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Australian election 2022 voting guide: everything you need to know, including how to vote if you have Covid

Who can I vote for? Where can I vote near me? How do I vote if I have Covid? All your polling-day questions answered

The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2022

Telephone voting rules changed to allow Australians with Covid to vote in federal election

Anyone who tested positive after 6pm last Friday will be eligible to use phone service after independent candidate threatens legal action over issue

The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2022

AEC expands phone vote for COVID-infected

The electoral commission has expanded telephone voting to tens of thousands of people in isolation with COVID-19, amid disenfranchisement fears.

AAP · May 19, 2022

Australian election 2022 voters’ guide: everything you need to know, including how to vote if you have Covid

When is election day, who can you vote for and how to vote if you have Covid on polling day

The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2022

AEC tells COVID cases they 'may not be able to vote' in the federal election

People who tested positive for COVID-19 between Saturday and Tuesday say they feel "disenfranchised" after learning there may be no way to cast a ballot in the federal election.

ABC News · May 19, 2022

Voting rules leave some with COVID unable to participate in federal election

Too late to register for a postal vote, but too early to vote via phone: Some people with COVID have been told they don't get a say.

The Canberra Times · May 19, 2022

Indigenous votes matter — and not just in remote Australia

It is often lamented that Indigenous peoples’ electoral power is insignificant in Australia, except perhaps in the remote Northern Territory seat of Lingiari.

The Conversation · May 19, 2022

Conservative lobbyists Advance Australia fall foul of election watchdog again over David Pocock voicemail

Advance Australia is criticised for a voicemail message about independent Senate candidate David Pocock, but it says the former footballer is having "a sook".

ABC News · May 18, 2022

What are the rules around truth in political advertising in a federal election?

Signs falsely depicting independent candidates as part of the Greens are in breach of the Electoral Act, the Australian Electoral Commission says. So what are the rules?

ABC News · May 18, 2022

Millions vote in pre-poll and postal as COVID fears and weekend work change election day

One-third of Saturday's vote through pre-poll and postal

Newcastle Herald · May 18, 2022