Second Reading Speeches

Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2010

Type
Government
Portfolio
Special Minister of State
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the:

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
and
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
in relation to: publishing enrolment and election-related forms and information about places to vote; electronic certified lists of voters; mobile polling; postal voting; eligibility for early voting; and technical amendments; and
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
in relation to: evidence of identity for enrolment; the age of provisional enrolment; roll information provided electronically to parliamentarians; electronically copying the roll; purposes for which the roll may be used; and enrolment for people experiencing homelessness.

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