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===Remote voting=== ====Australia==== In Australia, many voters in remote locations (such as many [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous]] communities) have their votes collected by "remote mobile voting teams" (RMVTs),<ref name="lingiari">{{Cite web |url=https://antonygreen.com.au/why-the-nt-seat-of-lingiari-keeps-being-mentioned-in-the-voterid-debate/ |title=Why the NT seat of Lingiari keeps being mentioned in the VoterID Debate β Antony Green's Election Blog |date=25 November 2021 |access-date=12 June 2023 |archive-date=12 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612082823/https://antonygreen.com.au/why-the-nt-seat-of-lingiari-keeps-being-mentioned-in-the-voterid-debate/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which travel to remote communities via several forms of transport, generally in [[four-wheel-drive]]s (4WDs), but also on light aircraft, helicopters and boats in many cases.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aec.gov.au/employment/working-at-elections/files/positions/2022/march/position-description-remote-mobile-team-member-eo2.pdf |title=Remote Mobile Team Member |access-date=12 June 2023 |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108120402/https://www.aec.gov.au/employment/working-at-elections/files/positions/2022/march/position-description-remote-mobile-team-member-eo2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> For example, in the federal seat of [[Division of Lingiari|Lingiari]] (the largest in size (but smallest in population) of the two federal electorates in the [[Northern Territory]]), where Indigenous people make up around 40% of the population, most people have their votes collected by RMVTs and thus there is low turnout on election day in Lingiari.<ref name="lingiari"/> In Lingiari, regular polling places are generally only found in major towns and cities, such as [[Alice Springs]], [[Katherine, Northern Territory|Katherine]] and [[Tennant Creek]]. In contrast, in [[Division of Solomon|Solomon]] (the other federal seat in the Northern Territory, which includes [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] and most of [[Palmerston, Northern Territory|Palmerston]]), most voters vote at polling places due to their widespread availability.<ref name="lingiari"/> RMVTs are not exclusive to Lingiari or the Northern Territory, however; they are also used to a lesser extent in remote areas in the seats of [[Division of Durack|Durack]] ([[Western Australia]]),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseDivisionPage-27966-312.htm |title=House of Representatives division information |access-date=15 June 2023 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118143704/https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseDivisionPage-27966-312.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Division of Grey|Grey]] ([[South Australia]]),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseDivisionPage-27966-183.htm |title=House of Representatives division information |access-date=15 June 2023 |archive-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025094137/https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseDivisionPage-27966-183.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Division of Kennedy|Kennedy]] ([[Queensland]]),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseDivisionPage-27966-167.htm |title=House of Representatives division information |access-date=15 June 2023 |archive-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026024810/https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseDivisionPage-27966-167.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Division of Leichhardt|Leichhardt]] (Queensland),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseDivisionPage-27966-168.htm |title=House of Representatives division information |access-date=15 June 2023 |archive-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026024901/https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseDivisionPage-27966-168.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Division of O'Connor|O'Connor]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseDivisionPage-27966-243.htm |title=House of Representatives division information |access-date=15 June 2023 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118143704/https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseDivisionPage-27966-243.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Division of Parkes|Parkes]] ([[New South Wales]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseDivisionPage-27966-139.htm |title=House of Representatives division information |access-date=15 June 2023 |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405013128/https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseDivisionPage-27966-139.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> RMVTs also operate for state and territory elections. In the Northern Territory, most people vote before election day, but those who do that live in remote electorates (i.e those outside Darwin, Palmerston and Alice Springs) have their vote collected by RMVTs, whereas those in urban electorates (i.e those in Darwin, Palmerston and Alice Springs) vote at regular polling places. In the seats of [[electoral division of Daly|Daly]], [[electoral division of Katherine|Katherine]] and [[electoral division of Namatjira|Namatjira]], the majority of voters vote at regular polling places but for those in the remote parts of the electorate, RMVTs do exist. In Queensland, RMVTs are used by some remote voters in the seat of [[electoral district of Cook|Cook]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.elections.qld.gov.au/state2020 |title=Electoral Commission of Queensland |date=July 2019 |access-date=15 June 2023 |archive-date=10 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110101034/https://results.elections.qld.gov.au/state2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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