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COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 189A

Access to electronic list of postal vote applicants

  (1)   A request for a list, in electronic form, of the postal vote applicants may be made to the Electoral Commissioner by:

  (a)   a candidate in a Senate election if the postal vote applications are in respect of any Division in the State or Territory for which the candidate stood for election; or

  (b)   a candidate in a House of Representatives election if the postal vote applications are in respect of the Division for which the candidate stood for election; or

  (c)   a registered political party if the postal vote applications are in respect of a Division in a State or Territory on the basis of which a branch or division of the party is organised.

The request may be made on or after the third day after polling day and before the election can no longer be questioned.

  (2)   The Electoral Commissioner must, as soon as practicable, comply with such a request.

  (3)   The list may include the name, date of birth and address of a postal vote applicant.

  (4)   However, before providing the list to a person or party, the Electoral Commissioner must remove from it all information concerning a person whose address has been excluded from the Roll under section   104, other than the person's name.


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