Editing Absentee ballot (section)

===All-postal voting===
''All-postal'' voting is the form of postal voting where all electors receive their ballot papers through the post, not just those who requested an absentee ballot. Depending on the system applied, electors may have to return their ballot papers by post, or there may be an opportunity to deliver them by hand to a specified location.

There is some evidence that this method of voting leads to higher turnout than one where people vote in person or have to apply for a postal vote. Critics suggest that this is only a temporary impact, and that there are dangers in people using ballot papers intended for other electors.{{Citation needed|date=November 2018}}

It has been tested by a large number of local authorities in the [[United Kingdom]] for their elections, and in 2004 it was used for elections to the European Parliament and local authorities in four of the English regions (see below for more details). In 2016, the [[Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey]] was conducted via all-postal voting with a turnout of 79.5 percent.