Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts45. Electors must vote
(1) Subject to this Act, an elector must not fail to vote at a referendum without a valid and sufficient reason for the failure.
Penalty: $100.
(2) If the polling day for a referendum is the same as that fixed as polling day for an election of a member of the Legislative Assembly, a person cannot be found guilty of an offence against subsection (1) if the person has been found guilty of an offence against section 64 of the Northern Territory Electoral Act in respect of his or her failing to vote at the election.