Special enrolments

Special category electors

  • Silent electors
  • Registered general postal voters
  • Electors with no fixed address
  • People unable to physically sign their name
  • Antarctic electors

Please visit the Special Category Enrolments page of the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) website for forms and information.

Overseas electors

If you are going overseas for 6 years or less and you wish to vote, you can apply to be registered as an overseas elector. This entitles you to have your name retained on the electoral roll while overseas.

Please visit the Registration as an overseas elector page of the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) website for forms and information.

If you are going overseas indefinitely/permanently or temporarily (up to 12 months) and may not be able to vote, please use the Overseas notification form [PDF 69k].