Voting in Australia - 2nd July

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If you will be in Thailand on 2nd July and want to vote in the Federal Election - see below:

The Australian federal election will be held on Saturday 2 July 2016.

Early (in-person) voting will be offered at the Australian Embassy in Bangkok from Monday 20 June 2016, between the hours of 8.30am to 4.00pm, Monday to Friday. Please bring your Australian passport when you attend the Embassy to vote.

In-person voting will also be offered at the Embassy on election day, Saturday 2 July 2016, from 9.00am to 5.00pm. Please bring your Australian passport when you attend the Embassy to vote.

If you are unable to vote in person and wish to apply for a postal vote, you will need to access the online postal vote application (http://www.aec.gov.au/election/pva/) as this is the AEC’s preferred method of receiving postal votes.

Alternatively, you may notify the AEC that you are overseas by using the following link to the AEC website: http://www.aec.gov.au/enrol/

Information relating to being overseas at election time is available on the Australian Electoral Commission’s website www.aec.gov.au or you can contact the AEC via email ([email protected]) or telephone (+61 2 6160 2600).

Further information about voting in the election can also be found on the Smartraveller website (http://smartraveller.gov.au/bulletins/federal_election_2016/).