Editing Elections in Australia (section)

==Voter enrolment ==
[[Voter registration in Australia|Enrolment on the electoral roll]], known in some other countries as [[voter registration|registration]], is compulsory for all Australian citizens aged 18 years and over. Residents in Australia who had been enrolled as [[British subjects]] on 25 January 1984 continue to be enrolled and vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aec.gov.au/Enrolling_to_vote/British_subjects.htm|title=British Subjects Eligibility|author=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=11 March 2015|website=Australian Electoral Commission|archive-date=4 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304092958/http://aec.gov.au/Enrolling_to_vote/British_subjects.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|act|cea1918233|Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918|93}}</ref> (Almost 163,000 voters were recorded as British subjects on the electoral roll in 2009.)<ref>{{Cite web|location=Canberra|first=Dan |last=Harrison|date=2009-06-23|title=British citizens may lose voting rights|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/british-citizens-may-lose-voting-rights-20090623-cve9.html|access-date=2022-03-28|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426004715/https://www.smh.com.au/national/british-citizens-may-lose-voting-rights-20090623-cve9.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

As of 2024, the deadline to enrol or update enrolment information such as address is 7 days after the [[writ of election]] is issued.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Australian Electoral Commission |author-link=Australian Electoral Commission |date=27 September 2019 |title=Federal Election Timetable |url=https://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/federal_elections/Federal_Election_Timetable.htm}}</ref>

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