Elections ACT has advised that more than 300,000 Canberrans are now enrolled to vote in October’s 2020 ACT Legislative Assembly election.
ACT Electoral Commissioner Damian Cantwell said the Territory was once again setting the national benchmark for enrolment with more than 99.5 per cent of eligible ACT residents enrolled.
“The completeness of the roll is very pleasing and for the few eligible people who are not yet enrolled there is still time,” Mr Cantwell said.
“Recent legislative change means that while people can no longer update their existing enrolment, eligible ACT residents yet to enrol in the ACT can do so up to and including the final day of voting, Saturday 17 October,” he said.
“There are currently 302,628 people on the ACT electoral roll, up from 284,350 in 2016.”
Mr Cantwell said that in the month leading up to the preliminary close of rolls, more than 10,000 Canberrans submitted an enrolment transaction.
“The three-week voting period starts on Monday 28 September,” he said.
“All voters are encouraged to vote early from then to enhance COVID safety,” Mr Cantwell said.
Elections ACT said anyone who was new to the ACT electoral roll could still enrol up to, and on, the final day of voting – 17 October.
It said this included people enrolling for the first time and people who were changing their enrolment from an interstate address to an ACT one.
