Inquiry into the implications of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Amendment (Automatic Enrolment) Act 2009 (NSW) for the conduct of Commonwealth elections

25 February 2010

© Commonwealth of Australia 2010
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Chair’s Foreword
Membership of the Committee
Committee Secretariat
Terms of reference
List of abbreviations
List of recommendations

Rationale for the legislation
Key features of the legislation
Impact of the NSW legislation on existing electoral roll arrangements
Automatic enrolment provisions
Provisions enabling eligible persons to enrol and cast a provisional vote on polling day
Conduct of the inquiry
Structure of the report

The potential for elector confusion
Impact of the timing of the next Commonwealth election
Electoral roll integrity: the accuracy of data received from trusted agencies
Election Day enrolment
 ‘One roll, many elections’
Committee conclusions

Exclusion or non-compliance?
Automatic enrolment—untested, unsafe, unnecessary
Election day enrolment
Inconsistencies should not be addressed with a flawed approach
Primacy of the Australian Electoral Commission
Inconsistency between the proposals of this report and the Electoral and Referendum (Close of Rolls and Other Measures) Bill
Conclusion