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Advisory report on the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012

16 August 2012

© Commonwealth of Australia 2012
ISBN 978-0-642-79776-6 (Printed version)
ISBN 978-0-642-79777-3 (HTML version)

View the report as a single document - (PDF 540KB)

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Preliminary Pages	(PDF 105KB)

Chapter 1 Introduction	(PDF 98KB)
Referral of the Bill Overview and purpose of the Bill Postal voting Nominations for elections Grounds disqualifying a person from enrolment and voting Registration of political parties Contents and structure of the Bill Schedule 1 – Postal voting Schedule 2 – Nominations for elections Schedule 3 – Other Amendments Date of effect Objective and conduct of the inquiry

Chapter 2 Issues in the Bill	(PDF 198KB)
Postal voting Analysis Conclusion Postal vote applications and political parties Analysis Conclusion Nomination requirements Analysis Conclusion Changes to the ‘unsound mind’ exemption Analysis Conclusion

Appendix A – Submissions	(PDF 27KB)

Appendix B – Roundtable and witnesses	(PDF 26KB)

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