REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 62A Access to electronic list of postal vote applicants

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 62A

  (1)   This section only applies to postal vote applications in respect of a referendum if the voting day for the referendum is not the same as the polling day for an election.

Note:   If those days are the same, a person may be able to request a list of postal vote applicants under section   189A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 .

  (2)   A request for a list, in electronic form, of the postal vote applicants may be made to the Electoral Commissioner by:

  (a)   a Senator for a State or Territory if the postal vote applications are in respect of any Division in that State or Territory; or

  (b)   a member of the House of Representatives if the postal vote applications are in respect of the Division for which he or she is a member of the House of Representatives; or

  (c)   a registered political party if the postal vote applications are in respect of a Division in a State or Territory on the basis of which a branch or division of the party is organised.

The request may be made on or after the third day after polling day and before the referendum can no longer be questioned.

  (3)   The Electoral Commissioner must, as soon as practicable, comply with such a request.

  (4)   The list may include the name, date of birth and address of a postal vote applicant.

  (5)   However, before providing the list to a person or party, the Electoral Commissioner must remove from it all information concerning a person whose address has been excluded from the Roll under section   104 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 , other than the person's name.