Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations25. Who may apply for postal voting papers
(1) A person may apply for postal voting papers for an election if the person:
(a) is entitled to vote at the election; and
(b) is eligible for postal voting.
(2) A person is eligible for postal voting if:
(a) throughout polling hours on polling day, the person:
(i) will not be in the Territory or within 20 km of a polling place; or
(ii) will be travelling under conditions that preclude voting at a polling place; or
(iii) will be unable to attend at a polling place because of illness, infirmity or approaching maternity; or
(iv) will be unable to attend at a polling place because the person will be caring for another person who is seriously ill or infirm or who is expected shortly to give birth; or
(v) will be prevented from attending at a polling place because the person is a prisoner; or
(vi) will be engaged throughout polling hours in employment or an occupation and either the person is not entitled to leave of absence to vote or attending a polling place to vote would be likely to cause the person financial loss; or
(b) the person will, because of membership of a religious order or religious beliefs, be precluded from attending at a polling place during polling hours on polling day or the greater part of those hours; or
(c) the person's address has been suppressed.