doing snags or sweets according to the democracy sausage website. What an outrage! I have to travel further to get a decent feed! Anyway, onions on top of or under the snag?
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Ooo will there be how to vote
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What a sad day it is 😂
I’ll be away from my usual residence.
I can just roll up to any polling booth and do an absentee ballot right?
Yep, the caveat is if you’re voting interstate you need to find an interstate voting centre. If you go through the aec site and hit I don’t live in X state it will show you the interstate centres.
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You can check the aec site to see what is opening near you. My local will open shortly for early voting, but a few nearby opened on the second.
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Yep, there’s eligibility requirements, but in practice that means just lie about a reasonable one for you.
Want to know what the ballot paper will look like? Check it out here: https://aec.gov.au/referendums/vote/completing-the-ballot-paper.html
The text under A Proposed Law will read:
To alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Do you approve this proposed alteration?I did my postal vote the other day and that was all that they give you, so just remember that you’re expected to do all of your research and decision making before you get to the ballot box.
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