It's getting close to election day & we're getting a lot of questions from COVID+ voters.
Here's some answers. 🧵
Here's some answers. 🧵
People who tested positive to COVID after 6pm on Tuesday (& haven’t voted yet) are eligible for a telephone vote. See aec.gov.au/election/covid…
Telephone voting is an emergency service only, for the unique circumstances of the pandemic, with deadlines set in the legislation/regulations.
It is for people who are eligible for the service and have had no other option after their positive test.
It is for people who are eligible for the service and have had no other option after their positive test.
We'll have thousands of operators but there may be a wait. We ask people to be patient with our operators who are working hard to deliver the service.
People who tested positive to COVID between Saturday & 6pm Tuesday (& hadn’t voted yet) were eligible to apply for a postal vote.
Direct info from health authorities (texts/emails/web) & AEC advertising communicated the option.
Direct info from health authorities (texts/emails/web) & AEC advertising communicated the option.
People who did not apply for a postal vote before the Wed 6pm application deadline, haven’t voted yet, tested positive before 6pm Tues, and are in isolation through to after election day, may not be able to vote.
The intention of the legislation is for each cohort of voters to have an option available to them & for people to plan their vote.
People registering for telephone voting will be making a declaration about the circumstances of their test.
People registering for telephone voting will be making a declaration about the circumstances of their test.
More than 6.5 million people have either cast a pre-poll vote or applied for a postal vote so far. #ausvotes
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