ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 129 Compulsory voting

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 129

    (1)     An elector who is entitled to vote at an election shall not, without a valid and sufficient reason, fail to vote at the election.

Maximum penalty: 0.5 penalty units.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to—

        (a)     an eligible overseas elector; or

        (b)     an Antarctic elector; or

        (c)     an elector who is serving a sentence of imprisonment outside the ACT; or

        (d)     an elector who is enrolled because of the elector's enrolment on the Commonwealth roll as an itinerant elector.

    (3)     Without limiting subsection (1), an elector shall be taken to have a valid and sufficient reason for failing to vote at an election if the elector believes it to be part of the elector's religious duty to abstain from voting.