Who has access to your enrolment information?
The Commonwealth of Australia
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is authorised under the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (CEA) to collect and verify the
information you have been asked to complete on this form. The
information provided will assist the AEC to maintain electoral rolls.
The AEC may disclose electoral information to persons or
organisations in accordance with the CEA. This may include:
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access to the publicly available electoral roll (containing
names and addresses) which may be inspected at
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state and territory electoral authorities
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Members of Parliament, Senators, registered political
parties, and candidates for the House of Representatives
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approved medical research and public health
screening programs
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any agencies, persons or organisations prescribed in the
Electoral and Referendum Regulation 2016.
For more information on privacy, visit www.privacy.gov.au
The State of Queensland
Electoral Commission Queensland provides electoral information
to organisations authorised under the Queensland Electoral
Act 1992.
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You can use this form to:
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enrol to vote
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change your residential or postal address, and/or
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change your name
on the electoral roll for federal, state and local
government elections in Queensland.
Who can enrol and vote?
It is compulsory for all eligible Australian citizens over 18 years
to enrol to vote. You are eligible to enrol and vote if you:
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are an Australian citizen, or a British subject who was
enrolled on 25 January 1984*
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are 18 years or older, and
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have lived at your address for at least one month.
*For Queensland electors only, if you were eligible to be on the
state electoral roll on 31 December 1991.
You can enrol at 16 but cannot vote until you are 18.
Within three weeks of receiving your enrolment form the AEC will
conrmyourenrolment.Wemayseekfurtherinformationfrom
youandconrmyourenrolmentusinganyofthecontactdetails
you provide.
Special enrolment
Special category enrolment forms are available if you:
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are temporarily overseas
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cannot attend a polling place on election day
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believe that having your address shown on a publicly
available roll may endanger your safety or that of
your family
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are in prison
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are physically incapable of signing your name
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are working in Antarctica.
For more information
Australian Electoral Commission
www.aec.gov.au or 13 23 26
Electoral Commission Queensland
www.ecq.qld.gov.au or 1300 881 665
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Enrol to vote or update your details
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