Advisory Report on the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Protecting Elector Participation) Bill 2012

19 March 2012

© Commonwealth of Australia 2012
ISBN 978-0-642-79638-7 (Printed version)
ISBN 978-0-642-79639-4 (HTML version)

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Preliminary Pages	(PDF 97KB)
Chapter 1 Introduction	(PDF 131KB)
Referral of the Bill Origins and purpose of the Bill Direct changes to the roll Declaration votes and objection action Requirement to enrol CRU and objection processes New South Wales and Victorian enrolment activities Overview of the Bill Schedule 1—Enrolment without claim Schedule 2—Declaration votes and objection action Date of effect Objectives and scope of the inquiry
Chapter 2 The issues	(PDF 212KB)
Overview Roll completeness Analysis Conclusion Receipt and use of third party data Analysis Conclusion Extending AEC enrolment powers Analysis Conclusion Signatures Analysis Conclusion Human rights and privacy Analysis Conclusion Declaration votes and objections Analysis Conclusion Overall conclusion
Dissenting report – The Hon Bronwyn Bishop MP, The Hon Alex Somlyay MP, Senator Scott Ryan and Senator Simon Birmingham	(PDF 215KB)
Introduction Integrity of the Electoral Roll Privacy Concerns Fraudulent Voting Problems in NSW Conclusion
Appendix A – Submissions	(PDF 42KB)
Appendix B – Hearing and witnesses	(PDF 56KB)