65Issue of voting materials to electors

65  Issue of voting materials to electors

 (1) As soon as the *voting material for the election in a State or Territory becomes available, the Electoral Commissioner must cause the voting material to be sent, by post or other means, to each *elector, other than an Antarctica elector, on the *list of electors for the State or Territory.

 (2) The issue of *voting material for an election must be completed, as nearly as practicable, 21 days before the *closing day of the poll.

 (3) The address to which an *elector’s *voting material must be sent is the postal address of the elector as notified by the elector for the purposes of the election. However, if no such address has been notified the material must be sent to the elector’s postal address as notified on the elector’s claim for enrolment under the CEA or, if there is no such postal address, the elector’s address as shown on the *list of electors.

 (4) To enable the Electoral Commissioner to comply with subsection (1), the Electoral Commissioner may make arrangements with appropriate authorities to send, by post or other means, *voting material to an *elector who is overseas. The Electoral Commissioner may also make arrangements for the return to the appropriate DRO of the elector’s ballot‑paper and *vote certificate.

 (5) The Antarctic Returning Officer must ensure that each Antarctic elector, before voting under Part 6, has reasonable access to:

 (a) a *list of candidates; and

 (b) the text of the pamphlet of *candidate statements printed under section 38;

in relation to the election in which the elector is voting.