The Australian Electoral Commission has confirmed that 96 per cent of eligible Australians have enrolled to vote on 21 May - the biggest single-day enrolment in Australia's history.
Richard Wainwright
Almost 1,000 staff were employed by the AEC to keep up with the demand it anticipated was to come over the Easter long weekend. At the 2019 election, 97 per cent of Australians were eligible to vote with just under 17 million people on the electoral roll. The early voting period will span about two weeks before election day, but AEC spokesperson Evan Ekin-Smyth says people who can turn up on election day should.
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