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Aaron Bunch

Democracy has no bounds: remote voters have their say

Voters queue to cast their ballot at a Tiwi Islands polling station about 80km north of Darwin. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

Helicopters, charter planes, boats and four-wheel drives play a key part in ensuring thousands of Australians get their right to vote this federal election.

The Australian Electoral Commission has started rolling out dozens of mobile polling teams to almost 500 remote communities nationwide as early voting gets underway ahead of the May 3 poll.

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